✦ History

Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)

1828 – 1829

Result Russian victory

Ended by Treaty of Adrianople (1829)

Russia went to war with the Ottoman Empire during the Greek War of Independence. Russian armies crossed the Balkans to Adrianople, and the Treaty of Adrianople gave Russia land in the Caucasus and helped secure Greek independence.

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Battles 5

June 20–23, 1828
Siege of Kars (1828) Russian victory Kars Ivan Paskevich
July 13 – October 11, 1828
Siege of Varna (1828) Russian victory Varna Nicholas I of Russia, Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Aleksey Greig
July 21 – November 8, 1828
Siege of Silistra (1828) Ottoman victory Silistra Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg
August 9, 1828
Battle of Akhaltsikhe Russian victory Akhaltsikhe Vasili Bebutov, Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky, Ivan Paskevich
June 11, 1829
Battle of Kulevicha Russian victory Kyulevcha Reşid Mehmed Pasha, Hans Karl von Diebitsch

Key commanders

Russian Empire 10

Nicholas I of Russia belligerent leader Ioannis Kapodistrias belligerent leader Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg belligerent leader Ivan Paskevich belligerent leader Aleksey Greig military commander Hans Karl von Diebitsch military commander Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov military commander Mikhail Vorontsov military commander Vasili Bebutov military commander Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky military commander

Ottoman Empire 2

Mahmud II belligerent leader Reşid Mehmed Pasha belligerent leader