Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)

Seventh conflict of the Russo-Turkish wars

Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)

Part of the series of Russo-Turkish wars

Clockwise, from top left: The Battle of Kinburn, The Siege of Ochakov, The Siege of Izmail, The Battle of Rymnik
| Date| 19 August 1787 – 9 January 1792

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Location|

Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Mediterranean

Result|  Russian victory

* • Treaty of Jassy

Territorial
changes|  Russian annexation of Ottoman Sanjak of Özi (Yedisan or Ochacov Oblast)
Black Sea Cossack Host resettled to Kuban
Belligerents

* Russian Empire

*     * Albanian Battalion
* Black Sea Cossacks

Montenegro

* * *

Habsburg monarchy

*     * Serbian Free Corps

* Ottoman Empire

*     * Danubian Sich
* Budjak Horde
* Nekrasov Cossacks
* Deylik of Algiers
* Pashalik of Scutari[1]

Sheikh Mansur movement

Commanders and leaders
Catherine II
Grigory Potemkin #[a]
Pavel Potemkin
Alexander Suvorov
Ivan Saltykov
Pyotr Rumyantsev
Mikhail Kamensky
Nicholas Repnin
Mikhail Kutuzov
Marko Voinovich
Ivan Gudovich
Fyodor Ushakov
Nikolay Mordvinov
José de Ribas
John Paul Jones
Koča Anđelković
Sydir Bily (DOW)|  Abdülhamid I
(1787–1789)
Selim III
(1789–1792)
Yusuf Pasha
Hasan Pasha #[b]
Aydoslu Pasha
Cenaze Pasha
Süleyman Bey
Şahbaz Giray
Bakht Giray
Kara Mahmud Pasha[2]
Sheikh Mansur
Strength
100,000[3]
10,000+|  280,000[4][c]
25,000[5]
Several 35,000s
Casualties and losses
55,000–72,000 killed[6]
3,000–4,000 killed[6]|  116,000–130,000 killed[6]

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1787

* 1st Anapa
* Kinburn

1788

* Šturlić
* Dubica
* Šabac
* Ochakov (land)
* Ochakov (sea)
* Chocim
* Koča's rebellion
* Fidonisi
* Orșova
* 2nd Anapa
* Veterani Cave
* 1st Mehadia
* Karánsebes
* Berezan

1789

* Souli
* Focșani
* 2nd Mehadia [ru]
* Salcia Mică [ru]
* Belgrade
* Rymnik

1790

* 3rd Anapa
* Andros
* Giurgiu
* Calafat [ru]
* Cetingrad
* Kerch
* Tendra
* Tokhtamysh River
* Izmail

1791

* 4th Anapa
* Măcin
* Kaliakra
* Porto Kagio

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* 1568–1570
* 1672–1681
* 1686–1700
* 1710–1713
* 1735–1739
* 1768–1774
* 1787–1792
* 1806–1812
* 1828–1829
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 involved an unsuccessful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to regain lands lost to the Russian Empire in the course of the previous Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774). It took place concomitantly with the Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791), the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790), and the Theatre War.

During the Russian-Turkish War of 1787–1792, on 25 September 1789, a detachment of the Imperial Russian Army under Alexander Suvorov and Ivan Gudovich, took Khadjibey and Yeni Dünya for the Russian Empire. In 1794, Odesa replaced Khadjibey by a decree of the Russian Empress Catherine the Great.

Russia formally gained possession of the Sanjak of Özi (Ochakiv Oblast) in 1792 and it became a part of Yekaterinoslav Viceroyalty. The Russian Empire retained full control of Crimea, as well as land between the Southern Bug and the Dniester.

## Background

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In May and June 1787, Catherine II of Russia made a triumphal procession through Novorossiya and the annexed Crimea in company with her ally, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.[7] These events, the rumors about Catherine's Greek Plan,[8] and the friction caused by the mutual complaints of infringements of the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, which had ended the previous war, stirred up public opinion in the Ottoman capital Constantinople, while the British and French ambassadors lent their unconditional support to the Ottoman war party.

## War

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Course of the war (in Russian).

In 1787, the Ottomans demanded that the Russians evacuate the Crimea and give up their holdings near the Black Sea,[9] which Russia saw as a casus belli.[9] Russia declared war on 19 August 1787, and the Ottomans imprisoned the Russian ambassador, Yakov Bulgakov.[10] Ottoman preparations were inadequate and the moment was ill-chosen, as Russia and Austria were now in alliance. The Ottomans mustered forces throughout their domain, and Süleyman Bey from Anatolia went himself to the front at the head of 4000 soldiers.[11][12][13]

The Ottoman Empire opened their offensive with an attack on two fortresses near Kinburn, in southern Ukraine.[14] Russian General Alexander Suvorov held off these two Ottoman sea-borne attacks in September and October 1787, thus securing the Crimea.[15][9] In Moldavia, Russian troops captured the cities of Chocim and Jassy.[14] Ochakov, at the mouth of the Dnieper, fell on 6 December 1788 after a six-month siege by Prince Grigory Potemkin and Suvorov.[14][9] All civilians in the captured cities were massacred by order of Potemkin.[16]

Although suffering a series of defeats against the Russians, the Ottoman Empire found some success against the Austrians, led by Emperor Joseph II, in Serbia and Transylvania.[16]

By 1789, the Ottoman Empire was being pressed back in Moldavia by Russian and Austrian forces.[17] To make matters worse, on 1 August the Russians under Suvorov attained a victory against the Ottomans led by Osman Pasha at Focsani,[9] followed by a Russian victory at Rymnik (or Rimnik) on 22 September, and drove them away from near the Râmnicul Sărat river.[17] Suvorov was given the title Count Rymniksky following the battle.[9] The Ottomans suffered more losses when the Austrians, under General Ernst Gideon von Laudon repelled an Ottoman invasion of Croatia, while an Austrian counterattack took Belgrade.[18]

A Greek revolt, which further drained the Ottoman war effort, brought about a truce between the Ottoman Empire and Austria.[19] Meanwhile, the Russians continued their advance when Suvorov captured the reportedly "impenetrable" Ottoman fortress of Izmail at the entrance of the Danube, in December 1790;[19] this became possible also due to Fyodor Ushakov's victory at Tendra.[20] A final Ottoman defeat at Machin (9 July 1791),[21][9] coupled with Russian concerns about Prussia entering the war,[22] led to a truce agreed upon on 31 July 1791.[21] After the capture of the fortress, Suvorov marched upon Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), where the Russians hoped they could establish a Christian empire.[9] However, the slaughters that were committed in the ensuing period somewhat defiled Suvorov's reputation in many eyes, and there were allegations at the time that he was drunk at the Siege of Ochakov.[9] Persistent rumors about his actions were spread and circulated, and in 1791 he was relocated to Finland.[9]

## Aftermath

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Accordingly, the Treaty of Jassy was signed on 9 January 1792, recognizing Russia's 1783 annexation of the Crimean Khanate. Yedisan (Odessa and Ochakov) was also ceded to Russia,[19] and the Dniester was made the Russian frontier in Europe, while the Russian Asiatic frontier—the Kuban River—remained unchanged.[21] The Ottoman war goal to reclaim the Crimea had failed, and if not for the French Revolution, the Ottoman Empire's situation could have been much worse.[21]

## See also

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* Anapa campaign (1787) – first Russian campaign against the Anapa fortress
* Anapa campaign (1788) – second Russian campaign against the Anapa fortress
* Anapa campaign (1790) – third Russian campaign against the Anapa fortress
* Siege of Anapa (1791) – successful Russian siege and capture of the Anapa fortress

## Notes

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1. ^ Died of illness during peace negotiations at Iaşi, Ottoman Empire on 16 October 1791
2. ^ Died of either natural causes or poisoning at Şumnu, Ottoman Empire on 19 March 1790
3. ^ This includes the Ottoman troops fighting in the Austro-Turkish War

## References

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1. ^ Jazexhi, Olsi (2018). Kara Mahmud Pashë Bushati, Bualli i Shkodrës (1776–1796 ER/1190–1211 AH) (PDF). Dielli. p. 14\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
2. ^ Jazexhi, Olsi (2018). Kara Mahmud Pashë Bushati, Bualli i Shkodrës (1776–1796 ER/1190–1211 AH) (PDF). Dielli. p. 14\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
3. ^ Антон Антонович Керсновский (1992). История русской армии. Голос. ISBN 978-5-7117-0059-3.
4. ^ According to Andrey Nikolaevich Petrov, campaign of 1788
5. ^ Jazexhi, Olsi (2018). Kara Mahmud Pashë Bushati, Bualli i Shkodrës (1776–1796 ER/1190–1211 AH) (PDF). Dielli. p. 14\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
6. ^ a b c "Victimario Histórico Militar".
7. ^ Stone 1994, p. 134.
8. ^ Dowling 2015, p. 744.
9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Dowling 2014, p. 841.
10. ^ Cunningham 1993, p. 2.
11. ^ Yonca Köksal (2019). The Ottoman Empire in the Tanzimat Era Provincial Perspectives from Ankara to Edirne. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-429-81251-4.
12. ^ ÖZCAN MERT. "ÇAPANOĞULLARI". İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
13. ^ Suraiya Faroqhi; Bruce McGowan; Sevket Pamuk (2011). An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 671\. ISBN 978-0-521-57455-6.
14. ^ a b c Tucker 2011, p. 959.
15. ^ Tucker 2011, p. 863.
16. ^ a b Tucker 2011, pp. 959–960.
17. ^ a b Tucker 2011, p. 963.
18. ^ Tucker 2011, p. 964.
19. ^ a b c Tucker 2011, p. 965.
20. ^ Battle of Tendra § Battle
21. ^ a b c d Sicker 2001, p. 82.
22. ^ Tucker 2011, p. 966.

## Sources

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See also: Bibliography of Russian history (1613–1917)

* Bronza, Boro (2010). "The Habsburg Monarchy and the Projects for Division of the Ottoman Balkans, 1771–1788". Empires and Peninsulas: Southeastern Europe between Karlowitz and the Peace of Adrianople, 1699–1829. Berlin: LIT Verlag. pp. 51–62\. ISBN 978-3-643-10611-7.
* Cunningham, Allan (1993). Ingram, Edward (ed.). Anglo-Ottoman Encounters in the Age of Revolution: Collected Essays. Frank Cass & Co. Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7146-3494-4.
* Dowling, Timothy C., ed. (2014). Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-59884-948-6.
* Dowling, Timothy C., ed. (2015). Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-59884-947-9.
* Sicker, Martin (2001). The Islamic World in Decline: From the Treaty of Karlowitz to the Disintegration of the Ottoman Empire. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 978-0-275-96891-5.
* Stone, Bailey (1994). The Genesis of the French Revolution: A Global Historical Interpretation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-44570-2.
* Tucker, Spencer C. (2011). A Global Chronology Of Conflict. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-667-1.

## Further reading

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* Mayer, Matthew Z. (2004). "The Price for Austria's Security: Part I – Joseph II, the Russian Alliance, and the Ottoman War, 1787–1789". The International History Review. 26 (2): 257–299\. doi:10.1080/07075332.2004.9641031.

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