Battle of Chesma
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The Battle of Chesma took place on 5–7 July 1770 in and near Çeşme, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles betwee
The destruction of the Turkish fleet at the Battle of Chesme Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1771
Vladimir Kosov. Chesma battle of 1770
Chesma Column
Combat in the Chios Strait by Ivan Aivazovsky
The Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 was a major armed conflict that saw Russian armies victorious against the Ottoman Empire. Russia's victory brought the Yedisan between the rivers Bug and Dnieper, an
Battle of Chesma
…the first of a number of disastrous fleet battles for the Ottomans against Russia. Today it is commemorated as a Day of Military Honour in Russia. A war between Russians and Ottomans had broken out in 1768, and Russia sent several squadrons from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to draw Ottoman attention away from their Black…
Allegory of Catherine's Victory over the Turks (1772), by Stefano Torelli.
Mustafa III in his royal robes
Equestrian portrait of Catherine in the uniform of the Preobrazhensky Regiment (by Vigilius Eriksen)
Battle of Kagul, Southern Bessarabia, 1770