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
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
Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
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The Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, formerly often written Kuchuk-Kainarji, was a peace treaty signed on 21 July 1774, in Küçük Kaynarca between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, ending the Russo-T
Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
…victory to force the Ottoman Empire to acquiesce to Russia's preferences in the treaty. On July 21, 1774, the Ottoman Empire had to sign perforce the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca. The treaty did not overtly take away vast territories from the Ottomans – Poland had already paid the price of alienated territory. According to the…
Contemporary engraving related to the Kuchuk-Kainarji treaty
Ahmed Resmî Efendi, chief Ottoman negotiator of the treaty
Commemorative plaque at the location where the treaty was signed
Fireworks at the Khodynka Field near Moscow, a 1775 etching by Yemelyan Alekseevich Fedoseev in the National Museum in Warsaw commemorating celebrations and amusements on the occasion of the signing of the treaty