Early Modern era · 1768 – 1774
Russo-Turkish War
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, and Crimea into the Russian sphere of influence.
- When
- 1768 – 1774
- Where
- Eastern Europe
- Era
- Early Modern
People
Mikhail Kutuzov1747 – 1813Field Marshal of the Russian Empire (1745–1813)
Yemelyan Pugachev1742 – 1775Leader of a Russian peasant uprising (1742–1775)
Gregory Potyomkin1739 – 1791Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
Before and after
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