Significant1768 – 1774 · 6 years

Russo-Ottoman War

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Crimea · Black Sea · Balkans

Estimated casualties

200Ksingle estimate · no range published

Russian forces defeated the Ottoman Empire, gaining control of the Crimea and establishing Russian access to the Black Sea. This victory marked the beginning of Ottoman decline and Russian expansion southward.

Belligerents2

Russia
Ottoman Empire

ON THE MAPRussia (Tsardom, later Empire)Ottoman Empire

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Russo-Ottoman War (1768 – 1774). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/russo-ottoman-war-1768 · Sources & methodology