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Ottoman Wars with Russia.
In: Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023-04-30, S. 3
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During 1767-1768, Catherine the Great’s suppression of the rebellion in Poland led Russian forces to pursue fugitives across the border into Ottoman territory. This incursion constituted a casus belli (cause of war). Sultan Mustafa III and his diwan (council of state) had long anticipated Russian aggression. Russian agents had been at work in Moldavia, Wallachia, Albania, and Montenegro. In defiance of the Treaty of Belgrade (1739), Russian border-forts were being constructed along the River Bug. The Ottoman government suspected that Russia’s dismantling of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was secretly aimed at removing any buffer between Russian and Ottoman territory in order to facilitate a coming invasion. The Ottoman grand vizier Muhsinzade Mehmed Paşa opposed war on the grounds that the Ottoman forces were unprepared, but he was overruled: In October, 1768, the sultan declared war.
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Ottoman Wars with Russia.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Hambly, Gavin R. G. |
Zeitschrift: | Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023-04-30, S. 3 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
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