Austro–Turkish War (1737–39)

Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739 Austro-Turkish War of 1737–1739
Date 1735 – 1 September 1739 Location The Balkans and Eastern Europe Result Treaty of Niš Treaty of Belgrade
Belligerents
Russian Empire Cossack Hetmanate  Habsburg Empire Kingdom of Serbia	Ottoman Empire Principality of Wallachia Principality of Moldova Crimean Khanate
Commanders and leaders
Wallachian Ruler - Constantin Mavrocordat Moldovian Ruler - Grigore Ghica
Units involved
Serbian Militia

 Ottoman Empire

Wallachian Ruler - Constantin Mavrocordat

The Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire was caused by the Ottoman Empire's war with Persia and continuing raids by the Crimean Tatars. The war also represented Russia's continuing struggle for access to the Black Sea. In 1737, Austria joined the war on Russia's side, known in historiography as the Austro-Turkish War of 1737–1739.

By the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish war, Russia had managed to secure a favorable international situation by signing treaties with the Persian Empire in 1732–1735 (which was at war with Turkey in 1730–1736) and supporting the accession to the Polish throne of Augustus III in 1735 instead of the French protégé Stanislaw I Leszczynski, nominated by pro-Turkish France. Austria had been Russia's ally since 1726.

The casus belli were the raids of the Crimean Tatars on Cossack Hetmanate (Ukraine) in the end of 1735 and the Crimean khan's military campaign in the Caucasus. In 1736, the Russian commanders envisioned the seizure of Azov and the Crimea.

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