Russo-Turkish War (1676-1681) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Crimean Khanate Cossack Hetmanate of Petro Doroshenko |
Russian Tsardom Cossack Hetmanate of Ivan Samoylovych |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Kara Mustafa Pasha Selim I Giray Petro Doroshenko Yuri Khmelnitsky |
Ivan Samoilovich Grigory Romodanovsky |
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Strength | |||||||
120-130,000 (maximum value, 1678 campaign) | 70-80,000 + 11700 Chyhyryn garrison (maximum value, 1678 campaign) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
The Russo–Turkish War of 1676–1681, a war between the Tsardom of Russia and Ottoman Empire, caused by Turkish expansionism in the second half of the 17th century.
After having captured and devastated the region of Podolia in the course of the Polish–Turkish War of 1672–1676, the Ottoman government strove to spread its rule over all of the Right-bank Ukraine with the support of its vassal (since 1669), Hetman Petro Doroshenko. The latter’s pro-Turkish policy caused discontent among many Ukrainian Cossacks, which would elect Ivan Samoilovich (Hetman of the Left-bank Ukraine) as a sole Hetman of all Ukraine in 1674.
Despite this, Doroshenko continued to keep Chyhyryn. He cleverly maneuvered between Moscow and Warsaw and used the support of the Turkish-Tatar army. Finally, the Russian and Ukrainian forces under the command of Samoilovich and Grigory Romodanovsky besieged Chyhyryn and forced Doroshenko to surrender in 1676. Leaving a garrison in Chyhyryn, the Russian and Ukrainian armies retreated to the left bank of the Dnieper.