Russo-Turkish War (1806– May 28, 1812) | |||||||||
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Part of the Russo-Turkish Wars and Napoleonic Wars | |||||||||
Russian Fleet after the Battle of Athos by Alexey Bogolyubov |
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Russian Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Alexander Prozorovsky |
Sultan Selim III Sultan Mustafa IV Sultan Mahmud II Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Paşa Keçiboynuzu İbrahim Hilmi Paşa Seydi Ali Paşa Laz Aziz Ahmed Paşa Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha |
Alexander Prozorovsky
Pyotr Bagration
Nikolay Kamensky
Mikhail Kutuzov
The Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire was one of the Russo-Turkish Wars.
The war broke out in 1805–1806 against the background of the Napoleonic Wars. In 1806, Sultan Selim III, encouraged by the Russian defeat at Austerlitz and advised by the French Empire, deposed the pro-Russian Constantine Ypsilanti as Hospodar of the Principality of Wallachia and Alexander Mourousis as Hospodar of Moldavia, both Ottoman vassal states. Simultaneously, the French Empire occupied Dalmatia and threatened to penetrate the Danubian principalities at any time. In order to safeguard the Russian border against a possible French attack, a 40,000-strong Russian contingent advanced into Moldavia and Wallachia. The Sultan reacted by blocking the Dardanelles to Russian ships and declared war on Russia.