Cession of Bessarabia to Russia

Under the treaty's terms, the Budjak and the eastern half of the Principality of Moldavia, between the Prut and Dniester rivers, with an area of 45,630 km², was ceded by the Ottoman Empire—to which Moldavia was a vassal—to Russia, which renamed the territory Bessarabia. The territories lay east of the Danube and Prut rivers, despite the Ottoman Empire's prior commitment to protect that region. The treaty stipulated that Russia returned all occupied lands other than Bessarabia, leading some sources to call the war indecisive rather than a Russian victory.