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Russian Capture of the Fortress of Bar
- When
- 20 June 1768
- Where
- fortress of Bar
- Part of
- Russian Capture of Bar
On 20 June 1768 the Russian Army captured the fortress of Bar, from which the Bar Confederation had operated.
On 20 June 1768, the Russian Army captured the fortress of Bar. The fortress had housed the founding of the Bar Confederation earlier that year, and its fall struck at the confederates' stronghold near the Ottoman border. The capture came in the same year the Ottoman Empire's long peace with Europe, unbroken since 1739, came to an end.
Sources
- Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-25
- Bar, Ukraine Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06
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