Outbreak of the Russo-Turkish War
- When
- 19 August 1787
- Where
- Russian declaration of war
- Part of
- Fall of Özi to the Russians
Ottoman demands over the Crimea and Black Sea holdings led Russia to declare war on 19 August 1787.
In 1787 the Ottomans demanded that the Russians evacuate the Crimea and give up their holdings near the Black Sea, which Russia saw as a casus belli. Russia declared war on 19 August 1787, and the Ottomans imprisoned the Russian ambassador, Yakov Bulgakov. The war was an unsuccessful Ottoman attempt to regain lands lost in the previous Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) and proceeded alongside the Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791) and the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790).
Sources
- Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
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