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Battle · 1711
The Russo-Ottoman War of 1710–1713, also known as the Pruth River Campaign, was a brief military conflict between the Tsardom of Russia and the Ottoman Empire. The main battle took place during 18–22 July 1711 in the basin of the Pruth river near Stănilești after Tsar Peter I entered the Ottoman vassal Principality of Moldavia, following the Ottoman Empire's declaration of war on Russia. The ill-prepared Russians, Cossacks, and Moldavians found themselves surrounded by the Ottoman Army under Grand Vizier Baltacı Mehmet Pasha. After three days of fighting and heavy casualties the Tsar and his army were allowed to withdraw after agreeing to abandon the fortress of Azov and its surrounding territory. The Ottoman victory led to the Treaty of the Pruth which was confirmed by the Treaty of Adrianople.
| Date | November 20, 1710 – June 24, 1713 |
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| Location | Pruth River near Stănilești, Crimea and the Kuban |
| Result | Ottoman victory · Treaty of Pruth · Treaty of Adrianople (1713) |
| Territorial changes | Russia cedes Azov to the Ottoman Empire |
| Belligerents | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Cossack Hetmanate (faction of Pylyp Orlyk) Zaporizhian Sich Co-belligerents: Swedish Empire | Tsardom of Russia Kalmyk Khanate Cossack Hetmanate (faction of Ivan Skoropadsky) Moldavia Wallachia (faction) Kabardia |
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| Commanders | Ahmed III Baltacı Mehmet Pasha Devlet II Giray Pylyp Orlyk Kost Hordiienko | Peter the Great Boris Sheremetev Carl Ewald von Rönne Fyodor Apraksin Ivan Skoropadsky Dimitrie Cantemir Toma Cantacuzino Tatarkhan Bechmirza |
| Strength | 190,000 to 320,000 120,000 to 250,000 Ottomans 70,000 Crimean Tatars | 78,000 to 100,000 38,000 to 60,000 Russians 30,000 Cossacks 5,000 Moldavians 5,000 Kabardians |
| Casualties | 16,000 | 27,285 including 2,142 to 4,800 in battle |
Alexander Mikaberidze argues that Baltacı Mehmet Pasha made an important strategic mistake by signing the treaty with relatively easy terms for the Russians. Since Peter himself was commanding the Russian army, and had Baltacı Mehmet Pasha not accepted Peter's peace proposal and pursued to capture him as a prisoner instead, the course of history could have changed. Without Peter, Russia would have hardly become an imperial power, and the future arch-enemy of the Ottoman State in the Balkans, the Black Sea basin and the Caucasus.
Took place during the reign of Ahmed III (1703–1730). Ahmed III
The atlas records this territorial change for the year:
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), adapted for the atlas.