Russo-Turkish War facts for kids

Russian and Cossack troops take the fortress of Khadjibey, defeating the Ottomans and thus providing the impetus to found Odessa.

The Russo-Turkish wars (or Ottoman–Russian wars) were a series of wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire between the 17th and 20th centuries. It was one of the longest series of military conflicts in European history. Except for the war of 1710–11 and the Crimean War, which is often treated as a separate event, the conflicts ended disastrously for the stagnating Ottoman Empire; conversely they showcased the ascendancy of Russia as a European power after the modernisation efforts of Peter the Great in the early 18th century.

Images for kids

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  Capture of Azov by the troops of Peter the Great in 1696

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  The destruction of the Ottoman fleet in Battle of Chesma

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  The destruction of the Ottoman fleet in Battle of Sinop

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  Russian troops entering Adrianople

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  Negotiations for San Stefano Agreement

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  Ottoman losses in yellow in the Balkans after the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), from Literary and Historical Atlas of Europe by J. G. Bartholomew, 1912

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  The area of Russian occupation of that region in summer 1916.

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In Spanish: Guerras ruso-turcas para niños