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The Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774 - Catherine II and the Ottoman Empire (Hardcover)
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The Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774 - Catherine II and the Ottoman Empire (Hardcover)
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The Russo-Turkish War""was one of the most decisive conflicts of
the 18th century. In this book, Brian Davies offers a thorough
survey of the war and explains why it was crucial to the political
triumph of Catherine the Great, the southward expansion of the
Russian Empire, and the rollback of Ottoman power from southeastern
Europe. The war completed the incorporation of Ukraine into the
Russian Empire, ended the independence of the great Cossack hosts,
removed once and for all the military threat from the Crimean
Khanate, began the partitions of Poland, and encouraged Catherine
II to plan projects to complete the "liberation" of the lower
Danubian and Balkan Slavs and Greeks. The war legitimated and
secured the power of Catherine II, finally made the Pontic steppe
safe for agricultural colonization, and won ports enabling Russia
to control the Black Sea and become a leading grain exporter.
Traditionally historians (Sorel, for example) have treated this war
as the beginning of the "Eastern Question," the question of how the
European powers should manage the decline of the Ottoman Empire. A
thorough grasp of the Russo-Turkish War is essential to
understanding the complexity and volatility of diplomacy in
18th-century Europe. This book will be an invaluable resource for
all scholars and students on European military history and the
history of Eastern Europe.
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