Wars
Russo-Turkish War
Victory · Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
Show on the timeline- Period on the timeline
- 1768–1774
Victories by Russian armies and the fleet changed the balance in the Black Sea region. The treaty granted Russia new territories and trading rights, while the Crimean Khanate was declared independent of the Ottoman Empire; its annexation by Russia came later.
- Period
- 1768–1774
- Belligerents
- The Russian Empire — the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate
- Outcome
- Russian gains and a stronger position on the Black Sea; formal independence of the Crimean Khanate
- Settlement
- Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, 1774