Osman’s Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1923. Cambridge : Cambridge U niversity Press, 2006.įinkel, Caroline. The Cambridge History of Turkey: The Later Ottoman Empire, 1603–1839. Cambridge University Press, 1965.įaroqhi, Suraiya, ed. The New Cambridge Modern History: The American and French Revolutions 1763-93. Photo by: January Suchodolski –, Public Domain, Link They were required to pay compensation for loss of property or life during these raids, as well as the war reparations to the Russians. The Ottomans retained Anapa, but the treaty specified that they would have to curb the raids the residents of the city made into Russian territory. They were forced to sign the Treaty of Jassy with the Russians in which they had to accept the annexation of Crimea. Still, the Russians were able to occupy Anapa outside the Sea of Azov.īy 1792, the Ottomans knew that this war could not go on any longer. The occupation was a failure as the fiercely independent chieftains of the Caucasus tribes wanted nothing to do with them. The Russians occupied a large part of the Lower Danube and tried to occupy the Caucasus in the same year. In winter of the same year, the Russians tried to negotiate with the Ottomans but this was rejected. In the same year, the Russians invaded Wallachia which greatly reduced the Ottoman territory in Europe. A drained treasury and Selim III’s chaotic accession as sultan made the war more difficult for the Ottomans. The coastal Ottoman fortress in Ochakiv fell to the Russians in 1788.īy 1789, it was clear to the Ottomans that their Crimean campaign was a massive failure. Fighting between the Russian and Ottoman troops centered in the area where the Dnieper River met the Black Sea. Despite its unpopularity among the people, the Ottoman rulers still pushed through with the Second Russo-Turkish War in 1787. The Ottomans expressed their desire to get Crimea back the same year the khan died. They also closed down a number of Russian consulates in Ottoman territory. The Turks constructed additional forts to guard the Bosphorus and checked every Russian ship which plied the Black Sea. This alarmed the Ottomans who then proceeded to fortify a couple of ports opposite Crimea as preparation. They also started to build a fleet on the coast of Kherson on the Black Sea. With the Crimean khan gone, the Russians started to resettle their own people in the steppes. Sahin Giray was the last khan of the Crimean Tatars. He never reached the city as the Sultan sent him into exile to the island of Rhodes where he was eventually executed. The empress finally set him free in 1787, and he traveled to Edirne to meet with the Sultan. He appealed to Catherine many times to set him free during the four years that he was kept a prisoner by the Russians. Increasingly unpopular at home because of his alliance with the Russians, Sahin Giray decided to switch loyalties. In the clash of powerful neighbors, Sahin Giray soon discovered that he was nothing more than a means to an end for both the Russians and the Ottomans. Crimea was officially annexed by Russia the following year. Empress Catherine II sent her troops to help the khan once again, but they stayed for good this time. The khan implemented another set of reforms, and another rebellion broke out in 1782. The Ottomans tried to oust Sahin Giray in 1778, but this plot failed. Russia sent troops to Crimea when the khan requested assistance, and the rebellion was quelled with their help. But he made the mistake of prioritizing non- Muslim subjects in these reforms, so the Muslim population promptly rebelled against him. The new khan pushed for the modernization of his domain, which included a complete overhaul of the government and the military. In 1777, the Venice-educated Sahin Giray became the khan of his people with the approval of Empress Catherine II. Not only did the Empire lost a strategically important part of its territory, but it also lost a crucial ally: the Crimean Tatars. The Ottoman Empire shrank again after it was forced to give up Crimea to the Russians in 1774 (Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca). Learn facts that you can’t learn just from reading the BibleĪttractive design ideal for your home, office, church …Ĭrimea: The Bone of Contention Depiction of the Victory of Ochakiv in 1788 Unique Circular Format – see more in less space. Quickly See 6000 Years of Bible and World History Together These Articles are Written by the Publishers of The Amazing Bible Timeline
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