The Russo-Turkish War of 1686–1700 was part of the joint European effort to confront the

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. The larger European conflict was known as the Great Turkish War. The Russo-Turkish War began after the

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joined the European anti-Turkish coalition ( Habsburg monarchy, Poland–Lithuania,

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) in 1686, after Poland-Lithuania agreed to recognize Russian incorporation of Kiev and the left bank of Ukraine.

War

During the war, the Russian army organized the

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both which ended in Russian defeats. Despite these setbacks, Russia launched the

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in 1695 and 1696, and after raising the siege in 1695 successfully occupied Azov in 1696.

Peace treaty

In light of preparations for the war against the

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, Russian Tsar Peter the Great signed the

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with the Ottoman Empire in 1699. The subsequent Treaty of Constantinople in 1700, ceded Azov, the

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fortress, Pavlovsk and

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to Russia and established a Russian ambassador in Constantinople, and secured the return of all prisoners of war. The Tsar also affirmed that his subordinates, the Cossacks, would not attack the Ottomans, while the Sultan affirmed his subordinates, the

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, would not attack the Russians.

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