Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)

BelligerentsCommanders and leadersBurkhard Münnich
Peter Lacy
Ernst Gideon von LaudonMehmed Pasha
Ali Pasha
Yahya Pasha
Claude Alexandre de Bonneval
Grigore II Ghica
Constantin MavrocordatCasualties and losses

100,000–150,000 casualties (mainly because of hunger and heat)

• 8,000 in battles

20,000 killed and wounded

44,427 casualties in battles

Total casualties unknown

The Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire was caused by the Ottoman Empire's war with Persia and the continuing raids by the Crimean Tatars. The war also represented Russia's ongoing struggle for access to the Black Sea. In 1737, the Habsburg monarchy joined the war on Russia's side, known in historiography as the Austro-Turkish War of 1737–1739.