Скачать или смотреть 🇹🇷 Ottomans vs Crusaders Ep38 | Peter the Great's Troops to Attack Sultan Ahmed III Near Pruth River

🇹🇷 Ottomans vs Crusaders Ep 38 | Peter the Great's Troops to Attack Sultan Ahmed III Near Pruth River

In this video I will tell you about the Battle of the Pruth River (part of the Pruth River Campaign of 1711) was a decisive victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Russian forces led by Tsar Peter the Great.

The main battle occurred from July 18-22, 1711, near Stănilești, in the basin of the Pruth River.

Background:
The conflict arose after King Charles XII of Sweden, defeated by Peter the Great at the Battle of Poltava in 1709, fled to Ottoman territory and persuaded Sultan Ahmed III to declare war on Russia.

The Campaign:
Peter I led an ill-prepared Russian army into Moldavia, an Ottoman vassal state, after securing an alliance with its ruler, Dimitrie Cantemir. Peter expected a general uprising of Balkan Christians, but this did not materialize on the scale anticipated.
Encirclement: The Russian army, with its Moldavian allies (totaling around 43,000 men), was significantly outnumbered by the Ottoman army of Grand Vizier Baltacı Mehmet Pasha (estimated between 120,000 and 200,000 men, plus Crimean Tatar cavalry). The Ottoman forces outmaneuvered the Russians, surrounding them in a defensive position at Stănilești.

The Battle:
For three days, the trapped Russians repelled repeated janissary attacks but were cut off from the river and lacked food and water. Facing starvation and total destruction, Peter I had no choice but to propose a peace treaty on Ottoman terms.

Treaty of the Pruth:
The campaign ended with the signing of the Treaty of the Pruth on July 23, 1711 (or July 21, depending on the calendar).

Ottoman Victory Conditions:
Russia was forced to agree to significant concessions:

Return the fortress of Azov to the Ottomans.

Demolish several other Russian fortresses along the Black Sea, including Taganrog.

Pledge to stop interfering in the affairs of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Grant safe passage to Charles XII back to Sweden.

Consequences:
The treaty nullified many of Peter the Great's earlier gains against the Ottoman Empire. The Grand Vizier, Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, was later dismissed because some within the Ottoman court and Charles XII felt he had been too lenient in not capturing Peter I himself, which could have changed the course of history. The campaign temporarily checked Russian expansion southward and solidified Ottoman control over Moldavia and Wallachia through the appointment of Phanariote rulers.

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