Russo-Turkish War (1828-29)
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Was a war between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. War broke out after the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II closed the Dardanelles to Russian ships because Russia had supported the revolutionaries of the Greek War of Independency.
Chronology
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Was the Balkan theatre of the Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829).
June 1828: In April and May 1828, the Russian commander-in-chief, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, led Russian forces into the Romanian Principates of Wallachia and Moldavia as part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829. The territories were placed under Russian military occupation.
September 1828: Varna was captured by Russian forces on 29 September.
July 1829: On 19 June, Silistra fell to the Russians.
August 1829: By 22 August, the Russians had taken Adrianople.
July 1829: The Russians captured the city of Burgas.
July 1828: In June 1828, the main Russian forces under the emperor crossed the Danube and advanced into Dobruja.
January 1829: Russia had to withdraw to Moldavia with heavy losses without having captured Shumla and Silistra.
Was the Caucasian theatre of the Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829).
August 1828: On 22 August 1828, the Russian forces, led by General Ivan Paskevich, occupied Ardahan as part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829. This military occupation marked a significant turning point in the conflict between the two empires.
June 1828: Anapa was captured by Russian forces on 12 June.
June 1828: In 1828, Russian General Ivan Paskevich led his troops to victory against the Turks at the Battle of Akhalzic. Following this success, Paskevich captured the strategic city of Kars on June 23rd, solidifying Russian military occupation in the region.
July 1828: In 1828, during the Russo-Turkish War, Russian forces led by General Ivan Paskevich captured the fortress of Akhalkalak. The defenders, led by Ottoman commander Mehmet Bey, were overwhelmed and forced to surrender after the Russians scaled the walls using the same ropes left behind by the retreating Ottoman troops.
February 1829: In 1829, Akhmet Beg of Hulo, a prominent Ottoman military leader, along with 15000 Lazes and Adjars, captured the town of Akhaltsikhe. This event marked the territory of Akhaltsikhe falling under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
June 1829: That great city of Erzurum, which had not seen Christian soldiers within its walls for five centuries, surrendered to Russia.
June 1828: Erzurum conquered by russia.
Was the treaty that ended the Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829).
September 1829: The treaty also fixed the border between the Ottoman Empire and Wallachia on the thalweg of the Danube, transferring to Wallachia the rule of the rayas of Turnu, Giurgiu and Brăila.
September 1829: The Ottoman Empire gave Russia access to the mouths of the Danube and the fortresses of Akhaltsikhe and Akhalkalaki in Georgia. The Sultan recognized Russia's possession of Georgia (with Imeretia, Mingrelia, Guria) and of the Khanates of Erivan and Nakhichevan which had been ceded to the tsar by Persia in the Treaty of Turkmenchay a year earlier.
September 1829: With the Treaty of Adrianople in 1829, following the Russo-Turkish War, The Russian Empire gained control over Moldavia, leading to a period of Russian influence in the region.
September 1829: With the Treaty of Adrianople of 1829, Russia retained Moldavia and evacuated the ther territories it had occupied in the Ottoman Empire.
