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| Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Turkish Wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Russia
|  Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate
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| Commanders | |||||||||
| Serebianov knyaz | Sokollu Mehmet Paşa Devlet I Giray khan Kasim Paşa | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 15,000 men | 2000 spakh 15,000 janissary few thousand irregular 50,000 tatar | ||||||||
| Russo-Ottoman Wars |
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| 1568–70 – 1571-72 – 1676–81 – 1686–1700 – 1687–89 – 1695–96 – 1710–11 – 1735–39 – 1768–74 – 1787–92 – 1806–12 – 1821–29 – 1828–29 – 1853–56 – 1877–78 – 1914–17 – 1917–18 |
The Russo–Turkish War (1568–1570) a war between the Russian and Ottoman Empires. The casus belli was the Astrakhan Khanate
In 1556, the khanate was conquered by Ivan the Terrible, who had a new fortress built on a steep hill overlooking the Volga.
Against Russia, Selim was less fortunate, and the first encounter between the Ottoman Empire and her future northern rival gave presage of disaster to come. A plan had been elaborated at Constantinople for uniting the Volga and Don by a canal, and in the summer of 1569 a large force under Kasim Paşa of 15 000 Janissaries, 2000 Spakhs, and few thousand Azaps, and Akıncıs, were sent to lay siege to Astrakhan and begin the canal works, while an Ottoman fleet besieged Azov.
But a sortie of the garrison under Serebianov knyaz of Astrakhan drove back the besiegers; a Russian relief army of 15,000 attacked and scattered the workmen and the Tatar force (50,000 man) sent for their protection; and finally, the Ottoman fleet was destroyed by a storm.
Early in 1570, the ambassadors of Ivan IV of Russia concluded at Istanbul a treaty which restored friendly relations between the Sultan and the Tsar.
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