Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)

Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
Part of the Russo-Turkish wars and Napoleonic Wars

Russian Fleet after the Battle of Athos by Alexey Bogolyubov
Date22 December 1806 – 28 May 1812
Location
Result See § Aftermath
Territorial
changes
Russia annexes the eastern half of Moldavia, which became known as Bessarabia
Belligerents
Russian Empire
Principality of Mingrelia
Principality of Guria
Principality of Abkhazia
Moldavia
Wallachia
Revolutionary Serbia
Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
Commanders and leaders
Alexander I
Alexander Prozorovsky
Pyotr Bagration
Giorgio Giovanni Zuccato 
Nikolay Kamensky
Mikhail Kutuzov
Dmitry Senyavin
Mikhail Miloradovich
Ivan Gudovich
Notable figures
  • Graph Sivers 
    Bakhmetev (WIA)
    Duke Sherbatov (WIA)
    General Sanders (WIA)
Selim III
Mustafa IV
Mahmud II
Ali Pasha
Yusuf Pasha
Ahmed Pasha 
Mehmet Pasha
Ağa Hüseyin Paşa
Ibrahim Hilmi Pasha
Notable figures
Casualties and losses
70,000 killed 100,000 killed
225,000 deaths

The Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. In 1812, both sides made peace just as Napoleon's invasion of Russia was about to commence.