Russo-Turkish War - Definition and Overview

The Russo-Turkish Wars were a series of ten wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. Their conflict during World War I may also be counted as an eleventh war in the series.

See:

• Russo-Turkish War, 1676-81
• Russo-Turkish War, 1686-1700
• Russo-Turkish War, 1710-13 (Great Northern War)
• Russo-Turkish War, 1735-39
• Russo-Turkish War, 1768-74
• Russo-Turkish War, 1787-92
• Russo-Turkish War, 1806-12
• Russo-Turkish War, 1828-29
• Russo-Turkish War, 1853-56 (Crimean War)
• Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78
• Russo-Turkish War, 1914-18 (World War I)