Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)

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Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)
Part of Russo-Turkish Wars
Azov.jpg
Capture of Azov by Russian emperor Peter the Great (on horseback)
Date 1686–1700
Location Crimea, Azov
Result Ottoman Empire recognizes Russia's possession of Azov and the newly built fortress of Taganrog
Belligerents
Flag of Russia 1668.png Tsardom of Russia
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Habsburg Empire
  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Ottoman Flag.svg Ottoman Empire
Gerae-tamga.png Crimean Khanate

The Russo–Turkish War of 1686–1700 was part of the joint European effort to confront the Ottoman Empire. The larger European conflict was known as the Great Turkish War.

The Russo–Turkish War began after the Tsardom of Russia joined the European anti-Turkish coalition (Habsburg Austria, Poland–Lithuania, Venice) in 1686. During the war, the Russian army organized the Crimean campaigns of 1687 and 1689 and the Azov campaigns of 1695 and 1696.

In light of Russia's preparations for the war with the Swedish Empire and other countries' signing the Treaty of Karlowitz with the Ottoman Empire in 1699, the Russian government signed the Treaty of Constantinople in 1700, ending the war.