Events in the year 1770 in Russia
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Events edit
- Russo-Turkish war
- January – Russian troops in Focșani witness the first signs of a plague[1]
- 5–7 July – Battle of Chesma; The Russian fleet defeats the Ottoman fleet in Çeşme Bay near Çeşme[2]
- 7 July – Battle of Larga; Russians defeat the Crimeans and Ottomans on the banks of the Larga River
- 1 August – Battle of Kagul; In the Kagul River near Cahul, in southern Moldavia, now Moldova, Russians score a land victory against Crimea and the Ottoman Empire.[3]
References edit
- ^ Sorokina, Tatiana (2013). "A victory over the plague in Moscow 1770-1772". Vesalius: Acta Internationales Historiae Medicinae. 19 (1): 11–18. ISSN 1373-4857. PMID 26050284.
- ^ "Battle of Çeşme | Turkish history | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ Archer, Christon (2002). World History of Warfare. U of Nebraska Press. p. 444. ISBN 9780803244238.
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