Enlightenment · Middle East · War
1768
Russo-Turkish War Begins
October 6, 1768
The Ottomans, egged on by France, declared war on Russia over Polish incursions. Catherine welcomed the excuse. Her fleet would sail from the Baltic around Europe to the Aegean; her armies would march to the Danube. The Ottoman Empire was about to discover that Russia had become a Black Sea power.
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