The current Russo–Turkish War, sparked by the…
July 1828 CE
The current Russo–Turkish War, sparked by the Greek War of Independence, had broken out in 1828 after the Sultan, incensed by the Russian participation in the Battle of Navarino, had closed the Dardanelles for Russian ships and revoked the Akkerman Convention.
Russian forces have moved into Ottoman territory, the Russian commander-in-chief, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, having successfully besieged Braila in Wallachia, while ...