The Ottoman Empire has to sign perforce…
July 1774 CE
The treaty, signed in the Dobruja, does not overtly take away vast territories from the Ottomans—Poland has already paid the price of alienated territory.
According to the treaty, the Crimean Khanate formally gains its independence (but in reality becomes dependent on Russia); Russia receives war reparations of 4.5 million rubles; Turkey cedes to Russia two key seaports, Azov and Kerch, allowing the Russian Navy and merchant fleet direct access to the Black Sea; Russia gains the territory between the rivers Dnieper and Southern Bug; the Porte renounces Ottoman claims to Kabarda in the North Caucasus; and Russia gains official status as protector of the Orthodox Christians living in the Ottoman Empire, which opens the door for future Russian expansion.
As a consequence of the treaty, the Ottomans cede the northwestern part of Moldavia (later known as Bukovina) to the Habsburg Empire.
Russia quickly exploits Küçük Kaynarca for an easy excuse to go to war and take more territory from the Ottoman Empire.
This war comprises but a small part of the continuous process of expansion of the Russian Empire southwards and eastwards during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Austria, Archduchy of
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Crimean Khanate
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Turkish people
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Ottoman Empire
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Damascus Eyalet
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Egypt, Ottoman eyalet of
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Sweden, (second) Kingdom of
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Moldavia (Ottoman vassal), Principality of
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Commonwealth of the Two Nations)
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Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire
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Wallachia (Ottoman vassal), Principality of
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Britain, Kingdom of Great
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Russian Empire
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Southeast Europe
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