Looks at the short and almost disastrous Russian invasion of the
Ottoman Empire, which ended with Peter the Great and his army trapped
on the Pruth and forced to surrender on Ottoman terms. Covers the
various armies involved on both sides, the commanders, the aims of the
two main commanders and the course of the short, and for Peter, almost
disastrous war. Despite some victories away from the main front, the
war could have ended with Peter’s power greatly diminished and he was
lucky to be offered rather generous terms
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