Peace from the Prut

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The peace of the Prut ended on 23. July 1711 the Fourth Russian Turkish War (1710-1711), a smaller addition to war within the Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia .

After the Swedes were worn out in the Battle of Poltava in 1709 , their King Charles XII succeeded. the flight to the Ottoman Empire , where Ahmed III. granted him asylum. Tsar Peter I followed suit and demanded the surrender of the Swedish ruler. When the Turks refused, the Russians invaded the Principality of Moldova . On the Prut , however, they were hopelessly surrounded by the troops of Grand Vizier Baltaji Mehmed Pasha and had to start negotiations. As a result of the Peace of the Prut, Russia razed the Cossack fortress Kodak , ceded the Azov fortress to the Ottoman Empire and committed itself not to interfere in the affairs of Poles and Cossacks in the future. Charles XII. the Turks promised a free journey home to Sweden.

The peace of Pruther was finally confirmed by the Sultan in the Peace of Adrianople (1713) .

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