The Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Catherine II and the Ottoman Empire
Table of contents : Cover Contents Preface Map 1 The Russian Empire at a Strategic Crossroads, 1762–1768 Catherine II and the Polish project Haidamak revolt The Balta incident 2 The Ottoman Empire and its Frontier in Pontic Europe “Exhaustion and decline” Decentralization and army organization Decentralization and military finance Ottoman military “obsolescence” Border defenses Moldavia and Wallachia under phanariot rule The Ottoman Balkans, Bucak, and Ochakov The Crimean Khanate The Kuban steppe and the Caucasus The decision for war 3 The Russian Empire and its Black Sea Steppe Frontier Recruit levies and the soul tax Provincial administration and staffing Security, colonization, and economic development in Russia’s Black Soil south The Don Cossack Host Frontier populations and the Black Sea trade Left Bank Ukraine: the fate of the Hetmanate From Sloboda Ukraine to the Khar’kov and New Russian governorates The Zaporozhian Cossack Host Cameralist management of subject nati...