Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)

Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
	Part of the Russo-Turkish Wars and Napoleonic Wars
	; Russian Fleet after the Battle of Athos by Alexey Bogolyubov
Date	22 December 1806 – 28 May 1812
Location	Moldavia, Wallachia, Armenia, Caucasus, and the Dardanelles
Result	See § Aftermath; Treaty of Bucharest
Territorial; changes	Russia annexes the eastern half of Moldavia, which became known as Bessarabia
Belligerents
Russian Empire ; Principality of Mingrelia ; Principality of Guria ; Principality of Abkhazia ; Moldavia ; Wallachia ; Revolutionary Serbia ; Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro	Ottoman Empire Budjak Horde (1806–1807);
Commanders and leaders
Alexander I; Alexander Prozorovsky; Pyotr Bagration; Giorgio Giovanni Zuccato †; Nikolay Kamensky; Mikhail Kutuzov; Dmitry Senyavin; Mikhail Miloradovich; Ivan Gudovich; Nino of Mingrelia.; Levan V Dadiani; Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze; Aslan-Bey Shervashidze; Veniamin Costache; Constantine Ypsilantis; Mamia V Gurieli; Karađorđe; Petar I;	Selim III ; Mustafa IV ; Mahmud II ; Yusuf Ziya Pasha ; Seydi Ali Pasha; Ağa Hüseyin Paşa; Koca Hüsrev Pasha ; Aziz Ahmed Pasha ; Ibrahim Hilmi Pasha
Casualties and losses
70,000 killed	100,000 killed

The Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire as one of 12 Russo-Turkish Wars. Both sides favoured peace as they feared Napoleon's moves to the east.