1770 in Russia
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Incumbents
Monarch â Catherine II
Events
- Russo-Turkish war
- January â Russian troops in FocÈani witness the first signs of a plague[1]
- 5â7 July â Battle of Chesma; The Russian fleet defeats the Ottoman fleet in ÃeÅme Bay near ÃeÅme[2]
- 7 July â Battle of Larga; Russians defeat the Crimeans and Ottomans on the banks of the Larga River
- 1 August â Battle of Kagul; In the Kagul River near Cahul, in southern Moldavia, now Moldova, Russians score a land victory against Crimea and the Ottoman Empire.[3]
