title: A Report to the Ottoman Court about the Russian Army and Navy in the 1730s–1740s. Translation from Ottoman-Turkish and Commentary
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metadata.value: Kozintcev, Mark A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2024-09-27T13:30:19Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2024-09-27T13:30:19Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2024-03
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metadata.value: Kozintcev M. A. A Report to the Ottoman Court about the Russian Army and Navy in the 1730s–1740s. Translation from Ottoman-Turkish and Commentary. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2024, vol. 16, issue 1, pp. 161–180. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2024.110 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2024.110
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/47604
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metadata.value: Since the beginning of the 18th century contradictions in Russian-Turkish relations were becoming
  more acute; the number and intensity of military conflicts between the two states was
  noticeably increasing, and their results were becoming more and more unsuccessful for the
  Ottoman Empire. In this regard, the Sultan’s government preparing for combat operations,
  had a growing need for information about the state of the Russian troops. One of the channels
  for obtaining such information were European diplomats who sought to use the weakening
  Turkish military machine to promote political interests of their own countries. This article
  deals with the report acquired by the Ottomans, which had been compiled by Woldemar
  von Löwendahl, a European military commander, lieutenant general of the Russian army in
  1735–1743, and later (1747) Marshal of France. The text of the report, which according to its
  title, had been received from a Swedish ambassador, was translated into Ottoman-Turkish and
  placed in the document miscellany presumably compiled by the 18th century Ottoman financial
  official Kesbî (d. after 1798). Kesbî, the author of the historiographical work “İbretnümâyı
  Devlet” (“Edification of the State”), was at one time engaged in the work connected with
  preparation for the Russian-Turkish war of 1768–1774. The analysis of the mentioned events
  and dates allowed us to assume that the document was translated into Ottoman-Turkish in
  1763. By that time, its information had already lost relevance. However, it could still give the
  Ottoman military command the idea of the organization and actions of the Russian army and
  navy during the war of 1735–1739. From academic point of view, the text is interesting as a
  source on the history of Turkey’s international relations as well as on the history of the Russian
  armed forces. In addition, its very presence among Kesbî’s documents is important for
  describing the personality of this Ottoman official and historiographer.
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metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 16; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian-Turkish wars
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ukrainian landmilitia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: landmiliz
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Woldemar von Löwendahl
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the Don flotilla
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the Russian army in the 18th century
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the Russian navy in the 18th century
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: A Report to the Ottoman Court about the Russian Army and Navy in the 1730s–1740s. Translation from Ottoman-Turkish and Commentary
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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