Russia at the turn of the 19th centuryPolitics and state
Treaty of Jassy
The peace that ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792: the Ottoman Empire confirmed the transfer of Crimea to Russia, the new border was drawn along the Dniester, and Russia gained the lands between the Southern Bug and the Dniester.
- Date
- 29 December 1791 (9 January 1792)exact dateJulian calendar (Old Style); the Gregorian date (New Style) is in brackets
- Place
- Jassy (Iași)today: Iași, Romania · Balkans and Anatolia
- Participants
- Russian Empire, Ottoman Empire, Catherine the Great
- Threads
- Russia at the turn of the 19th century
The negotiations at Jassy were begun by Grigory Potemkin and, after his death, conducted by Alexander Bezborodko. Tiraspol (1792) and Odesa (1794–1795) were soon founded on the new lands.
Connections
Causes and preconditions
- Siege of Izmail11 (22) December 1790 · Eastern Europe
Same participants
- Billings–Sarychev expedition25 October (5 November) 1785 – March 1794 · Central and Northern Asiavia Catherine the Great
- Second Partition of Poland12 (23) January 1793 · Eastern Europevia Russian Empire
- Battle of the Pyramids21 July 1798 · Middle East and Egyptvia Ottoman Empire
Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within 5 years of this event
Western and Central Europe
- Execution of Louis XVI21 January 1793
- Siege of Toulon29 August – 19 December 1793
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen26 August 1789
- Storming of the Bastille14 July 1789
- Kościuszko Uprising24 March – 16 November 1794
+ 2 events
Eastern Europe
- Second Partition of Poland12 (23) January 1793
- Siege of Izmail11 (22) December 1790
- Third Partition of Poland13 (24) October 1795
- Death of Catherine the Great6 (17) November 1796
Africa
- Mungo Park’s first expedition to the Niger2 December 1795 – 10 June 1797
Central and Northern Asia
- Syrym Datuly’s uprising1783–1797
- Billings–Sarychev expedition25 October (5 November) 1785 – March 1794
East Asia
- Adam Laxman’s embassy to Japan13 (24) September 1792 – 8 (19) September 1793
- Macartney Embassy to China14 September 1793
- Abdication of the Qianlong Emperor9 February 1796
- White Lotus Rebellionbetween 1794 and 1796 – 1804
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Mutiny on the Bounty28 April 1789
North America
- First inauguration of George Washington30 April 1789
Latin America
- Haitian Revolutionbetween 21 August and 22 August 1791 – 1 January 1804