KIRIM’IN KAYBEDİLMESİ SÜRECİNDE RUSYA’DA PUGAÇEV İSYANI VE OSMANLI DEVLETİ’NİN İSYANA BAKIŞI
THE PUGACHEV REVOLT IN RUSSIA IN THE DAYS OF LOSING THE CRIMEA AND THE OTTOMAN VIEW OF THE REVOLT

Summary/Abstract: The 18th century was key period in Ottoman history. The Empire had realized that it had lost its former power in the face of Europe, and thus began to seek ways to regain that. The iron curtain between Ottoman administrators – especially the sultan, and Europe was lifted – during that era. As thus, their alongside bureaucrats’ mentality began to change. To restore Empire’s prowess, they made a number of military reforms, looking to the West as an example. Parallel, important developments had also took place in Russia. Composed mainly of glaciers, Russia gain strength thanks to important moves made by Tsar Peter I at the beginning of the century. The period also saw Russia adopt of policy of landing on warm seas. Successive Tsars and Tsarinas also followed suit – especially Czarina Catherine II. She set her sights on dominating the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean -- the later evoked a war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire in 1768. That conflict would end with the Treaty of Küçükkaynarca, the loss of Crimea in 1774 on the part of the Ottmans, and very difficult times ahead for both countries. Moreover, Russia not had only fought at the front, but also had to deal with an internal rebellion initiated under Pugachev (himself originally a Don Cossack). This study will discuss that war, the Pugachev rebellion that took place in Russia during it, and how he exploited the Ottomans’ reluctance / insufficiency.

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