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Catherine the Great: The Russo-Turkish War & Naval Triumph at Chesma — Fexingo History
Apr 27, 2026 ·
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Catherine the Great: The Russo-Turkish War & Naval Triumph at Chesma — Fexingo History
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In 1770, the Russian navy sailed halfway around Europe to confront the Ottoman fleet in the Aegean Sea. The result was the Battle of Chesma, one of the most devastating...
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In 1770, the Russian navy sailed halfway around Europe to confront the Ottoman fleet in the Aegean Sea. The result was the Battle of Chesma, one of the most devastating naval defeats in Ottoman history. This episode of Fexingo History takes you to the shores of western Anatolia, where Admiral Grigory Spiridov and Count Alexei Orlov orchestrated a fire-ship attack that burned the Ottoman fleet to the waterline. We explore Catherine the Great's grand strategy of distracting the Sublime Porte on multiple fronts, the Aleksey Orlov-led expedition from the Baltic, the role of British naval advisers like Samuel Greig, and the aftermath that gave Russia a foothold in the Mediterranean. We also touch on the parallel land campaign under Pyotr Rumyantsev and the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca that followed. If you've heard about Potemkin's Black Sea fleet, this is where the Russian naval tradition began. Join Lucas and Luna for a deep dive into a battle that announced Russia as a Mediterranean power.
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