From the ‘Eternal Peace’ to the Treaty of Carlowitz: Relations between Russia, the Sublime Porte and the Crimean Khanate (1686–1699)
Year: 2019

The article discusses the goals of Crimean expeditions led by prince Vasilij Golitsyn and the way his policy was reshaped by Peter the Great after he took over power in fall of 1689. Before the first Crimean expedition was launched in 1687 the plan of establishing Russian protectorate over the Crimean Khanate had been worked out in Moscow ruling circles. Understanding the hardness of the task after the fail of the first expedition, Golitsyn during the second march towards Perekop in 1689, was re