The Ottoman Empire in the Face of the Russian Threat: Military Operations in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Reactions of Istanbul (Summer 1704)
Journal: The World of the Orient
Year: 2025

The paper analyses the reaction of the Ottoman Empire government to the challenges to its security resulting from the growing potential of the Russian state. The material is mainly based on the documents of Pyotr Tolstoy’s embassy, which are stored in the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts and highlight one of the bright pages of international diplomatic and political activity in the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Since the diplomatic tension arose due to the events that took place on the ter