Treaty of Constantinople ( 1700 ) The Treaty of Constantinople or Istanbul was signed on 13 July 1700 between the Tsardom of Russia and the Ottoman Empire . It ended the Russo - Turkish War of 1686 - 1700 . Russian tsar Peter the Great secured possession of the Azov region and freed his forces to participate in the Great Northern War . The treaty was superseded by the Treaty of the Pruth in 1711 , after the Ottoman Empire became involved in this war . Background . As a member of the anti - Ottoman alliance ( " Holy League " ) , the Tsardom of Russia had fought against the Ottoman Empire in the eastern theater of the Great Turkish War ( Russo - Turkish War ( 1686 – 1700 ) ) . When the other members of the league — the Holy Roman Empire , the Republic of Venice and the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth - had reached their war aims , they concluded a peace with the Ottoman sultan Mustafa II at Karlowitz ( 1699 ) , which completely ignored Russian interests . The respective negotiations had begun in 1698 , when Russia was still campaigning in the lower Dnjepr area and the Strait of Kerch , connecting the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea . Russian tsar Peter the Great joined the negotiations in person and concluded a two - years truce with the Ottoman Empire in Karlowitz ( Sremski Karlovci ) on 25 December 1698 ( O . S . ) / 26 January 1699 . At this stage , a final Russo - Ottoman settlement was prevented by the discrepancy between Peter ' s demands , which included protection of the Christians in the Ottoman Balkan provinces , and the military position of Russia , as well as the lack of support by the other Holy League members . In the fall , the tsar sent Yemelyan Ignatievich Ukraintsev to the sultan ' s court , the Porte at Constantinople ( Istanbul ) , to negotiate a peace . Ukraintsev arrived on a Russian war ship , the 46 - gun frigate Krepost in the early fall of 1699 . The primary Russian objectives were Ottoman recognition of the Russian war gains around Azov and a free access to the Black Sea for Russia ' s commercial vessels . When the negotiations progressed slowly and Peter the Great came under time pressure to attack the Swedish Empire in the Great Northern War ( " see below " ) , he urged Ukraintsev to come to a peace soon , and the Russian condition of Black Sea access was dropped . Terms . The treaty was concluded on 3 July ( O . S . ) / 13 July 1700 in Constantinople . The Tsardom of Russia and the Ottoman Empire agreed on a truce set to expire in thirty years . The sultan recognized Russia ' s possession of the Azov area , including Asov and the newly built fortresses of Taganrog , Pavlovsk , and Mius . Russia dropped her claims to the Kerch Strait , but was relieved from paying the annual tribute to the Crimean Khanate paid since the occupation of Muscovy by the Golden Horde . The fortresses along the Dnjepr river , razed by Russian forces , were returned to the Ottoman Empire . The lower Dnjepr area , south of the Zaporozhian Sich , and the area between Perekop and Miuskiy Gorodok was declared a demilitarized zone . The sultan asserted that his subordinates , the Crimean Tartars , would not attack Russia ; in turn , the tsar promised that his subordinates , the Don Cossacks and Zaporozhian Cossacks , would not attack the Ottoman Empire . Both parties promised not to build any fortifications along the border . The Ottoman Empire also promised to free Russian prisoners of war . The sultan further allowed free passage for Russian pilgrims to the Holy Land and a Russian diplomatic representation in Constantinople . Impact of the Great Northern War . The treaty ' s conclusion and its supersession in 1710 was closely tied to the Great Northern War , which had started shortly before its conclusion . Peter the Great had negotiated a three - front assault on the Swedish Empire with his allies August the Strong of Saxony and Poland - Lithuania and Frederik IV of Denmark - Norway : Peter was to attack Swedish Ingria , August was to attack Swedish Livonia , and Frederik was to attack Sweden ' s ally Holstein - Gottorp . Peter ' s attack however was conditional , it was agreed that it would only start after the Russo - Ottoman peace was concluded . As a consequence , the Russian attack was delayed to a point where Denmark was already defeated when Peter the Great marched his army out of Moscow , enabling Sweden to face the Russian attack on Ingria and successfully repulse it . The Ottoman Empire became involved in the war nine years later , when Charles XII of Sweden was defeated by Peter the Great in the Battle of Poltava and subsequently encamped the remnants of his army in Ottoman Bender . This led to another confrontation between the sultan and the tsar , culminating in an Ottoman declaration of war and the unsuccessful Russian Pruth Campaign . As a consequence , the treaty of Constantinople was superseded by the Treaty of the Pruth ( 1711 ) , by which Azov was returned to the sultan and subsequently razed , and the Peace of Adrianople ( 1713 ) , which restored peace between the Russian and Ottoman empires scheduled to last twenty - five years . Though the sultan declared war on Peter three times in the time between Pruth and Adrianople , no actual fighting occurred , thus the Pruth treaty effectively ended the Ottoman intervention in the Great Northern War .