GOV 24.44 Russia – Before Revolution: Russians Defeated by the Turks

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Russia lost and the Ottomans won, gaining a twenty-year respite from Russian pressure. The Ottomans granted Christians a degree of official equality and the Orthodox gained control of Christian churches disputed by the Ottomans.  Russia gained a new appreciation for its own religious diversity and launched a reform program to that effect that had far-reaching consequences.


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