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Group: East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies)
Topic: Crisis of the Third Century (Roman Civil “War” of 235-84)

Russia's annexation of the Crimea and desire …

Years: 1787 - 1787

Russia's annexation of the Crimea and desire to make Georgia a protectorate, plus the Turks' attempts to foment a Tatar revolt, leads to a renewal of Catherine's war (it is rumored that she desires to absorb the Ottoman Empire).

Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid, confronted with Russian designs, declares war on the Russian empire in 1787.