1770 in Russia

Events in the year 1770 in Russia.

Incumbents

Monarch – Catherine II

Events

• Russo-Turkish war
• January – Russian troops in Focșani witness the first signs of a plague
• 5–7 July – Battle of Chesma; The Russian fleet defeats the Ottoman fleet in Çeşme Bay near Çeşme
• 7 July – Battle of Larga; Russians defeat the Crimeans and Ottomans on the banks of the Larga River
• 1 August – Battle of Kagul; In the Kagul River near Cahul, in southern Moldavia, now Moldova, Russians score a land victory against Crimea and the Ottoman Empire.

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