In 1678, the Ottoman army was finally able to take Chigirin after a bloody assault. In 1677, the Ottoman army tried to retake Chigirin, but was defeated. In 1676, Russian troops captured Chigirin and overthrew Doroshenko, who was exiled to Russia. The latter's pro-Ottoman policy caused discontent among many Ukrainian Cossacks, who would elect Ivan Samoilovich as a sole Hetman of all Ukraine in 1674. While Russia conquered the Left-bank Ukraine after the Russo-Polish War (1654-1667), Ottoman Empire in the course of the Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676), spread its rule over all of the Right-bank Ukraine with the support of its vassal, Petro Doroshenko (1665–1672).

The next conflict between Russia and Turkey began 100 years later as part of the struggle for the territory of Ukraine. Ottoman vassal the Crimean Khanate continued its expansion against the Russian Tsardom, but was defeated at the Battle of Molodi in 1572. The peace treaty between the two sides cemented Russia's conquests on the Volga, but allowed the Ottoman Empire to obtain a number of commercial benefits. The Turkish expedition ended in disaster for the Ottoman army, which could not take Astrakhan and almost completely perished in the steppes, while the Ottoman fleet was wrecked in the Sea of Azov. The Ottoman sultan Selim II tried to squeeze the Russians out of the lower Volga by sending a military expedition to Astrakhan in 1569. See also: Territorial evolution of Russia, Transformation of the Ottoman Empire, and Ottoman ancien régime Before Peter the Great įirst Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570) occurred after the conquest of Kazan and Astrakhan by the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible.

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