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How Russia humiliated the Ottoman Empire over and over again

How Russia humiliated the Ottoman Empire over and over again For four centuries the Russian and Ottoman Empires clashed in one of history’s fiercest rivalries. From Ivan the Terrible’s conquest of Astrakhan to the Crimean War and finally World War One these two powers fought twelve bloody wars that shaped Eastern Europe the Balkans and the Middle East. This is the story of their epic struggle filled with battles betrayals and shifting empires that ended with the fall of both dynasties.

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