JASSY, TREATY OF


Meaning of JASSY, TREATY OF in English

(Jan. 9, 1792) Pact signed at Jassy in Moldavia (modern Ia 015F; i, Rom.), at the conclusion of the Russo-Turkish Wars .

The treaty confirmed Russian dominance in the Black Sea by advancing the Russian frontier to the Dniester River. It also restored Bessarabia, Moldavia, and Walachia to the Ottoman Turks.

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