Treaty of Nissa
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The Treaty of Nissa is a peace treaty signed on October 3, 1739 in Nissa by the Ottoman Empire on one side and Russia on the other.
The Russian-Turkish war of 1736–1739 was the result of the Russian effort to gain Azov and Crimea as a first step towards dominating the Black Sea. In several successful raids led by Marshal Munich, the Russians broke the resistance of the Tatars, cross the Dniester into Moldavia and in 1739 marched as far as the Moldavian capital of Jassy, which they captured. Austria entered the war in 1737 on the Russian side to get its share, but was forced to make peace with Ottomans at the separate Treaty of Belgrade, surrendering Northern Serbia and Lesser Wallachia, and allowing the Turks to resist the Russian push toward Istanbul. In return, the Sultan acknowledged the Austrian Emperor as the official representative for all Ottoman Christian subjects, a position also claimed by Russia. The Austrian pullout forced Russia to accept peace at Nissa, giving up Crimea and Moldavia, being allowed to build a port at Azov but not to build fortifications there or have any fleet in the Black Sea.wa:Påye di Nissa