Image: Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca1

Description: Commemorative plaque where the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca was signed. The Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (also spelled Kuchuk Kainarji) was signed on 21 July 1774, at Küçük Kaynarca, Dobruja (today Kaynardzha, Silistra Province, Bulgaria) between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire after the Ottoman Empire was defeated in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774. The text is engraved in Italian and in Bulgarian. Translation: Here at 10–21 July 1774 was signed the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca between the representative of Catherine the Great, Count Peter Rumyantsev and the representative of Sultan Abdul Hamid I, the Grand Vizier Musul Zade Mehmed Pasha. Clause 7 of this treaty reads as follows: The Sublime Porte promises permanent protection of the Christian religion and its churches.
Title: Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca1
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