Battles & Campaigns · 1812
Treaty of Bucharest (1812)
Manuc's Inn, Bucharest, Romania
What happened
Ottoman negotiators led by Mehmed Said Galib Efendi and Russian envoys led by Andrei Italinsky, with the Russian commander Mikhail Kutuzov, made peace. Russia and the Ottoman Empire had been at war since 1806. Meeting in Bucharest, the Ottomans gave Russia the land between the Prut and Dniester rivers, later called Bessarabia. The treaty also gave Serbia self-rule.
Why it matters
Why it matters: Russia ended the war so it could face Napoleon. The treaty became the basis for later Russian–Ottoman relations.
What came next
Tsar Alexander I ratified it just 13 days before Napoleon invaded Russia.
Did you know?
Manuc's Inn, where talks were held, was built in 1808 and is the oldest hotel building still working in Bucharest.
Timeline
- 1806The Russo-Turkish War begins.
- 28 May 1812The Treaty of Bucharest is signed.
- 5 July 1812The treaty is ratified.