Events Tagged: "Black Sea"

Ovid exiled to Tomis - great poet banished to Black Sea for 'poem and error,' dies in exile, mystery never solved

St. Clement I martyred - tied to anchor and thrown into Black Sea by order of Emperor Trajan

Peter the Great captures Azov from Ottomans - Russia's first naval victory, gains access to Black Sea

Russo-Turkish War begins - Catherine the Great seeks Black Sea access and protection of Orthodox Christians

Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji - Catherine gains Crimean independence from Ottomans, Black Sea ports, protectorate over Orthodox

Catherine the Great annexes Crimea - Potemkin organizes incorporation, Russia becomes Black Sea power permanently