title: Turkish Russian Relations in the Soviet and Post Soviet Period
abstract: The first official meeting between the Ottoman Empire and Grand Principality of Moscow was established in 1492. Ottoman Empire had continued the relations with Tsardom of Russia via Crimean Khans in the Crimea and its surroundings, which are the vassal states of the Ottoman Empire. However, when the Tsardom of Russia 18 th and 19 th centuries progressed and had power in Eastern Europe and Asia, it struggled with Ottoman Empire and gradually invaded most of the Ottoman territories. Russia suppres