Second Turkish War in the Reign of Empress Catherine II. Volume II. 1789-1791

Andrei Petrov took the description of Catherine's second war with Turkey 1787 1791 years. Already well-examining the very epoch of his previous works. The second war of Catherine's reign was only a continuation of the first. From this point of view, Kucuk Kaynardzhiysky world in 1774 was only a truce. Singled out as the main character of the war years 1769 1774 Field Marshal Rumyantsev, the new composition is particularly noted historian commander Suvorov victory, even calling his name in honor of the conflict itself, "Suvorov war." In the opinion of Petrov, despite the fact that Alexander commanded a military unit, never having full power over the whole of the army, that his actions in various sectors of the front to prejudge the outcome of a protracted campaign of opposition. Self-Chief of His Serene Highness Prince Potemkin, directing all the forces he could do that did Suvorov with his eight or ten thousand people.