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Also Known As Dimitrie Cantemir • Dmitry Konstantinovich Kantemir
Born November 5, 1673 • Romania
Died September 1, 1723 (aged 49) • Ukraine
Subjects Of Study Moldavia • Ottoman Empire
Role In Russo-Turkish wars
Peter I
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Nicholas I
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tsar of Russia
Catherine II
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich, Graf Rimniksky, Knyaz Italiysky, Reichsgraf
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov, Count Rimniksky
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Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov.
Mikhail Kutuzov
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Grigory Potemkin
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Pyotr Aleksandrovich Rumyantsev, Count Zadunaysky
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Aleksey Kuropatkin in his library, 1904/05.
Aleksey Kuropatkin
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Burkhard Christoph, count von Münnich
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ahmed III
Ahmed III
Ottoman sultan
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