Great Turkish War
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The Great Turkish War was a war fought by The Ottoman empire and The Holy League consisting of the Habsburg Monarchy, Poland-Lithuania, Venice and Russia. It was fought from 1683 to 1699 and it was a Holy League win. Intensive fighting began in 1683 and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. The war was a defeat for the Ottoman Empire, which for the first time lost large amounts of territory. It lost lands in Hungary and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as part of the western Balkans. The war was also significant in that it marked the first time Russia was involved in a western European alliance.
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