Military confrontation between Russia and the Ottoman Empire: on the question of systematizing educational material in the school history course

the article examines the problem of systematizing a section of the school curriculum devoted to the history of the Russo-Turkish wars, which is significant in its scope and invariably poses difficulties for students (especially in the context of final examinations at the BSE and USE levels). The authors of the article propose to systematize thirteen Russo-Turkish military conflicts by identifying three historical stages in their history based on an analysis of such criteria as: a general description of the state of the Ottoman Empire and the Russian state, allowing the teacher and students to assess the balance of power of the opposing sides at each stage; the strategy and tactics of military confrontation determined by the above-mentioned factors and the course of military operations themselves; and the historical results and consequences of the Russo-Turkish confrontation. Ultimately, the article, in relation to the requirements of the school curriculum, analyzes the confrontation between the Muscovite Tsardom and the Ottoman Empire in the 16th-17th centuries, the confrontation between Russia and Turkey from the end of the 17th century and throughout the 18th century, as well as the late imperial stage of the confrontation between the two great powers in the 19th and first decades of the 20th centuries.

the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Russo-Turkish wars, cause-and-effect relationships, Eastern Question, systematization, periodization