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The
Orlov Revolt (
1770) was a precursor to the
Greek War of Independence (
1821), which saw a
Greek uprising in the
Peloponnese at the instigation of
Count Orlov, commander of the Russian Naval Forces of the
Russo-Turkish War. In Greece it's known as the
Orlov events .
Wishing to weaken the
Ottoman Empire and establish a pro-Russian Greek state in the Balkans, Russian emissaries were sent to
Mani in the mid-1760s, to make a pact with the local leaders who represented the strongest military force in Greece at the time. In 1769, during the
Russo-Turkish War, a fleet of 14 warships commanded by count
Aleksey Grigoryevich Orlov sailed from the
Baltic Sea for the
Mediterranean. The fleet reached Mani in February 1770, prompting the Maniots to raise their war flags. 50 Russian soldiers remained to help fight in the ground war, while the fleet sailed on to the
Aegean Sea.
The Greek army was initially successful, quickly liberating large portions of
Morea. The revolt however failed to effectively spread in the rest of Greece. With the assistance of Greek islanders, the Russian fleet was able to score a major victory against the Turkish Navy in the
Battle of Cesme, but this didn't help the Greek army in Morea, and the revolt was soon crushed.
From the Russian point of view, Count Orlov's mission was a success, damaging the Turkish Fleet, directing Turkish troops south, and contributing to the victory that led to the signing of the
Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji.
From the Greek point of view, the affair was a failure which cost a huge number of lives (both in battle, and in the Turkish reprisals that followed). The Greeks were effectively forgotten in the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji, and they became increasingly distrustful of the Russians as a result. While Greek connections to Russian remained strong (in part because of the influence of prominent Greeks in Russia), many among the next generation of Greek leaders (such as
Petrobey and
Kolokotronis) would look to the West for alliances.
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