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Azov

Azov is a town in Rostov oblast, southern Russia, on the Don near the Sea of Azov. On the site of the medieval Italian trading post of Tana, it was an Ottoman fortress from 1475. Don Cossacks seized it in 1637 and held it until 1642, Peter the Great took it in 1696 but lost it in 1711, and it passed finally to Russia in the 18th century.

Azov
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Mentioned in 3 profiles

Bosporan KingdomFoundation, SocioeconomyCrimean KhanateDeclineTsardom of RussiaMilitary, Decline

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Don Cossack HostDanube Sich

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Azov. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/azov
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