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{{DYK talk|1 February|2006|entry=...that during the '''[[Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829]]''' more Russian soldiers died in hospitals from [[contagious disease]]s than fighting on the battlefield?}}
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so russia won right?
This article needs to be updated, the Turkish forces are enormous in this article, which is absurd, much of the information is incorrect and it seems like the page has russian benefit.
Bullshit <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/{{{IP|{{{User|83.131.250.131}}}}}}|{{{IP|{{{User|83.131.250.131}}}}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{IP|{{{User|83.131.250.131}}}}}}|talk]]) {{{Time|00:32, August 21, 2007 (UTC)}}}</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->▼
==Move discussion in progress==
There is a move discussion in progress on [[Talk:Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681)#Moves? |Talk:Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681)]] which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. <!-- Talk:Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681) crosspost --> —[[User:RMCD bot|RMCD bot]] 22:42, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
== Scorched Earth and such ==
The article stated: ''The Russian army plundered the landscape and engaged in [[scorched-earth]] tactics, which lead the an English traveller Sir Adolphus Slade to remark:' 'In some mud cabins, hard by [[Novi Pazar, Bulgaria|Yeni Bazar]], an advanced post of Cossacks was lodged, in great distress for want of necessaries, which they were obliged to draw from Varna, two days distance. All Bulgaria they informed me, was in the same state, not a house standing, thus confirming what a Russian officer had before told me "the Turks did some damage, but we levelled all" The reason of their wanton destruction is difficult to understand, especially among people whom they were pleased to call co-religionists, allies,&c., but whom they treated worse than serfs. [[Provadia|Pravodi]], for example, a Christian place, they levelled to the ground, although it was not attacked. The adage, " where the Spahis' hoofs tread, the grass will not grow," may be applied with more reason to the Cossacks.''"<ref>Records of travels in Turkey, Greece, &c: and of a cruise in the Black Sea with the Capitan Pasha, Sir Adolphus Slade, page 59, 1833</ref>''
By that time, Russia and Britain were political rivals. So the quote is hardly the testimony of a disinterested, unbiased witness. A claim as ridiculuous as that not a single house was standing in Bulgaria anymore is propaganda, even when it is delivered as hearsay. -- [[User:Zickzack|Zz]] ([[User talk:Zickzack|talk]]) 16:12, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
▲Bullshit <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/{{{IP|{{{User|83.131.250.131}}}}}}|{{{IP|{{{User|83.131.250.131}}}}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{IP|{{{User|83.131.250.131}}}}}}|talk]]) {{{Time|00:32, August 21, 2007 (UTC)}}}</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Slade actually served in the Ottoman navy, so he is biased. His book discusses in great detail the movements of Russian troops, and clearly states that they went only a relatively short distance inland from the Black sea coast (Svilen, Shumen, Pravodi etc.). Bulgaria did not exist as an independent country then, but as far as I can tell, people at the time would have understood "Bulgaria" to mean the territory of modern day Bulgaria plus modern day Macedonia and quite a lot of adjoining territories too, so I don't quite know what to make of his claim that not a house was standing in Bulgaria. It's pretty strange. Either his grasp of geography was very limited, or he was trusting to the ignorance of his readers. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Pignut|Pignut]] ([[User talk:Pignut#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Pignut|contribs]]) 09:54, 18 February 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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