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of the Dnieper near Otchakof. 19. Ac- 
tion on the Dniefter, when. the: troops of 
«Prince Proforofikoi force, the Turks to 
repats the river in great diforder, . Chot- 
-yim taken Sept. 19. | Yafly, in Molda- 
via, taken, Sept. 27. Buchareft, in Val- 
fachia taken, and the hofpodar made pri- 
-oner, in November. 1770. Victory gain- 
ed by the Ruffians under General Pod- 
horilfhany and Potemkin, near Fokfhany. 
‘The-town of Shurfha taken by Lieut. 
«Gen. Von Stoffeln, Feb. 4. A Rufhan 
leet appears in the Port of Maina in the 
‘Morea, Feb. 17. Miftra, the Lacede- 
amon of the ancients, and feveral other 
‘towns of the Morea, taken, in February. 
Surrender of Arcadim in Greece, and a 
multitude of Turks made prifeners, in 
the fame month. The Turks and Tar- 
' @#ars-are driven from their intrenchments 
near the Pruth, by Count Romantzof, 
Prince Repnin, and General Bauer, 11-16 
June. Prince Proforoffkoi gains feveral 
‘@dvantages near Otchakof, June 18. The 
Ruffian fleet under Count Alexey Orlof 
gains a complete victory over the Turks 
near ‘Ticheime, June 24. . The ‘confe- 
quent deftruétion of the whole ‘Turkith 
eet, near-T fehefme,- where it was burned 
by Admiral’ Greig, June 26. Battle on 
the Kaeul in which Count Romantzof de- 
feats the. Turkith army, ‘coniilting of 
256,000 men, takes the camp and’ all ‘the 
artilicry, July21. The fortrefs Bender 
taken, July 22. ‘The town of ‘Iimail ta- 
ken by Prince Repnin, July 26. Kila ta- 
ken by Prince Repnin, ‘Aug. 21. “Acker- 
man taken, in O&tober.. Brailof taken, 
Noy. ro. 1771. The fortrefs of Shurfha 
faken by General Olitz, Feb. 23, ‘The 
town of Kaffa taken by Prince Dolgo- 
ruckof, June 29. The fort of Kertchi 
taken July 2. . The fort of Yenicali ta- 
ken July 3. With numberlefs other vic- 
tories, by fea and land, till the pease was 
concluded the 13th of January 1775, by 
which the Krimea was declared indepen- 
dent of the Porte, all the ‘wait tract of 
country between the Bog ‘and > Dnieper 
was ceded to Ruffia, betides the Cuban 
and the ifle of Taman, with free naviga- 
tion in all the Turkith feas, including 
the paflage of the Dardanelies, privileges 
anted to the moft favoured nations, and 
Derwiasins in behalf of the inhabitants 
of Moldavia and Vullachia. 
In 1779, the Emprefs, intending to di- 
vide the empire into viceroyaities, made a 
beginning in January with the viceroy- 
alty of Oriof.. March 2i, a new treaty 
was figned. at Cerflantineple between 
Original Memoirs of the Late Emprefs of Ruffia. f it Sup. 
‘Ruffia and the Porte. May 19; ‘the 
treaty of peace between the belligerent 
“powers in Germany and the French King 
was fisted under-the mediation of her 
Majefty. In June fhe eftablifhed an hof- 
pital for invalids at Mofco, to be con- 
‘fined to officers. In July General Bauer 
received orders to caufe'a ‘canal ‘to be ent 
to fupply Mofco with wholefome water. 
‘In O&eber a thip built at Taganrock, 
named the Prince Conftantine, failed to 
Smyrna with Ruffian commodities. De- 
cember 3, the viceroyalty of Voronetih was 
dnftituted ; and the 27th Cotintt Ro- 
mantzof Zadunaifki opened the Viceroy- 
alty of Kurfk with great folemnity. 
In 1780, Peb, 28, appeared the memo- 
rable declaration of her Imperial Majelty, ~ 
relating to the fafety of navigation ‘and 
‘commerce of the heutral powers.” May 9- 
the Emprefs fet out on a journey to 
White Rufiia from Zarfcoi Selo, vifits 
Narva, Plefeo, meets the Emperorof Ger- 
-many under the tiflé of CountFalkenitein, 
at Mohilef, purfue the-journey tegether 
to Smolenfk. June 6, Count Falkenftein 
arrives at Mofeo. The 17th the Emprefs 
returns ‘to ‘Zarfcde Selo, ‘and the Count 
Falkenftéin ‘to St. Peterfburgh. July’8, 
the Emperor, Jofeph II. returis ‘to Vi- 
enna. Sept. the prefent King“of Pruffia 
in St. Peterfburgh, ahd returns ‘to Berlit: 
the 4th of November. bi 
In 3781, March 3, the Emiprefs tie- 
diates ‘bétweth England and “Holland. 
April 5, inftitutes the fir public fchool 
ta Peterfourgh. Auguit 27; “the-grand 
‘Dukes Alexander and ‘Cénfantine were - 
inoculated by Baron Dimidale. Aug~ 31, 
the ‘Arft ftene of a cathedralwas laid’at 
Chérfon, dedicated to Sr. ‘Catherine. 
Sept. 19, the grand Duke Paul. Petro- 
Witeh and his confert Maria Feodorovna 
depart fom “Zarixoe Selo, ‘through Plef= 
cof, Mohilef, and Kief, on a journey mto 
foreign “Countries, under the title of the 
Count aad Covhtefs of the North. 
Ta 1782, by cémmand of her Majefty, 
jated Jan. 18, a: Roman Catholie“arch- 
bifhepric was_ere€ted in the city’of Mo- 
hilef, with authority over ‘all the ‘catho- 
lic churclies ahd converts “inthe ‘Ruffian 
empire. Aug. 7, the famous equeitrian 
ftatue of Peter the Great, being finithed, 
was uncovered ‘to the public in prefence 
of the Emprefs, on ‘which occation the 
publithed a proclamation containing ‘pars 
dons tor feveral criminals, &¢e. Sept. 225 
the order of St. Viadimir infituted. ‘The 
27thy publifhies anew Tariff, Nov, 20»: 
the grand Duke and his Duckefs, having 
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