Russo-Turkish Treaty of 1724

Russo-Turkish Treaty of 1724 

signed in Constantinople on June 12 (23). Under the treaty of 1724, Russia kept territories on the western and southern shores of the Caspian Sea, which it received under the St. Petersburg Treaty of 1723 with Iran (Persia). Turkey kept formerly Iranian territories in Georgia (Tiflis), Armenia (Yerevan), Azerbaijan (the cities of Shemakha and Tabriz) and northern Iran (the city of Qazvin). The Russian and Turkish governments promised to help preserve the independence of the Iranian state.

As a result of the Russo-Turkish Treaty of 1724, Turkey was not given access to the Caspian coast. The territorial division of Russian and Turkish possessions in Transcaucasia was favorable to Russia. However, Russia also had to make concessions, including recognition of Turkish dominion over eastern Georgia and eastern Armenia, which were favorably disposed toward Russia.