Post by Pyotr Alekseevich on Oct 5, 2016 19:42:08 GMT
The Russian ambassador, not long in his post, has been tasked with the un-enviable job of passing the Tsars formal declaration of war to the Ottoman government:
By the grace of God, the most excellent and great sovereign prince Pyotr Alekseevich the ruler all the Russias: of Moscow, of Kiev, of Vladimir, of Novgorod, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan and Tsar of Siberia, sovereign of Pskov, great prince of Smolensk, Tversk, Yugorsk, Permsky, Vyatsky, Bulgarsky and others, sovereign and great prince of Novgorod Nizovsky lands, Chernigovsky, of Ryazan, of Rostov, Yaroslavl, Belozersky, Udorsky, Kondiisky and the sovereign of all the northern lands, and the sovereign of the Iverian lands, of the Kartlian and Georgian Kings, of the Kabardin lands, of the Circassian and Mountain princes and many other states and lands western and eastern here and there and the successor and sovereign and ruler.
The Ottoman Empire has breached the Treaty of Constantinople, signed in honest good faith by the Russian and Ottoman Empires in the year 1700 and honourably upheld by the Russian Empire. The Ottoman breach of this treaty is thus:
I - Allowing the Crimean Tatars to make war upon the Russian Empire through their raiding of Russian territory and destruction of property belonging to the Russian Crown.
It is with great sorrow that His Imperial Highness must once again make war on his Ottoman neighbours. But honour demands it.
By the grace of God, the most excellent and great sovereign prince Pyotr Alekseevich the ruler all the Russias: of Moscow, of Kiev, of Vladimir, of Novgorod, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan and Tsar of Siberia, sovereign of Pskov, great prince of Smolensk, Tversk, Yugorsk, Permsky, Vyatsky, Bulgarsky and others, sovereign and great prince of Novgorod Nizovsky lands, Chernigovsky, of Ryazan, of Rostov, Yaroslavl, Belozersky, Udorsky, Kondiisky and the sovereign of all the northern lands, and the sovereign of the Iverian lands, of the Kartlian and Georgian Kings, of the Kabardin lands, of the Circassian and Mountain princes and many other states and lands western and eastern here and there and the successor and sovereign and ruler.
The Ottoman Empire has breached the Treaty of Constantinople, signed in honest good faith by the Russian and Ottoman Empires in the year 1700 and honourably upheld by the Russian Empire. The Ottoman breach of this treaty is thus:
I - Allowing the Crimean Tatars to make war upon the Russian Empire through their raiding of Russian territory and destruction of property belonging to the Russian Crown.
It is with great sorrow that His Imperial Highness must once again make war on his Ottoman neighbours. But honour demands it.
