The treaty was concluded on 3 July (O.S.) / 13 July 1700[3] in Constantinople.[4] The Tsardom of Russia and the Ottoman Empire agreed on a truce set to expire in thirty years.[4] The sultan recognized Russia's possession of the Azov area,[2] including Asov and the newly built fortresses of Taganrog,[3] Pavlovsk , and Mius[6] Russia dropped her claims to the Kerch Strait,[2] but was relieved from paying the annual tribute to the Crimean Khanate[7] paid since the occupation of Muscovy by the Golden Horde.[3] The fortresses along the Dnieper river, razed by Russian forces, were returned to the Ottoman Empire.[3] The lower Dnjepr area, south of the Zaporozhian Sich, and the area between Perekop and Miuskiy Gorodok was declared a demilitarized zone.[2] The sultan asserted that his subordinates, the Crimean Tartars, would not attack Russia; in turn, the tsar promised that his subordinates, the Don Cossacks and Zaporozhian Cossacks, would not attack the Ottoman Empire.[2]