The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chesma" id="mwOw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Chesma">Battle of Chesma</a> between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire" id="mwPA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" id="mwPQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> begins.