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[edit] POV problem

This article currently reads far too much like a Russian POV. I just finished reading Great Catherine, a detailed and largely complementary history on Catherine the Great, written by Carolly Erickson, a respected author of many biographies of European rulers. Its take on this war was that Catherine effectively provoked it as part of her desire to expand Russian borders and influence. I have no doubt the the Ottomans truly desired to retake their lost territory, and I wouldn't be surprised if many of the unflattering statements about the Turks are accurate, but both sides of this conflict need to be described, probably with a bit less inflammatory verbiage. — Jeff Q (talk) 18:25, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wouldn't the Austro-Turkish War, 1787-1791 and this one be the same thing? --DanielCD 19:24, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] horse tails

when the horse tails were planted for the campaign

What does that mean? Did the Turks stick horses' tails in the ground as some kind of ceremonial declaration of war, or did they cultivate equisetum, or what? -Townmouse 16:47, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I wondered about that phrase too. I found "and the display of horsetails at the gate of the palace is the Ottoman signal of war" here. I changed "horse tails" to "horsetails" but maybe a less flowery clause would be in order. Steve Pucci | talk 04:09, 10 April 2006 (UTC)