 Russian tsar Peter the Great secured possession of the Azov region and freed his forces to participate in the Great Northern War.The treaty was superseded by the Treaty of the Pruth in 1711, after the Ottoman Empire became involved in this war.As a member of the anti-Ottoman alliance ("Holy League"), the Tsardom of Russia had fought against the Ottoman Empire in the eastern theater of the Great Turkish War (Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)).