 Varvakis akanga ari muKristu weGreek Orthodox uyo akava mufambisi wengarava ane unyanzvi pazera remakore 17 uye akavaka ngarava, St. Andrew, iyo akazozvipa nevashandi vake kumauto eRussia munguva yeRusso-Turkish War, 1768-1774. Akashandisa pfuma yake yose kugadzirira ngarava nokuishongedza nezvombo uye akaratidza ushingi hunoshamisa mukati meHondo yeChesmamuna July 1770. Xebec yake yakashandurwa kuva ngarava yemoto, yakazadzwa nezvinhu zvinopisa, ikapiswa ndokudzorwa kuva ngarava huru yeTurkey. Asi hondo yacho haina kupa kuzvimiririra kuGirisi, sezvo sultan weOttoman akasaina rugare neChibvumirano cheKuçuk Kainarji muna 1774, icho chakapa Russia rutivi rwokuchamhembe rweGungwa Dema. Pane rumwe rutivi, iyi hondo yakaparira kubuda kukuru kwavaGiriki vachienda kuRussia. 