Passage: The Azov campaigns of 1695-96 , were two Russian military campaigns during the Russo-Turkish War of 1686-1700, led by Peter the Great and aimed at capturing the Turkish fortress of Azov , which had been blocking Russia's access to the Azov Sea and the Black Sea.  Since the Crimean campaigns of 1687 and 1689 had failed because of the difficulty of moving a large army across the steppe, Peter decided to try a river approach.
How many Crimean campaigns failed because of the difficulty of moving a large army across the steppe? How many Crimean campaigns were there? How many Russian military campaigns were there during the Russo-Turkish War of 1686-1700? How many bodies of water did Peter the Great aim to cut Russia off from? How many campaigns did Peter run? How many different years did the Azov campaigns take place? How many more years did the Russo-Turkish War last than the Azov campaigns? How many seas did Azov block Russia's access to? How many seas did the Turkish fortress block off? How many seas did the fortress block off? How many years after the last Crimean campaign did the Azov campaign begin? How many years apart were the Crimean campaigns? How many years did the Azov campaigns last? How many years did the Crimean campaigns last? How many years did the Russo Turkish War last? How many years did the Russo-Turkish War last? How many years did the Russo-Turkish war last? How many years did the campaigns last? How many years did the war last? How many years have passed between the first and the second Crimean campaigns? How many years in all did the Russo-Turkish War of 1686-1700 take place in? Over how many years did the two Azov campaigns made? Over how many years did the two Zaov campaigns take place from the Russian military? Was Peter the Great Russian or Turkish? What ended first: Azov campaigns or Russo-Turkish War? What ended last: Azov campaigns or Russo-Turkish War? What failed that made Peter decide to try a river approach? What happened first, the Crimean campaigns or the Azov campaigns? What side was the main perpetrator of the campaigns? What was the fortress blocking? What was the main goal of the military campaigns? When did the Russian military campaigns take place? Which happened first, the Azov campaigns or the Crimean campaigns? Which seas did the fortress block off?