Siege of Perekop (1736)

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Siege of Perekop (1736)
Part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739
Date19 May – 12 November 1736
Location
Perekop, Crimea
Result Russian victory
Belligerents

Ottoman Empire

 Crimean Khanate		  Russia
Commanders and leaders
Fetih II Giray Russian Empire Burkhard Christoph von Münnich
Russian Empire Vasily Dolgorukov
Strength
4,000 soldiers and 84 cannons 62,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
1,000 dead and wounded, 2,554 captured Russian Empire 500 dead, 200 injured

The siege of Perekop (Russian: Штурм Перекопа) on June 1 (OS: 20 May), 1736, was part of the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739). Russian field marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (known in Russia as Minikh) successfully stormed the fortifications at the Isthmus of Perekop and left the Tatar fortress Fortress Or Qapi (known as Perekop Fortress in Russian) in ruins. As a result, the Russian Empire for the first time gained access into the Crimean Peninsula. This was a serious blow to the independence of the Crimean Khanate.[1]

Minikh feigned a false attack on the right flank, and the major attack on the fight flank broke through the fortifications. The army proceeded to the capital of the Khanate, Bakhchisaray, and Akmescit (now Simferopol). However epidemic, epizooty, and mutiny in the army forced Minikh to leave Crimea.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Полководцы России. Полная энциклопедия, pp. 60-61
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: P-Z"[1] (?mutiny and animal disease are not mentioned in other sources)