Battle of Azov
| Battle of Azov | |||||||
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.jpg) Azov Castle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Mustafa Aga | Peter Lacy | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5,890 soldiers[1] | 28,000 soldiers[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,500–2,427 killed[1] | 1,250 killed[3] | ||||||
The Battle of Azov (1736) was fought during the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39)
Battle
[edit]The vanguard of the Russian army came to the front of Azov Fortress on April 10, 1736, and committed plunder, and then on April 11, the Russian army of approximately 90,000 people under the command of Peter Lacy attacked.[4][5][6] One third of the army surrounded the castle.
On the other hand, Ottoman Empire sent forces from the Safavid Iran front to Kefe castle and appointed Trebizond Eyalet Yahya Pasha for the defense of Özi castle. , Azov could not reinforce the castle. Since the Crimea peninsula was also the target of the Russian army, Crimean Khan Qaplan I Giray also could not come to help.[7] Likewise, he gave the order for the Ottoman Empire to reach the front immediately. Rumelia eyalet and Bosnia Eyalet and Sanjak of Vidin did not have the opportunity to reach the region in time by covering the long distance (The Ottomans did not have the opportunity to reach the region in time after a year. He did not have the intelligence that the Holy Roman Empire would also enter the war as an ally of the Russians).
The Russian army first captured Paşakalesi, close to the Azak Castle, and the Janissary Castle opposite it. Then, the Ottoman garrison of 3,000 people, who resisted the fire of 800–1,000 cannons a day with the contribution of the thin fleet that came from the Russians via Don River, surrendered after the castle walls and inner quarters were completely destroyed. The Ottoman garrison evacuated the castle and crossed into Ottoman territory.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Baiov A.K. Русская армия в царствование императрицы Анны Иоанновны. Война России с Турцией в 1736–1739 гг. [The Russian army during the reign of Empress Anna Ioannovna. The war between Russia and Turkey in 1736–1739]. — St. Petersburg: Electric Printing House of N. Ya. Stoikova; Nikolaevskaya Academy of the General Staff, 1906. — Vol. 1. — P. 226.
- ^ Baiov A.K. The Russian army during the reign of Empress Anna Ioannovna. The war between Russia and Turkey in 1736–1739. — P. 226–227.
- ^ Baiov A.K. The Russian army during the reign of Empress Anna Ioannovna. The war between Russia and Turkey in 1736–1739. — P. 227.
- ^ "Explained Ottoman Chronology", Danişmend, İsmail Hami, İstanbul (1972) vol.4, p.262
- ^ "Tarih-i Subhi", Subhi, document:78
- ^ "Şemdânizâde Fındıklılı Süleyman Efendi Tarih", ed. M. Münir Aktepe, Istanbul (1976), p.42
- ^ "History of the Ottoman Empire", Nicolae Jorga, translation: Nilüfer Epçeli, İstanbul (2005) p.348
- ^ "History of the Ottoman Empire", Nicolae Jorga, translation: Nilüfer Epçeli, İstanbul (2005) p.349
Sources
[edit]- Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
- Ingrao, Charles, ed. (2011). Passarowitz, 1718. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press. ISBN 9781557535948.
- Sergei R. Grinevetsky, The Black Sea Encyclopedia, 2015 ISBN 9783642552267
- Bayov Aleksey Konstantinovich, The Russian army during the reign of Empress Anna Ivnnovna. The war between Russia and Turkey in 1736-1739 Volume I, 1906. ISBN 551942120X