Siege of Anapa (1791)
1791 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The siege of Anapa or the storming of Anapa (Russian: Штурм Анапы; Adyghe: Быгъуркъал Къэуцухьэ; Turkish: Anapa Kuşatması) was a siege that took place on July 3, 1791, when the Russian Empire attacked the Turkish-regulated Anapa fort in Circassia as part of the Russo-Turkish War and the Russo-Circassian War.
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For other uses, see Siege of Anapa (disambiguation).
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Siege of Anapa | |||||||
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Part of Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Russo-Circassian War | |||||||
Gate of the Anapa fortress | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russia |
Ottoman Empire Circassia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ivan Gudovich | Mansur Ushurma (POW) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
18[1]–20,000[lower-alpha 1] | 23,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
4,000[1] |
8,000 dead and wounded, 7,000 prisoners of war[1] |
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