Siege of Perekop (1736)

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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]

Siege of Perekop (1736)
Part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739
Date 19 May – 12 November 1736 Location Perekop, Crimea Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire  Crimean Khanate	Russia
Commanders and leaders
Fetih II Giray	Burkhard Christoph von Münnich Vasily Dolgorukov
Strength
4,000 soldiers and 84 cannons	62,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
1,000 dead and wounded, 2,554 captured	500 dead, 200 injured

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]