Kaffa massacre

Kaffa massacre
Part of the Crimean Campaign (1667)
LocationKaffa, Crimea
DateOctober 1667
TargetCrimean Tatars
Attack type
Massacre, slavery, looting
Deaths2,000
Victims1,500 enslaved
Perpetrators Zaporozhian Cossacks, Ivan Sirko
MotiveRetaliation for the Crimean-Nogai raids, Tatarophobia, Islamophobia

The Kaffa massacre or Sack of Kaffa took place during the Crimean campaign in October 1667, after Cossack capture of Kaffa and subsequent sacking of it, during which 3,500 Tatar civilians fell victim to the Cossacks.