Orlov revolt

Orlov revolt
	Part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774
	; Operations during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) and Orlov revolt (1770)
Date	February – 17 June 1770
Location	Ottoman Empire Morea Eyalet; Ioannina Eyalet; Eyalet of the Archipelago;
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Greeks; Supported by:; Russia	Ottoman Empire Pashalik of Scutari; ;
Commanders and leaders
Panagiotis Benakis; Daskalogiannis ; Konstantinos Kolokotronis †; Lambros Katsonis; Alexei Orlov	Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha; Mustafa Pasha; Kara Mahmud Pasha
Units involved
Greek revolutionaries; Imperial Russian Navy	Ottoman Muslim Albanian mercenaries Local Turks
Strength
Unknown	3,000 Gheg Albanians under Mustafa Pasha; 20,000 Albanians and Turks under Kara Mahmud Pasha
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Orlov revolt^[a] (Greek: Ορλωφικά, Ορλοφικά, Ορλώφεια, lit. 'Orlov events') was a Greek uprising in the Peloponnese and later also in Crete that broke out in February 1770, following the arrival of Russian Admiral Alexey Orlov, commander of the Imperial Russian Navy during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), at the Mani Peninsula. The revolt, a major precursor to the Greek War of Independence (which erupted in 1821), was part of Catherine the Great's so-called "Greek Plan" and was eventually suppressed by the Ottomans by June 1770, three months after it had begun.