Siege of Anapa (1791)
| 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) Mustafa-Paşa (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 18,000–20,000 | 23,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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4,000 privates 93 officers |
8,000 killed and wounded; 7,000–14,000 prisoners of war, drowned, or dead | ||||||
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.