The Polish Legion in Turkey ( pl, Legion Polski w Turcji) was a military force formed in
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
by emigrants from
Partitioned Poland
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to fight with the
Ottoman Army
The military of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun silahlı kuvvetleri) was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire.
Army
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in the
Russo-Turkish War
The Russo-Turkish wars (or Ottoman–Russian wars) were a series of twelve wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries. It was one of the longest series of military conflicts in European histor ...
that lasted from 1877 to 1878. At the beginning of the nineteenth century the unit consisted of around 20,000 troops.
It was divided into two branches: European and Asian. The European branch, with about 70 people under the command of
Józef Jagmin, became part of the division under Salha Pasha. On August 23, 1877, it took part in the Battle of Kizlarz, where many legionnaires died including Jagmin. The Asian division fought on the
Caucasian
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*Anything from the Caucasus region
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** ''Caucasian Exarchate'' (1917–1920), an ecclesiastical exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Caucasus region
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front.
[''Mała Encyklopedia Wojskowa'', Warsaw, 1970, vol. II.]
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Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Expatriate units and formations of Poland
Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire
Poland–Turkey relations