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The siege of Ochakov (1737) was a siege during the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39) in which the
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
n army, led by
Burkhard Christoph von Münnich Burkhard Christoph Graf von Münnich (, tr. ; – ) was a German-born army officer who became a field marshal and political figure in the Russian Empire. He carried out major reforms in the Russian Army and founded several elite militar ...
, captured the Ottoman
fortress A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...
of
Ochakov Ochakiv, also known as Ochakov ( uk, Оча́ків, ; russian: Очаков; crh, Özü; ro, Oceacov and ''Vozia'', and Alektor ( in Greek), is a small city in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast (region) of southern Ukraine. It hosts the adminis ...
. It took place in 1737.


The siege

The first
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n attack was repelled with heavy losses, but as a result of
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n mortar fire, a fire broke out, and on the second day a powder magazine within the city blew up, killing around 6,000 defenders. The
fortress A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...
quickly surrendered and in the ensuing slaughter, all but 3,000 of the garrison were killed. The stench of decaying corpses was such that the
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had to withdraw 15 miles from the fortress.


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* *Europe and the world, 1650–1830, Jeremy Black * {{Authority control Conflicts in 1737 Ochakov (1737) Ochakov (1737) Military history of Ukraine 1737 in the Ottoman Empire 1737 in the Russian Empire 1730s in Ukraine Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)