Orlov revolt

BelligerentsGreeks
Supported by:
Russia

• Ottoman Empire
  • Pashalik of Scutari

Commanders and leadersPanagiotis Benakis
Daskalogiannis
Konstantinos Kolokotronis†
Lambros Katsonis
Alexei Orlov
Mustafa Pasha
Kara Mahmud PashaUnits involved Greek revolutionaries
Imperial Russian NavyOttoman army
Albanian mercenariesStrength Unknown 3,000 Gheg Albanians under Mustafa Pasha
20,000 Albanians and Turks under Kara Mahmud PashaCasualties and losses Unknown Unknown

The Orlov revolt (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 1771.