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Orlov revolt

BelligerentsGreeksSupported by:RussiaOttoman EmpirePashalik of ScutariCommanders and leadersPanagiotis BenakisDaskalogiannisKonstantinos Kolokotronis†Lambros KatsonisAlexei Orlov Mustafa PashaKara Mahmud PashaUnits involved Greek revolutionariesImperial Russian NavyOttoman armyAlbanian mercenariesStrength Unknown 3,000 Gheg Albanians under Mustafa Pasha 20,000 Albanians and Turks under Kara Mahmud PashaCasualties and losses Unknown UnknownThe 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.

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