Siege of Izmail

Siege of Izmail
Part of Russo–Turkish War of 1787–1792
Alexey Kivshenko. The Siege of Izmail
Date December 22, 1789 Location Izmail (now Ukraine) Result Decisive Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Suvorov José de Ribas	Aidos Mehmet Pasha
Strength
31,000 >500 guns Black Sea flotilla	35,000 >200 guns
Casualties and losses
2,136 killed 3,214 wounded 1 brigantine	26,000 killed 9,000 captured

The Siege of Izmail was fought in 1790 on the Black Sea during the Russo-Turkish war of 1787–1792. The Russians were led by Alexander Suvorov, who had defeated the Ottomans at Kinburn, Ochakov, and Focsani. The Black Sea flotilla was commanded by the spanish admiral José de Ribas. In March 1790, the Russians began besieging Izmail, which had a garrison of 35,000 soldiers and >200 guns. Surorvov had 31,000 troops and on the morning of December 21, 1790, the Russians began attacking the city. They bombarded Izmail until 3:00 A.M. And then stormed it at 5:30 A.M. The Russians advanced on the north, east, and west. The walls were weaker there than in other places, where it took Russian troops longer to attack. By 8:00 A.M. The Russians had entered the city, but at 11:00 A.M. All the garrisons had died. The Russians looted the city for 3 days. In total the Ottoman forces suffered >30,000 with the whole garrison being killed wounded or captured. The Russian forces suffered only 5350 casualties out of which 2136 were killed.

See also

• Grom pobedy, razdavaysya!

References

• Russian armies captured a Turkish fortress Izmail (Yeltsin Presidential Library)