Battle of Kulevicha

Part of the Russo-Turkish War

Date	11 June 1829
Location	Kulevicha, Ottoman Empire (today Kyulevcha, Bulgaria)
Result	Russian victory

Belligerents

Russian Empire

Moldavia

Wallachia

Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders

Hans Karl von Diebitsch

Reşid Mehmed Pasha

Strength

50,000 Russians
7,000 Moldavians and Wallachians

40,000

Casualties and losses

1,000 killed and wounded

5,000 killed

The Battle of Kulevicha, also known as the Battle of Kulewtscha, was fought during the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 on June 11, 1829 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.

The Russians were led by Hans Karl von Diebitsch (German-born general serving the Russian Empire), while the Ottomans were led by Reşid Mehmed Pasha (Georgian-born general enslaved as a child by the Ottomans) with the objective of relieving Varna. The Russians were victorious.

References

Османская империя: проблемы внешней политики и отношений с Россией. М., 1996.
Шишов А.В. Русские генерал-фельдмаршалы Дибич-Забалканский, Паскевич-Эриванский. М., 2001.
Шеремет В. И. У врат Царьграда. Кампания 1829 года и Адрианопольский мирный договор. Русско-турецкая война 1828–1829 гг.: военные действия и геополитические последствия. – Военно-исторический журнал. 2002, № 2.

Russo-Turkish War 1828–29
Brăila Anapa Satunovo Kars Bazardjik Varna Kosludja Silistra Akhaltsikhe Silistra Burgas Akhaltsikhe Kulevicha May 26 Sliven

Coordinates: 43°15′26″N 27°6′58″E / 43.25722°N 27.11611°E / 43.25722; 27.11611

Battles involving the Ottoman Empire by era

Rise
(1299–1453)

Land battles	Bapheus Dimbos Pelekanon Demotika Ihtiman Sırp Sındığı Maritsa Dubravnica Savra Pločnik Bileća Kosovo Rovine Nicopolis Ankara Çamurlu Zlatitsa Kunovica Torvioll Varna Kosovo (2nd) Constantinople
Naval battles	Gallipoli

Classical Age
(1453–1550)

Land battles	Albulena Târgoviște Jajce Ohrid Vaslui Valea Albă Breadfield Otlukbeli Krbava Çaldıran Mercidabık Han Yunus Ridanieh Tlemcen Mohács Sokhoista
Naval battles	Zonchio Modon Diu Algiers (1516) Formentera Peñón of Algiers (1529) Tunis Preveza Alborán Algiers (1541) Ponza Djerba

Transformation
(1550-1700)

Land battles	Mostaganem Szigeth Çıldır Torches Wadi al Laban Sisak Călugăreni Giurgiu Keresztes Urmia Cecora 1st Khotyn Candia Köbölkút Saint Gotthard Ładyżyn Krasnobród Niemirów 2nd Khotyn 2nd Vienna 2nd Mohács Slankamen Cenei Ustechko Lugos Ulaş Zenta
Naval battles	Lepanto Cape Corvo Cape Celidonia Focchies 1st Dardanelles 2nd Dardanelles 3rd Dardanelles 4th Dardanelles Oinousses Andros

Old Regime
(1700–1789)

Land battles	Pruth Petrovaradin Banja Luka Grocka Stavunchany Aspindza Larga Yeghevārd Ganja Kars Kozludzha Kagul
Naval battles	Imbros Matapan Çeşme 1st Kerch Strait

Modernization
(1789–1908)

Land battles

Naval battles

For 20th-century battles before 1914 see List of Ottoman battles in the 20th century
For the battles during World War I see List of Ottoman battles in World War I

Ottoman victories are in bold.

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