Siege of Perekop (1736)

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The Siege of Perekop (1736) was a major Russo-Turkish War engagement in which Russian forces under Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich captured the Crimean Peninsula’s main land gateway from the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire.


Statements (32)
Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement
siege
belligerent Crimean Khanate
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
conflict Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)
conflictIn Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)
conflictType land siege
country Crimean Khanate
Russian Empire
era 18th century
followedBy Russian invasion of Crimea (1736)
hasCommander Burkhard Christoph von Münnich
Ottoman military commanders in Crimea
leaders of the Crimean Khanate
hasObjective breach of the Crimean Peninsula’s land defenses
capture of the Perekop fortifications
hasParticipant Crimean Khanate
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
location Crimea
Crimean Peninsula’s main land gateway
Perekop Isthmus
namedAfter Perekop
opponent Crimean Khanate
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
partOf Crimean campaign of 1736
result Russian victory
significance opened land access for Russian forces into the Crimean Peninsula
startTime 1736
theatreOfWar Black Sea region

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Isthmus of Perekop
Perekop
hasHistoricalEvent
Siege of Perekop (1736) ("Russian invasion of Crimea (1736)")
followedBy
Siege of Perekop (1736) ("Crimean campaign of 1736")
partOf

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