The assault on Evpatoria - an attempt to capture the city of Evpatoria by Russian troops on February 5 (17), 1855 during the Crimean War . The battle ended in victory for the Allies.
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| Main Conflict: Crimean War | |||
 The attack of the French cavalry in the battle of Evpatoria. Adolf Yvonne , formerly 1893. | |||
| date | February 5 (17), 1855 | ||
| A place | Evpatoria , Crimea | ||
| Total | Coalition victory | ||
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Battle Progress
Turkish forces were transferred from the Danube Front to Yevpatoria. Nicholas I realized that this would inevitably be followed by a large-scale offensive by the Turkish forces, and sent troops under Yevpatoria under the command of Stepan Aleksandrovich Khrulev (19,000 soldiers).
Khrulev hoped to take the Turkish garrison by surprise, but it turned out that the Turks knew about his plans. Both the Turkish garrison and the allied fleet were ready for battle. They responded to the Russian attack with heavy artillery fire. Having lost 750 soldiers, the Russians began to retreat. The infantry and cavalry went on the attack. Khrulev ordered the retreat to begin.
Consequences
This defeat led to the dismissal of the Russian commander in chief A.S. Menshikov and probably accelerated the death of Nicholas I, which followed a few weeks after the battle.
As for the strategic importance of the battle, it fully showed a threat to the Russian flank. For the Allies, the possession of Yevpatoria meant that the capture of Sevastopol remained quite possible. The Turkish army regained its reputation and faith in its own strength.
Memory
In 1858, the Evpatorian Karaite community decided to perpetuate the events of the Crimean War and honor the memory of the valiant Russian soldiers. At the battlefield (on the outskirts of the city where the defensive rampart was located, at the intersection of modern streets of the 2nd Guards Army and Selvinsky, the GEO-coordinates 45 Β° 12'39.9 "N 33 Β° 22'46.0" E) at the expense of local merchants a marble obelisk and a pair of captured guns were installed. The text on the plaque is as follows: "To the brave defenders of faith, king and fatherland who fell here on February 5, 1855."
The design of the monument was completed by the architect Alexei Maksimovich Gornostaev (1808-1862) and approved by Emperor Alexander II . The monument is made of imported white marble in the form of a parallelepiped with a total height of 4.5 m. On the monument on four sides there is an inscription in two languages ββ- Russian and Hebrew. One of the sides is decorated with a relief image of two crossed swords and a palm branch - a symbol of peace. The monument was crowned with a bronze gilded cross, built in 1862 by the Evpatorian merchant. The cross was later lost and restored in 1981 from stainless steel.
Nowadays, guns are moved to the main entrance to the Evpatoria Museum of Local Lore on the street. Duvanovskaya, and the obelisk was moved north-east, closer to the railway track. [one]
- Memory of the battle
Monument to Russian soldiers who died during the assault on Yevpatoriya February 17, 1855
Memorial plaque
The front side of the monument with a relief image
Trophy guns at the old placement
Monument
Notes
- β [1] Evpatoria is heroic (assault of 1855) [VI / 8042]
Literature
- BLAKE, RLVffrench, The Crimean War (Sphere Books; London: 1973)
- BARHAM, John, Bono, Johnny Turk! (Article in Suite101)