The siege of Bender - the battle of the Russian-Turkish war of 1768-1774 . The 2nd Russian army, led by Count Pyotr Ivanovich Panin, took the Turkish Bendery fortress, located in modern Transnistria .
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| Main conflict: Russo-Turkish war 1768-1774 | |||
 M. M. Ivanov . View of the fortress in Bender (1790) | |||
| date | July 15 - September 16, 1770 | ||
| A place | Bender Fortress , Bender , Transnistria | ||
| Total | victory of Russian troops | ||
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Siege
The siege of the Bendery fortress , which was a powerful stronghold of the Ottoman Empire , began on July 15, 1770 and lasted two months. The Bender garrison, numbering over 12 thousand people, including selected Janissaries , was opposed by the 33 thousandth Russian army, which at first hoped to force the city to surrender by starvation and cannon fire. An important role in the management of siege work was played by Rodion Nikolaevich Gerbel .
On the eve of the assault planned for September 15, the shelling intensified, a fire broke out in the city from cannon fire. On the night of September 16, Panin gave the order for the assault, which was preceded by a demolition of the wall. A fierce battle in the city engulfed in flames lasted all night; in the morning, the surviving defenders of the fortress laid down their arms. During the assault, about 7 thousand Turks were killed, the rest were captured. Russian losses during the capture of the fortress amounted to 6 thousand people, of which 1672 were killed. Thus, the seizure of this powerful fortress became the bloodiest battle for the Russian side in the entire war.
Results
The result of the capture of Bender was the transfer of the entire space between the Dniester and the Prut ( Moldova ) under Russian control. For a successful operation, Panin was awarded the Order of St. George, 1st degree .
Interesting Facts
In the siege of Bender, Emelian Pugachev took part in the rank of cornet [2] . Another famous person who participated in the capture of Bender was the future hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, Mikhail Kutuzov . Among the captives captured in the fortress were two Turkish girls-sisters, Salha and Fatma, whom Major Mufel presented to his friend the landowner Afanasy Ivanovich Bunin. The youngest of the slaves, Fatma, who was 11 years old, died a year later, and her 16-year-old elder sister survived and gave birth to her master's son, who became a major Russian poet of the XIX century Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky .
See also
- Battle of Bender
- Participants of the capture of the Bendery fortress
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Petrov, 1866-1874 , p. 334—336 / T. 2.
- ↑ “ In which I went to Kuteynikov’s regiment in the second hundred coronets ” - Protocol of testimonies of E. I. Pugachev during interrogation in the Yaitsky secret commission
Literature
- Nikolay Shefov. Battles of Russia. Military historical library. M., 2002.
- Petrov A.N. The war of Russia with Turkey and the Polish Confederates from 1769-1774: in 5 volumes . - SPb. : Type of.E. Weimar , 1866-1874.
Links
- Description of Bender taking on Ruskline.ru website