Siege of Anapa (1791)

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Siege of Anapa
Part of Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Russo-Circassian War
Gate of the Anapa fortress
Date June 22 (O.S.) / July 3 (N.S.), 1791 Location Anapa fortress, Circassia Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Ottoman Empire  Circassia
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Gudovich	Mansur Ushurma (POW) Mustafa-Paşa (POW)
Strength
18,000[1]–20,000[a]	23,000  • 15,000-strong Ottoman garrison (Anapa)[1][2]  • 8,000-strong Circassian relief[2]
Casualties and losses
4,000 privates[2][1] 93 officers[2]	8,000 killed and wounded;[2][1] 7,000–14,000 prisoners of war, drowned, or dead[1][2][3]

The siege of Anapa or the storming of Anapa (Russian: Штурм Анапы; Adyghe: Быгъуркъал Къэуцухьэ; Turkish: Anapa Kuşatması) was a siege that took place on July 3, 1791, when the Russian Empire attacked the Turkish-regulated Anapa fort in Circassia as part of the Russo-Turkish War and the Russo-Circassian War.

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