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| Battle of Stavuchany | |||||||||
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| Part of Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39) | |||||||||
 Map of Battle of Savuchny (in Russian and German) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Burkhard Christoph von Munnich | Veli Pasha | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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61,000 (48,000 regular troops) 250 guns |
30,000–40,000 Turks up to 50,000 Crimean Tatars 70 guns | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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Official data: 13 killed, 54 wounded[1] Some estimates: Total losses 1,800–2,000[2] |
Russian estimate: More than 1,000 killed[1] Some estimates: 2,000–15,000 killed and wounded[3] | ||||||||
The Battle of Stavuchany was fought between the Russian and Ottoman armies, which took place on August 28 (17) of 1739 during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735-1739.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Baiovwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Ставуча́нское cраже́ние 1739. Great Russian Encyclopedia (in Russian). Bolshaya Rossiyskaya Entsiklopediya, Russian Academy of Sciences. 2005–2019.
- ^ M. I. Bogdanovich. Походы Румянцева, Потемкина и Суворова в Турции. Saint Petersburg: Типография Эдуарда Веймара, 1852. – pp. 8-9.