Orlov revolt

Orlov revolt
Part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774

Operations during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) and Orlov revolt (1770)
DateFebruary 1770 – 17 June 1771
Location
Result

Ottoman victory

Belligerents
Greeks
Supported by:
Russian Empire Russia
Commanders and leaders
Panagiotis Benakis
Daskalogiannis Executed
Konstantinos Kolokotronis 
Lambros Katsonis
Russian Empire Alexei Orlov
Ottoman Empire Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha [tr]
Mustafa Pasha[1][2]
Kara Mahmud Pasha[3]
Units involved
Greek revolutionaries
Imperial Russian Navy

Ottoman Muslim Albanian mercenaries

Local Turks
Strength
Unknown 3,000 Gheg Albanians[4]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Orlov revolt[a] (Greek: Ορλωφικά, Ορλοφικά, Ορλώφεια, lit.'Orlov events') was a Greek uprising in the Peloponnese and later also in Crete that broke out in February 1770, following the arrival of Russian Admiral Alexey Orlov, commander of the Imperial Russian Navy during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), at the Mani Peninsula. The revolt, a major precursor to the Greek War of Independence (which erupted in 1821), was part of Catherine the Great's so-called "Greek Plan" and was eventually suppressed by the Ottomans.

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  4. ^ Brill, E. J. (1993). E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936. A - Bābā Beg. BRILL. p. 458. ISBN 978-90-04-09787-2.