Siege of Anapa (1828)

Siege of Anapa
	Part of Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829); Russo-Circassian War
	; Siege of Anapa (1828), by Er. Campe.
Date	May 14 – June 24, 1828
Location	Anapa fortress, Circassia
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Ottoman Empire; Circassia
Commanders and leaders
Aleksandr Menshikov; Aleksey Greig; Colonel Provski	Osman-Paşa; Seferbiy Zaneqo; Hanash Tsakaqo
Strength
8,000 troops; 29 warships; 1,679 cannons	4,500 troops
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed and wounded	3,000 killed and wounded

The Siege of Anapa was a key military operation during both the Russo-Circassian War and the Russo-Turkish War. Taking place between May 14 and June 24, 1828, it marked a significant Russian victory, as the strategic Ottoman fortress of Anapa fell to Russian forces after weeks of intense fighting. The capture of Anapa weakened Ottoman influence in the north-eastern Black Sea region and disrupted Circassian coordination against Russian expansion.#^[1]

^ Khodarkovsky, Michael (2011-10-18). Bitter Choices: Loyalty and Betrayal in the Russian Conquest of the North Caucasus. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-6290-0.

[1] Khodarkovsky, Michael (2011-10-18). Bitter Choices: Loyalty and Betrayal in the Russian Conquest of the North Caucasus. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-6290-0.

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