| Siege of Silistra (1773) | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) | |||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_1773_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_(1874).jpg) Plan of Russian military operations around Silistra in June 1773 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire |
 Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Osman Pasha Seyyid Hasan Pasha Çerkes Pasha |
Pyotr Rumyantsev Aleksey Stupishin Grigory Potemkin Otto Weismann Iosif Igelström Nikolai Kokovinsky Franz Klitschka Mikhail Leontyev Henry Lloyd | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 30,000 |
20,000 70 cannons Numerous mortars | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
8,000 killed 1,000 injured[a] | ||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Europe_relief_laea_location_map.jpg)  Location within Europe &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Relief_Map_of_Bulgaria.jpg) Siege of Silistra (1773) (Bulgaria) | |||||||
The siege of Silistra, also known as the siege of Silistria,[b] was a military siege undertaken by Russia between 18 and 29 June 1773 against the Ottoman city of Silistria. The siege was an important phase of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), and resulted in an Ottoman victory.[3]
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