Siege of Perekop
1736 CE.
Shown on the map at 46.152°, 33.702°.
The siege of Perekop (Russian: Штурм Перекопа; storming of Perekop) on June 1 (OS: 21 May), 1736, was part of the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739). Russian field marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (known in Russia as Minikh) successfully stormed the Turkish fortifications at the Isthmus of Perekop and left the Tatar fortress Fortress Or Qapi (known as Perekop Fortress in Russian) in ruins. As a result, the Russian Empire for the first time gained access into the Crimean Peninsula. This was a serious blow to the independence of the Crimean Khanate. Approaching Perekop on 30 May (OS 19 May), the vanguard repelled an attack by Crimean cavalry in the Chorna Dolyna (tract), 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Perekop. Approaching the fortifications, Minikh immediately began an assault. Minikh feigned a false attack on the right flank, and the major attack on the fight flank broke through the fortifications. The stormtroopers crossed the ditch, and then, using pikes and chevaux de frise, climbed the rampart. Half an hour later, they were at the top. Only a detachment on one of the watchtowers put up fierce resistance, defending itself for an hour. It was completely exterminated.
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