Siege of Ochakov (1737)

Siege of Ochakov
	Part of Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39)
Date	10 July (29 June O.S.) – 13 July (2 July O.S.), 1737
Location	Özi/Ochakov, Özü Eyalet; (now Ochakiv, Ukraine)
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Russian Empire; Zaporizhian Cossacks;
Commanders and leaders
Hatibzade Yahya Pasha (POW); Mustafa Pasha	Burkhard Christoph von Münnich; Alexander Rumyantsev; Ludwig Gruno
Strength
20,000	60,000
Casualties and losses
17,000	4,000

The siege of Ochakov (1737) was a siege during the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39) in which the Russian army, led by Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, captured the Ottoman fortress of Ochakov. It took place in 1737.

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