Battle of Azov

The Battle of Azov (1736) was fought during the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39)

Battle
The vanguard of the Russian army came to the front of Azov Fortress on April 10, 1736, and committed plunder, and then on April 11, the Russian army of approximately 90,000 people under the command of Peter Lacy attacked. One third of the army surrounded the castle.

On the other hand, Ottoman Empire sent forces from the Safavid Iran front to Kefe castle and appointed Trebizond Eyalet Yahya Pasha for the defense of Özi castle. , Azov could not reinforce the castle. Since the Crimea peninsula was also the target of the Russian army, Crimean Khan Qaplan I Giray also could not come to help. Likewise, he gave the order for the Ottoman Empire to reach the front immediately. Rumelia eyalet and Bosnia Eyalet and Sanjak of Vidin did not have the opportunity to reach the region in time by covering the long distance (The Ottomans did not have the opportunity to reach the region in time after a year. He did not have the intelligence that the Holy Roman Empire would also enter the war as an ally of the Russians).

The Russian army first captured Paşakalesi, close to the Azak Castle, and the Janissary Castle opposite it. Then, the Ottoman garrison of 3,000 people, who resisted the fire of 800–1,000 cannons a day with the contribution of the thin fleet that came from the Russians via Don River, surrendered after the castle walls and inner quarters were completely destroyed. The Ottoman garrison evacuated the castle and crossed into Ottoman territory.