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Crimean Blockade (1655)

Crimean Blockade
Part of the Ottoman-Cossack Conflict
Date6 July – 14 September 1655
Location
Result Cossack victory[1]
Belligerents
Zaporozhian Cossacks
Don Cossacks
Crimean Khanate
Nogai Horde
Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Sirko
Ataman Dergun
Pavel Chesnochikhin
Mehmed IV Giray
Adil Giray
Mehmed IV
Strength
700
200[2]
34 boats[1]
100,000+[1]
Unknown
Casualties and losses
30 killed[1] Heavy combat losses;
400+ captured[1]

The Crimean Blockade was enacted by the Zaporozhian-Don Cossacks with the goal of delaying the Crimean support for Poland-Lithuania, from 6 July to 14 September 1655.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Военные действия против татар в апреле—октябре 1655 г." krimoved-library.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  2. ^ A. B. Şirokorad (2009). Osmanli - Rus Savaslari. Selenge. p. 61. ISBN 9789758839636.

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