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Siege of Bender (1770)
| Siege of Bender (1770) | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) | |||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Bendery_fortress.jpg) M. M. Ivanov. View of the fortress in Bender (1790) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russian Empire |
 Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Petr Ivanovich Panin Rodion Härbel | Urzhi Valasi † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 33,000 | 12,500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1,700 killed 4,600 wounded[1] |
7,000 killed 5,300 captured[1] | ||||||
The siege of Bender was a military conflict of the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774. The 2nd Russian Army, led by Count Petr Ivanovich Panin, took the Turkish fortress of Bender, located in modern-day Moldova.
- ^ a b Petrov 1866, p. 334–336.
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