Battle of Kaffa (1616)

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Battle of Kaffa
Part of the Cossack Naval Campaigns
Marka Sagaidachnii.jpg
The post stamp of Petro Sahaidachny during the raid
Date1616
Location
Kaffa, Crimea
Result Cossack victory
Belligerents
Flag of the Zaporizhian Sich.svg Zaporozhian Cossacks Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Flag of the Zaporizhian Sich.svg Petro Sahaidachny Unknown
Strength
2,000–4,000
120–150 boats		 14,000 [1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Entire garrison killed [1]

The Battle of Kaffa (modern Feodosia) in 1616, was a Cossack naval raid on Crimea against the Ottoman garrison, during which Petro Sahaidachny led Zaporizhian Cossacks to victory. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Background

In July 1616, Sahaidachny, together with 6,000 Cossacks on 120–150 Chaikas, set off on a sea voyage. At the exit from the Dnieper, in the Dnieper–Bug estuary, the Cossacks met a squadron of Ottoman galleys. The Cossacks defeated the Turkish flotilla and captured about half of its ships. In order to mislead the Turks about his further actions, Sahaidachny ordered part of the army to defiantly return to the Sich with the captured booty. With the rest of the troops, Sahaidachny remained near Ochakov for about a week. Sahaidachny then split his fleet so 2,000 Cossacks would go home. This would ultimately trick the Ottomans to think that all the Cossacks had left [7] [8] [9]

Raid

On July 22, 1616, Sahaidachny, together with 4,000 Cossacks, arrived in the city. At night, the Cossacks landed on the shore and approached the gates of Kaffu. Some of the Cossacks, who spoke Turkish, distracted the guards by pointing out that they were a Turkish unit that was heading to war with Persia. Meanwhile, others threw ladders onto the walls of the fortress. Having climbed over the wall, the Cossacks cut out the sentries and opened the gates. The Cossacks captured the city citadel in a surprise attack and began to plunder the city and free Christian slaves. In order to accept more prisoners into their gulls, the Cossacks threw away most of the captured goods, thereby confirming their vow to free Christians from captivity, which they made before their campaigns. [10] [11] [12] [13]

In foreign, and especially Turkish literature, the campaign is depicted without details, but the fact of the raid on Kaffa under the leadership of Sahaidachny is still there. [14]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Vladlenov, Denis (2022-11-29). "Analysis of Modern Ways of Development of Science and Scientific Discussions". Proceedings of the X International Scientific and Practical Conference. International Science Group. pp. 1–606. doi:10.46299/ISG.P.2022.2.10. ISBN   979-8-88757-562-9.
  3. ↑ Starko, Vasyl (September 2007). "Historical Dictionary of Ukraine, Zenon E. Kohut, Bohdan Y. Nebesio, and Myroslav Yurkevich (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005), liii, 854 pp". Nationalities Papers. 35 (4): 789–791. doi:10.1080/00905990701475194. ISSN   0090-5992.
  4. ↑ Мартинюк, Назар; Поліщук, Ірина; Ющук, Тетяна (2019-11-20). Актуальні питання історії та культури України. Україна і світ. Glagoslav Publications. doi:10.25264/19.11.2019. ISBN   978-966-03-6875-0.
  5. ↑ Новаківська, Людмила (2023-05-24). "ІСТОРІЯ ФОРМУВАННЯ ЧИТАЦЬКОЇ САМОСТІЙНОСТІ ЯК ОСОБИСТІСНОЇ ЯКОСТІ (ПЕРІОД КИЇВСЬКОЇ РУСІ)". Věda a perspektivy. 5 (24). doi:10.52058/2695-1592-2023-5(24)-118-128. ISSN   2695-1592.
  6. ↑ Кандыба, Виктор (1997). История русской империи[History of the Russian Empire] (in Russian). Эфко.
  7. ↑ "22 июля 1616 г. - Произошла битва за Кафу — штурм и захват города и крепости Кафа". denvistorii.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  8. ↑ "BATTLE FOR KAFA: HOW SAHAIDACHNY MANAGED TO TAKE AN IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS AND FREE THOUSANDS OF SLAVES". 5.ua (in Ukrainian). 13 November 2018.
  9. ↑ Palij, Anatolij (2001). Гетман Сагайдачный (in Russian). Verlag nicht ermittelbar. ISBN   9789667659097.
  10. ↑ "Петро Конашевич-Сагайдачний: Отримання гетьманської булави. Взяття Кафи". Петро Конашевич-Сагайдачний. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  11. ↑ Бухреев, А. (2021-11-22). "ОБЗОР РОССИЙСКОГО РЫНКА ПРЕСС-ФОРМ". STANKOINSTRUMENT Russia. 25 (4): 10–14. doi:10.22184/2499-9407.2021.25.4.10.14. ISSN   2499-9407.
  12. ↑ PALKO, OLENA (January 2017). "The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine. By Serhii Plokhy. Basic Books. 2015. xxiv + 395pp. £25.00". History. 102 (349): 112–114. doi:10.1111/1468-229x.12367. ISSN   0018-2648.
  13. ↑ Plokhy, Serhii (2001-11-08). The Cossacks and Religion in Early Modern Ukraine. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-924739-4.
  14. ↑ Ferhad Nagiyev. Hatman Статья Гетман. (тур.). Турецкая исламская энциклопедия. Центр исламских исследований TDV. Дата обращения: 13 августа 2020. Архивировано 27 октября 2020 года
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