Battle of Ochakov (1630)

The Battle of Ochakov[a] was a battle that took place in 1630 during a Cossack expedition to the Black Sea led by Taras Fedorovych.

Battle of Ochakov
Part of the Cossack raids and Cossack naval campaigns
DateSpring of 1630
Location
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Zaporozhian Cossacks
Commanders and leaders
Ottoman Empire Kapudan Pasha Taras Fedorovych
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown 800 captured
55 boats captured[1]

Battle

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During the naval campaign of the Zaporozhian Cossacks in the Black Sea, the Turkish fleet, sent under the command of the Kapudan Pasha, pursued the Cossack ships, caught up with them, and defeated them near Ochakiv, capturing 55 chaikas and taking 800 prisoners.[2][3][1]

Aftermath

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The captured Cossacks and their boats were sent to Istanbul as a trophy.[1]

Notes

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  1. Turkish: Özi Muharebesi
    Ukrainian: Битва під Очаковом

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Sobchenko Ivan Sergeevich (2020). Kosh Otaman of Zaporozhian Sich I.D. Sirko (In Russian). Moscow: Ваш формат. p. 17.
  2. "Походы запорожских и донских казаков на Черном и Азовском морях в XVI-XVII вв" [The campaigns of the Zaporozhian and Don Cossacks in the Black and Azov Seas in the 16th-17th centuries.]. Боевая летопись русского флота (Battle Chronicle of the Russian Navy). Российский государственный архив Военно-Морского Флота (Russian State Archive of the Navy). Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  3. Шляхторов, Алексей (2022-04-16). Без Крыма России не быть! "Место силы" всей Русской Земли [There is no Russia without Crimea! "Police of Power" of the Russian Earth] (in Russian). Eksmo. ISBN 978-5-04-037202-7.