Siege of Azov (1736)

Siege of Azov
	Part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739
	; Azov Castle
Date	30 March – 8 July 1736
Location	Azov Fortress and its vicinity
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Russian Empire; Zaporizhian Cossacks;
Commanders and leaders
On land: Mustafa Agha ; Ada-Baş ; ; ; At sea:; Jiakul-Kodia	On land: Khristofor Münnich; (until 6 Apr); Vasily Levashov; (until 15 May); Peter Lacy (WIA); (until 8 Jul); ; ; At sea:; Peter Bredal
Strength
5,890 soldiers; 224 cannon on land	9,250 soldiers initially; 28,000 soldiers in all; Up to 800–1,000 cannon in all; • 135 cannon on land;
Casualties and losses
1,500–2,427 killed	1,250 killed or 200 killed and 1,500 wounded

The siege of Azov (1736) was fought during the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39) and ended with the Russian capture of Turkish Azov Fortress. On the Russian side, the land siege was commanded sequentially: Münnich (30 Mar – 6 Apr), Levashov (6 Apr – 15 May), Lacy (15 May – 8 Jul); the force of the Navy was led by Bredal. On the Turkish side, the garrison was led by Mustafa Agha and the fleet by Jiakul-Kodia.