Battle of Tataritsa
| Battle of Tataritsa | |||||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) | |||||||||
Russian siege camp near Silistra, painting by Ermolay Esakov | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Ottoman Empire | Russia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Ibrahim Pasha Muhtar Pasha Yusuf Pasha |
Pyotr Bagration Ivan Paskevich Pavel Palen Vasily Trubetskoy | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| c. 60,000 | 20,000 to 25,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 2,000 to 2,200 casualties | 333 to 1,000 casualties | ||||||||
The battle of Tataritsa was an encounter fought at the Ottoman village of Tataritsa (Aydemir) on 22 October [O.S. 10 October] 1809 between Ottoman and Russian forces. As a strategic result of the battle, the Ottoman army was able to force Pyotr Bagration to lift the siege of Silistra. Tactically, neither side achieved impressive success; although Bagration managed to withstand the Ottoman onslaught, he left the battlefield upon the arrival of Ottoman reinforcements, and, as a strategic consequence, lifted the siege. From an operational point of view, it was an Ottoman success, since the tactical outcome resulted in a strategic Ottoman victory.
The main task of the Russians was to besiege the fortress of Silistra, against which the main forces of Pyotr Bagration moved with the aim of taking the city and gaining a foothold in the region. Grand Vizier Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha and Pehlivan Ibrahim Pasha acted against Bagration with the goal of unblocking the city in case of its siege.