Storming of Giurgiu (1771)
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Date7 August 1771
Result
Ottoman victory[1]
Territorial
changes Russian forces repulsed from Giurgiu
changes Russian forces repulsed from Giurgiu
| Storming of Giurgiu | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) | |||||||||
 Ruins of the fortifications of Giurgiu | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
![](#/media/File:"Grand_Standard_of_the_Grand_Turk"_naval_flag,_according_to_Bowles_(1783).svg){kind=small} Ottoman Empire |
 Russian Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Mehmed Pasha |
Reinhold-Wilhelm Ivanovich von Essen Pyotr Czartoryski † Ivan Gudovich (WIA) Olufiev (WIA) | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | 6,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown |
514 killed[2] 1,795 wounded[3] | ||||||||
  Location within Europe  Storming of Giurgiu (1771) (Romania) | |||||||||
The Storming of Giurgiu was a military storm undertaken by the Russians on August 7, 1771, against the city of Giurgiu. The storm was part of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), and resulted in an Ottoman victory.[4][5]