siege, early modern

Siege of Azov (1637–1642)

Name: Siege of Azov (1637–1642)
Location: Russia

Siege of Azov (1637–1642) was a siege conducted in 1637 in what is now Russia; it lasted about 5 years. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Ottoman victory.

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Fought1637lasted about 5 years

WhereRussia47.116N, 39.422E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsDon Cossacks; Zaporozhian Cossacks; Circassians (1637)againstOttoman Empire; Crimean Khanate

Record

Date	1637 (year precision) to 1642
Place	Russia 47.116N, 39.422E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Cossacks capture Azov in 1637; Failed Ottoman siege attempt in 1641; Ottomans recapture Azov in 1642
Strength	1637: 7,000; 4 light cannons; 1641: 30,000+; 5,300 garrisoned; 300 guns; 15,000 relief force	1637: 4,000, distributed among three forts; 1641: 70,000 total (including non-combatants and sailors); 2,000 muskets; 5,000 bows; 6,000 polearms; 7,000 swords; 5,000 hand grenades; 2,000 shields; 40,000 arrows
Casualties and losses	1637: 1,000 + killed; 2,000 wounded; (Russian claim); 1641: 7,000 killed in total; 4,000 killed or captured in the Azov sea (relief force); 3,000 killed in the Azov fortress (garrison)	1637: Garrison capitulated; 1641: 1,658 killed or wounded in total; 25px 458 Janissaries killed
Commanders	Pavlo Pavliuk	Ochakiv Gazi Hüseyin Pasha Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I Kaffa Bahadır I Giray

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of the Tanais River AD 373, 12 km SW
Siege of Taganrog 1855, 42 km W
Battle of the Kalka River 1223, 146 km W
Capture of Gorlovka 1941, 167 km NW
Battle of Novopavlivka 1920, 208 km NW

Elsewhere in 1637

Siege of Breda Netherlands
Battle of Elmina Ghana
Battle off Lizard Point United Kingdom
Siege of Venlo Netherlands
Siege of Leucate France

Siege of Azov (1637–1642) is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4058439, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Azov (1637–1642), revision 1381341039, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.