siege, nineteenth century

Siege of Silistra (1828)

Name: Siege of Silistra (1828)
Start: 1828-07-09
Location: Silistra, Bulgaria

Siege of Silistra (1828) was a siege conducted on 9 July 1828 at Silistra, in what is now Bulgaria; it lasted 4 months. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: 12,000 against 30,000.

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Fought9 July 1828lasted 4 months

WhereSilistra, Bulgaria44.119N, 27.260E

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstRussian Empire

Casualties and losses3,000 killed and woundedand7,000 killed and wounded

Record

Date	9 July 1828 to 27 October 1828
Place	Silistra, Bulgaria 44.119N, 27.260E
Kind	Siege, nineteenth century
Strength	12,000	30,000
Casualties and losses	3,000 killed and wounded	7,000 killed and wounded
Commanders	Ahmed Pasha	Peter Wittgenstein Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron Georgi Mamarchev

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Dorostolon AD 971, same recorded site
Siege of Silistra (1854) 1854, same recorded site
Siege of Silistra (1829) 1829, same recorded site
Battle of Silistra AD 968, 0.6 km SE
Battle of Oltenița 1853, 50 km W

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between AD 968 and 1854.

Elsewhere in 1828

Siege of Silistra (1828) is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 118 in present-day Bulgaria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q20500317, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Silistra (1828), revision 1382401501, 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.