Anapa Campaign (1790)

Anapa Campaign
	Part of Sheikh Mansur Movement and Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
Date	10th February – 4th May1790
Location	Circassia and the Ottoman Empire ; (Modern–day Republic of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai, Russian Federation)
Result	North Caucasian–Ottoman victory Heavy Russian casualties; Failure of the Russian army to capture Anapa;
Belligerents
Sheikh Mansur Movement ; Ottoman Empire	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sheikh Mansur ; Kose Mustafa Pasha ; Hussein Batal Pasha	Yuri Bibikov
Units involved
Unknown	Separate Caucasian Corps:; 14 Infantry Battalions ; 6 Dragoon Squadrons ; 7 Cossack Regiments
Strength
15,000; or; 48,000	7,609; 26 cannons
Casualties and losses
630 KIA; Unknown	2,202
	The campaign costed the Russian Empire more than 52,000 rubles and ended in a serious Russian defeat. As a result, Yuri Bibikov, the commander of the Separate Caucasian Corps, was dismissed and replaced by Anton de Balmen, and the army which Bibikov led into Circassia was awarded a special silver medal on a blue ribbon, with the inscription: “For loyalty”.

The Anapa Campaign in the winter of 1790 was a military expedition launched by Russia to capture the fortress of Anapa. The expedition failed.

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