Battle of Kulevicha

Battle of Kulevicha
	Part of the Russo-Turkish War
	; Battle of Kulevicha
Date	11 June 1829
Location	Kulevicha, Ottoman Empire; near present-day Kaspichan, Bulgaria; 43°15′26″N 27°6′58″E
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire; Moldavia; Wallachia	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Hans Karl von Diebitsch; Yakov Otroshchenko	Reşid Mehmed Pasha
Strength
28,000: 26,000 Russian regulars;; 2,000 Cossacks. 18,000 engaged; ; 146 cannons 7,000 Moldavians and Wallachians	40,000: 25,000 regular infantrymen;; 5,000 regular cavalrymen;; 10,000 irregular cavalrymen. unknown number engaged; ; 56 cannons
Casualties and losses
c. 2,000 killed	>5,000 killed; c. 2,000 captured ; almost all the artillery and the wagon train

The Battle of Kulevicha, also known as the Battle of Kulevcha or Kulewtscha, was fought during the Russo-Turkish War, 1828–1829, on 11 June 1829, between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.

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