What the records say
- When
- 22 Jun 1811
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 43.85° N, 25.95° E
- Description
- 1811 battle
Placed at the town its title names, Ruschuk.
Battle of Rusçuk
1811 engagement of the Russo-Turkish War
The Battle of Rusçuk (Ruse) was fought on 2 and 4 July [O.S. 20 and 22 June] 1811 during the Rusçuk–Slobozia operation within the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812. In it, General Mikhail Kutuzov's Russian troops defeated the Turkish troops of Vizier Laz Aziz Ahmed Pasha at the town of Ruse, then called Rusçuk.
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