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Campaign · 1677
In 1668 the Ottomans had made the Cossack hetman Doroshenko hetman of the Cossack lands on both banks of the Dnieper, creating a buffer principality centred on Chyhyryn. According to the TDV article on the Chyhyryn campaign, when Doroshenko turned against the Ottomans with Russian support and handed Chyhyryn to the Russians, in 1677 İbrahim Pasha (Şeytan), governor-general of Özi, and the Crimean khan Selim Giray besieged the fortress with 40,000 men for about three weeks; but the steep fortress, defended by some 6,000 Russian, Cossack and German soldiers, could not be taken. War was declared on Russia on 11 April 1678, and Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha became commander-in-chief. In the siege that began on 21 July 1678 the Russian general Romodanovsky came to the fortress's relief; after two mines were exploded and a general assault launched, Chyhyryn fell on the 33rd day of the siege (21 August 1678). As it was hard to hold, the fortress was razed. This first Ottoman–Russian war ended with the Treaty of Bakhchisaray in 1681.
| Date | 1677 – 21 August 1678 |
|---|---|
| Location | Chyhyryn, Ukraine |
| Result | The 1677 siege failed; in 1678 the fortress was taken and razed |
| Belligerents | Ottoman Empire | Tsardom of Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha Şeytan İbrahim Pasha | Grigory Romodanovsky |
Took place during the reign of Mehmed IV (1648–1687). Mehmed IV
Open the reign of Mehmed IV on the mapBy the atlas's calculation the Ottoman lands covered about 5,060,000 km² in 1677; at the start of Mehmed IV's reign they measured 5,106,000 km², at its end 4,835,000 km².
During Mehmed IV (1648–1687) the atlas records 3 regions gained and 7 regions lost.
Regions gained: Nové Zámky (Uyvar) (1663), Crete (1669), Podolia (Kamianets) (1672).
Regions lost: Lahsa (Eastern Arabia–Qatar) (1672), Nové Zámky (Uyvar) (1685), Buda (central Hungary) (1686), Transylvania and Partium (1687), Eastern Slavonia and Syrmia (Osijek–Vukovar) (1687), Western Slavonia (Virovitica–Čazma) (1687), Morea (Peloponnese) (1687).
His reign saw both the empire's last great expansion and its heaviest reversal. The state, revived under the Köprülü viziers, lost Hungary and Transylvania within four years of the second siege of Vienna.
Areas are land area computed from the atlas's region data; see Method and sources.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “ÇEHRİN SEFERİ” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.
Cite as: Atlas of the Sultans, “Chyhyryn campaigns (1677): Date, Commanders and Outcome”, https://padisahlaratlasi.com/en/events/chyhyryn-campaigns/ (last updated 12 November 2026). Corrections
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