battle, early modern
Cossack raid on Sinop
Cossack raid on Sinop was a battle fought in 1614 at Sinop, in what is now Turkey. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Sinop. It was part of Zaporozhian Cossacks' naval expeditions, which ran from 1600 to 1700. The recorded result: Cossack victory. Recorded strength: 2,000; 40 chaikas against 60 boats; (Blocking at Ochakov).
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Where it sits in Zaporozhian Cossacks' naval expeditions
Record
| Date | 1614 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Sinop, Turkey 42.027N, 35.151E | |
| Kind | Battle, early modern | |
| Territorial change | Destruction of Sinop by the Cossacks | |
| Strength | 2,000; 40 chaikas | 60 boats; (Blocking at Ochakov) |
| Casualties and losses | 200 killed; 20 captured; 18 boats sunk | Entire garrison; Thousands of Ottoman civilians killed; (Per 17th century chronicles) |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Sinope 1214, 0.1 km NW
- Siege of Sinope 71 BC, 0.1 km NW
- Battle of Sinop 1853, 0.7 km S
- Battle of Protopachium 89 BC, 49 km S
- Battle of Halys 82 BC, 74 km SE
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Varna 1606
- After: Cossack raid on North Anatolia 1616
- All 7 engagements of Zaporozhian Cossacks' naval expeditions
Elsewhere in 1614
- Siege of Osaka Japan
- Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns Georgia
- Raid on Żejtun Malta
- Battle of Shigino Japan
- Battle of Kizugawa Japan
Cossack raid on Sinop is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 687 in present-day Turkey.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q134563619, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Cossack raid on Sinop, revision 1370613672, read 2026-11-15, 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.