Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Burkhard Christoph von Münnich

Battles of Burkhard Christoph von Münnich

Russian general (1683-1767)

Burkhard Christoph von Münnich is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1734 and 1739: 1 battle, 2 sieges and 1 naval action across 3 present-day countries, most in Ukraine (2), Poland (1), Russia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,009 km apart end to end, 670 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Fifth Russo-Turkish War (2), War of the Polish Succession (1).

Siege of DanzigSiege of PerekopSiege of OchakovBattle of StavuchanySiege of DanzigSiege of PerekopSiege of OchakovBattle of StavuchanyKyivViennaWarsawBudapestMinskZagrebChișinăuVilniusKharkivDnipro500 km50.259N, 26.167E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1734: 1 engagements1 in 17341736: 1 engagements1 in 17361737: 1 engagements1 in 17371739: 1 engagements1 in 173917341739
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Danzig, 1734Siege of Perekop, 1736Siege of Ochakov, 1737Battle of Stavuchany, 173917341739
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1734Siege of DanzigGdańsk, PolandRusso-Saxon victory
17 June 1736Siege of PerekopOr Qapi, Russia1,403 km SERussian victory
2 July 1737Siege of OchakovOchakiv, Ukraine174 km WRussian victory
1739Battle of StavuchanyStavchany, Ukraine433 km NWRussian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unidentified painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.