The monument to Suvorov in Ochakiv was erected in 1907.
Commander Oleksandr Suvorov played a decisive role in the capture by the Russian Empire of the Turkish fortress Ochakiv and the entire Northern Black Sea region. In 1787, during the Battle of Kinburn, Suvorov's troops managed to repulse the attack of the Turkish landing force and hold the Kinburn fortress on the spit opposite Ochakiv. The following year, the Kinburn fortress became the base for the assault on Ochakiv by the Russian troops of Hryhoriy Potomkin and the Black Sea Cossacks of Antin Holovatyi. Suvorov's coastal batteries supported the actions of the Russian squadron under the command of Prince Nassau-Siegen and the Cossack flotilla of At ...
Last update
4/2/2024
Categories | Monument |
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Date of foundation | 1907 |
Address |
Prymorskyi Uzviz, 1
Ochakiv |
Coordinates |
46.60805556° N, 31.54694444° E
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