Ottoman Empire The siege of Perekop (Russian: Штурм Перекопа) on June 1 (OS: 20 May), 1736, was part of the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739).

Russian field marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (known in Russia as Minikh) successfully stormed the fortifications at the Isthmus of Perekop and left the Tatar fortress Fortress Or Qapi (known as Perekop Fortress in Russian) in ruins.

As a result, the Russian Empire for the first time gained access into the Crimean Peninsula.

The army proceeded to the capital of the Khanate, Bakhchisaray, and Akmescit (now Simferopol).

However epidemic, epizooty, and mutiny in the army forced Minikh to leave Crimea.