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Trans-Balkan Offensive

When
2 July 1829
Where
Balkan mountain crossings en route to Constantinople
Part of
Diebitsch's Trans-Balkan Offensive in the Russo-Turkish War

Diebitsch launched the offensive on July 2, 1829, advancing Russian forces across the Balkan mountains toward Constantinople.

On July 2, 1829, Field Marshal Diebitsch launched the Trans-Balkan offensive, the first in Russian history since the 10th-century campaigns of Svyatoslav I. The contingent moved across the mountains, circumventing the besieged Shumla on the way toward Constantinople, and captured Burgas ten days later.

Sources

  1. Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-26
  2. Hans Karl von Diebitsch Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-10

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