BATTLE OF CAFFA 1616

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On 22 July 1995, Ukraine issued one stamp honouring the Ukraine’s Hetman Petro Konashevych Sahaidachhny (1570-1622)
On the left side of the stamp is the portrait of the Hetman from the period 1614 -1622. The portrait has an octagonal frame plus his coat-of-arms. In addition, the portrait is flanked by various military weapons and insignia.
On the right-hand side of the stamp is an artist’s rendition of the 1616 naval battle won by Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny against the Turks at Caffa (now Theodosia), Crimea.
In the top left-hand corner is Ukraine’s emblem.

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Source: Ukraine Post.

Battle for Cafu

Shortly after his election as hetman, Sagaidachny prepared a campaign to the impregnable Ottoman fortress of Kafa (modern Feodosia), which was the main slave market in Crimea. The Ottomans, who had not yet recovered from the recent Cossack attack on the cities of the Rumelia coast, did not expect such a rapid attack on the well-fortified fortress. Kafa was a large and rich city with a population of 70 to 100 thousand inhabitants. Kaf fortress had strong defensive fortifications: 13-meter outer walls longer than 5 km. The garrison of the city consisted of 3 janissary hordes. The commander of the fortress had at his disposal about 300 soldiers, another 200 soldiers were under the command of kapudan - the Commander of the Navy .

July 1616, the hetman, together with 6,000 Cossacks on 120-150 chaika’s, went on a sea voyage. At the exit from the Dnieper in the Dnieper-Bug estuary, the Cossacks met a squadron of Ottoman galleys, which defeated and captured about half of the ships. In order to mislead the Ottomans about their further actions, Sagaidachny ordered part of the army to demonstratively return to Sich with the captured booty. He hid with the rest of the army near Ochakov for about a week. Lulled the vigilance of the enemy, the Cossacks continued their campaign.
On July 22, 1616, Konashevich arrived in the city together with 4,000 Cossacks. At night the Cossacks landed on the shore and approached the gates of Kafa. Distracting the guards, the Cossacks crossed the walls of the fortress and opened the city gates. With a sudden attack, they captured the city citadel and began looting the city and freeing Christian slaves. To take as many prisoners to their chaika’s Cossacks threw captured a large part of the good, thus confirming his vow to liberate Christians from captivity that were given to their campaigns .
The news of the capture of Kafa by the Cossacks caused a stir in Bakhchisarai , Khan Janibek-Geray escaped to the fortress Chufut-Kale . At the same time, the khan sent available troops to the Crimean coast to prevent the Cossacks from landing. However, the Cossacks defeated the army that stood in their way, replenished freshwater supplies, and burned several settlements. After that, the Cossacks returned without a fight in January.

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The victorious march on Kafa, which had a clear liberating character, gained considerable publicity not only in Ukraine. Later, Kasiyan Sakovich glorified this feat of Sagaidachny and his Cossacks in his "Poems". This description has acquired heroic significance in the historical memory of Ukrainians.

In the autumn of 1616 Konashevich organized a new campaign in the Ottoman Empire. At first, he burned the Ottoman fleet (26 galleys) near Minera, and then, landing on the shore, took Trebizond by an unexpected assault. Trying to destroy the Cossacks on their return home, the sultan sent a squadron under the command of Admiral Tsikoli Pasha. However, the battle on the roads Sinop, Cossacks, sinking three large ships and several smaller Ottoman fleet forced to go back to Istanbul.
After this victory, Sagaidachny attacked Istanbul. "The Cossacks," according to the Ottoman archives, "entered Istanbul, killed 5,000 or 6,000 Ottomans, captured a large number of prisoners, and burned half the city." Already near the Sich, in the Strait of Horse Waters?, the Cossack flotilla met with the squadron of Admiral Ibrahim Pasha sent after him. During a short but fierce battle, Cossacks defeated the Ottoman admiral. Upon their return, the Cossacks continued to attack Ottoman fortresses. According to contemporaries, the Cossacks controlled navigation between the Bosphorus and the Dnieper-Bug estuary. As pointed out by the famous Italian traveler Pietro della Valle in May 1618“The Turks have no place in the Black Sea that the Cossacks have not taken or plundered. In any case, they are such a significant force on the Black Sea today that if they put in more energy, they will be in complete control of it. "

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