Chesmensky battle. Count Orlov v. Hassan-Bey

The Battle of 1770 took place on June 24-26 (July 5-7) in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey between Russian and Turkish fleets. The Battle of Chesimen ended in the complete destruction of the Turkish fleet, which had many hopes. Assessing this battle, Admiral G.A. Spiridov wrote to the President of Admiralty Colleagues: "... the honor of the All-Russian fleet! From 25 to 26, the enemy navy ... attacked, broken, broke, burned, let them down, sunk and turned into ashes, and they themselves began to be in the whole archipelago ... dominant. Chesma glorified the commander of the Russian squadron of Anthef General Count A.G. Orlova, Admiral
G.A. Spiridova, according to the plans and led by the Russian fleet, won an outstanding victory, the younger flagship S.K. Graig, produced after the battle in Rear Admiral, commanders of ships: captains of the 1st rank A.I. von Cruise ("Eustathius"), F.A. Klokacheva ("Europe"), S.P. Khmetevsky ("Three Saints"), Lieutenant D.S. Ilyina (commander of Brander) and many others awarded high awards. The victory of the Russian fleet in the Chesmensky battle had a great influence on the further course of the war.
The book of the famous Marinist writer V. Shigin will introduce readers to the main events of Chesmensky and his heroes