Siege of Silistria (1854)

Siege of Silistria
	Part of the Crimean War
	; Siege of Silistria by Bogdan Willewalde
Date	11 May – 23 June 1854
Location	Silistria, Ottoman Bulgaria44°7′9.01″N 27°15′40.9″E / 44.1191694°N 27.261361°E
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Egypt Eyalet;	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Musa Pasha †; Behram Pasha;	Karl Andreevich Shilder †; Ivan Paskevich; Mikhail Gorchakov; Dmitriy Selvan †;
Strength
12,000–18,000	50,000–90,000; 266 guns
Casualties and losses
1,400 killed	419 to 2,500 killed; 1,783–1,987 wounded In total:; 2,455 to 10,000 death & wounded

The siege of Silistria, or siege of Silistra, took place during the Crimean War, from 11 May to 23 June 1854, when Russian forces besieged the Ottoman fortress of Silistria (present-day Bulgaria). Sustained Ottoman resistance had allowed French and British troops to build up a significant army in nearby Varna. Under additional pressure from Austria, the Russian command, which was about to launch a final assault on the fortress town, was ordered to lift the siege and retreat from the area, thus ending the Danubian phase of the Crimean War.