The Storming of Ochakov is identified in a historical note as a Russian assault on 18 December 1788 under Prince Potemkin. The note connects the fortress’s capture with a subsequent massacre and reports that thirty thousand Turks were said to have perished, placing military victory alongside its human cost.

Background and Course

The account gives a precise date, 18 December 1788, and names the Russian army’s commander as Prince Potemkin. It describes the fortress as having been taken by storm, presenting the capture as an assault rather than a negotiated surrender. No further details of the battle’s course or the forces involved are supplied.

Casualties and Historical Framing

The note says that thirty thousand Turks are said to have perished during the assault and the massacre that followed. Its phrasing marks the figure as a reported claim, not an independently confirmed count. By placing the deaths in the same sentence as the fortress’s capture, the annotation records the violence associated with the event while distinguishing the military outcome from the reported scale of loss.

Place in the Poem

The event appears in a historical annotation attached to the narrative, rather than as a dramatized scene. The brief note supplies historical context through a date, a commander, a captured fortress, and a casualty report; it does not connect the assault directly to the characters’ actions. Its concise form makes it a contextual reference, not a developed episode in the plot.