On 14 November 1755, Ukrainian merchants Vasil Pirog and Iosif Pivroretskiy, while traveling with five carts to Bahçesaray to buy wine, stopped in Perekop. There, Janissary Ali Hasan and Shagan Tolmach (a translator) purchased a cargo of cow butter and vodka worth 250 rubles from them. Later, while continuing their journey near the salt lakes of Perekop, the merchants were attacked and robbed by seven Tatars. Both merchants were injured by bow arrows, one of which was identified as belonging to Shagan Tolmach. The Ukrainian merchants filed a complaint with the Kaymakam of Perekop, and the incident was officially recorded in court.