Siege of Kizlyar (August 1785)

The siege of Kizlyar in August 1785 was the second and final attempt of Chechen forces and Kumyk allies led by Sheikh Mansur to capture the Kizlyar fortress.

Siege of Kizlyar (August 1785)
Part of Sheikh Mansur Movement
Date 20–21 August 1785 Location Kizlyar fortress, North Caucasus Line, North Caucasia Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Sheikh Mansur Movement Chechens Kabardia Kumyks Aksai	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sheikh Mansur Dol Mudarov	Ivan Veshnyakov Bekovich Cherkassky Ivan Lunin Peter Sekhin
Units involved
Unknown	Tomsk Infantry Regiment Astrakhan Regiment Kizlyar Regiment Greben and Terek Cossacks ~Georgian, Armenian and Kalmyk civilian militias
Strength
10,000–12,000	~3,220–3,720 Regulars ~Unknown amount of irregulars, Cossacks and civilian fighters
Casualties and losses
200–1,000 killed	Unknown

History

After the defeat in Grigoripolis, the Kumyk people invited Sheikh Mansur to their country. With the support of Kumyk nobles, Mansur launched another attack on Kizlyar on 19 August 1785. During the siege, however, the Russians bribed some of the Kumyk princes, who turned against Mansur. As the latter began withdrawing his forces, he was ambushed by a Russian army, including an infantry regiment from Tomsk, which was coming to help, but Mansur managed to withdraw his forces without suffering many losses.

See also

• Sheikh Mansur
• Siege of Kizlyar (July 1785)
• Battle of Grigoriopolis
• Battle of the Malka (1785)

Sources

• Oztas, Ahmet (2013). A Page from the History of the North Caucasus: Imam Mansur Ushurma. EHESS. pp. 1–14.