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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.[1]
Siege of Kizlyar (August 1785) | |||||||
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Part of Sheikh Mansur Movement | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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![]() Ivan Veshnyakov Bekovich Cherkassky Boyarsky Ivan Lunin Peter Sekhin | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Unknown |
Tomsk Infantry Regiment Astrakhan 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 KIA | Unknown |
History
editAfter the victory 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.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Oztas 2013, p. 5-6.
Sources
edit- Oztas, Ahmet (2013). A Page from the History of the North Caucasus: Imam Mansur Ushurma. EHESS. pp. 1–14.