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Battle of Nigoiti
Part of The Crimean War
Date 1854 Location Nigoiti, Georgia
Belligerents
Russian Army	Georgian Militia	Ottomans
Commanders and leaders
Ivane Andronikashvili	Colonel Nigo	Selim Pasha
Strength
	13,000	36,000 troops
Casualties and losses
		3000+

Battle of Nigoiti 1854, (Georgian: ნიგოითის ბრძოლა, romanized: nigoitis brdzola) also known as Battle of Shukhut-Perdi, was fought between the Russian - Georgian and the Ottoman troops in the Crimean War. In 1854, Turkey launched an attack on a wide front Batumi, area Anaklia out and Sukhumi. The body of Turks, whom Selim Pasha commanded, Ozurget opened - Tbilisi ​​through their direction to act. The village of Nigoiti, with Colonel Nigo in Kutaisi defending. Eristavi 2 and 4 battalions of guns. The enemy 12 thousand unit was ordered to cross the river Choloki, struggle to cross the village of Aceta and Mamati and attacked the Machutadze's palace in Nigoati. The Turks were the renegade Hasan-Beg Tavdgiridze (Georgian: ჰასან-ბეგი თავდგირიძე, romanized: hasan-begi tavdgiridze). Nigo. on May 27. Noble suddenly attacked by the enemy and fought well. The Turks could not use their numerical advantage and ukuiktsnen. Russian regular troops and the Georgian Militia inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. Hassan-Beg fell on the battlefield. The fighting and Hasan-Beg Tavdgiridze's death is remembered in the folk song "Khasanbegura" The Turks killed and wounded, but they lost 3000 fighters and 600 scouts.

The Nigoetis allowed Ivane Andronikashvili to ship out to the battle of Ozurgetis. The enemy left, and Cholokhi camped on the left hand side of the Choloki River. (see Choloki Battle of 1854)

See also

• List of battles
• Battle of Cholokhi

References

• Singer F., the Crimean War and in Georgia, Tbilisi., 1960
• Megrelidze Sh., Georgia Eastern wars, Washington., 1974
• Narsia G., Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7, p. 412-413, 1984 ed.