Siege of Kizlyar (August 1785)

Siege of Kizlyar (August 1785)
Part of Sheikh Mansur Movement
Date20–21 August 1785
Location
Kizlyar fortress, North Caucasus Line, North Caucasia
Result Sheikh Mansur failed to capture the Kizlyar fortress.
Belligerents

Sheikh Mansur Movement

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

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]

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.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Oztas 2013, p. 5-6.

Sources

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

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