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.[1]

Siege of Kizlyar (August 1785)
Part of Sheikh Mansur Movement
Date20th–21st August, 1785
Location
Kizlyar fortress, North Caucasus Line, Russian Empire
Result Russian victory
Belligerents

Sheikh Mansur Movement

  Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sheikh Mansur
Dol Mudarov		 Russian Empire
Ivan Veshnyakov
Bekovich Cherkassky
Boyarsky
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

2,500–3,000 soldiers

Unknown amount of civilian fighters
Casualties and losses

Heavy

Russian claim:
1,000 KIA & WIA
(Strongly exaggerated)

Heavy

Russian claim:
1 KIA
7 WIA
(Strongly underestimated)

History

After 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

References
  1. 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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