Battle of Ghunib
1859 siege of aul Gunib by Russian forces
| Battle of Ghunib | |||||||
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| Part of the Caucasian War | |||||||
 Assault on the fortifications of Gunib. Painting by T. Gorschelt. 1867 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russian Empire |  Caucasian Imamate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Aleksandr Baryatinsky | Imam Shamil  | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 16,000 18 guns [1] | 400 4 cannons | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 600 KIA or WIA | 400
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Caucasian War
Russo-Circassian War
Russian conquest of Chechnya and Dagestan
Russo-Circassian War
Russian conquest of Chechnya and Dagestan
- Battle of Khankala (1807)
- Battle of Dadi-yurt (1819)
- Battle of Khunzakh (1830)
- Assault on Germenchuk (1832)
- Battle of Gimry (1832)
- Battle of Argvani (1839)
- Siege of Akhoulgo (1839)
- Siege of Lazarevsky (1840)
- Battle of the Valerik River (1840)
- Battle of Ichkeria (1842)
- Battle of Dargo (1845)
- Battle of Gordali (1852)
- Nazran uprising (1858)
- Battle of Ghunib (1859)
- Battle of Qbaada (1864)
The Battle of Ghunib (Russian: Взятие Гуниба, romanized: Vzyatie Guniba) was a siege of aul Ghunib by the Russian forces in 1859. After 25 years of resistance, Imam Shamil surrendered to the Russians. See Murid War#The end (1857-1859).
References
- ^ "Private letter on the capture of Shamil (Russian)". 2 September 1859. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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Sources
- Mukhanov, V. M. (2008). "ГУНИ́БА ШТУРМ 1859" [Gunib's assault 1859]. In Kravets, S. L.; et al. (eds.). Great Russian Encyclopedia (in Russian). Vol. 8: Grigoryev - Dinamika. Moscow: Great Russian Encyclopedia. ISBN 978-5-85270-338-5.
- The Russian conquest of the Caucasus, John Frederick Baddeley, 1908
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