Battle of Ghunib
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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Strength | |||||||
16,000 18 guns [1] | 400 4 cannons | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
600 KIA or WIA | 400 |
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.
References
[edit]- ^ "Private letter on the capture of Shamil (Russian)". 2 September 1859. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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Sources
[edit]- 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