Battle of Zerabulak

Battle of Zerabulak
Part of Russian conquest of Central Asia

Nikolay Karazin. Battle on Zerabulak Heights
Date14 June 1868
Location
Zera-tau ridge, Bukhara (now Uzbekistan)
Result

Russian victory

  • Bukhara becomes russian vassal
Belligerents
 Russia Bukhara
Commanders and leaders
Konstantin Kaufmann Emir Muzaffar
Strength
2,020 soldiers
including 320 Cossacks
14 guns
6 rocket launchers		 30,000; unknown number of artillery
Casualties and losses

63 wounded and killed in battle

  • 38 wounded
 from 3,500 to 10,000 killed and wounded in battle

The battle on the Zerabulak heights is the decisive battle of the Russian army under the command of General Kaufman with the army of the Bukhara emir Muzaffar, which took place in June 1868, on the slopes of the Zera-tau mountain range, between Samarkand and Bukhara. It ended with the defeat of the Bukhara army, and the transition of the Bukhara Emirate to vassal dependence on the Russian Empire. Battle of Zerabulak is the first time that the Carle rifle was used in action.

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