Kuban Nogai uprising
| Kuban Nogai uprising | |||||||||
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Debacle of the Nogai Tatars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Russian Empire | Nogai Horde | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Alexander Suvorov | Kanakay Morza | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Kuban Corps | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 12 battalions, 20 squadrons, 16 cannons, 20 Don Cossack regiments |
Russian estimate: ~10,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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Uray-Ilgasa: 48 killed, 24 wounded Kermenchik & Sarychiger (Laba): 4 killed, 7 wounded, 11 missing |
Yeysk Fortress: up to 400 killed, 200+ captured Kermenchik & Sarychiger: up to 3,500 killed, 1,000 captured | ||||||||
The Kuban Nogai uprising (Suvorov's Transkuban campaign) of 1783 saw the last significant attempt of the Nogai steppe nomads to resist the expansion of Russia. Its defeat opened the way for Slavic colonization of the lands north of the Caucasus and was an early step in the Russian conquest of the Caucasus. It resulted from the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire and tsarist plans to resettle the Nogais to the Urals. It was brutally suppressed in a few months by the troops under the command of Alexander Suvorov.