Siege of Kizlyar (August 1785)
| Siege of Kizlyar (August 1785) | |||||||
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| Part of Sheikh Mansur Movement | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russian Empire | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Sheikh Mansur Dol Mudarov |
Ivan Veshnyakov Bekovich Cherkassky 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 |
~3,220–3,720 Regulars ~Unknown amount of irregulars, Cossacks and civilian fighters | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 200–1,000 killed | Unknown | ||||||
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.