Battle of Qbaada

Battle of Qbaada
Part of Russo-Circassian War

Franz Roubaud. Reading the manifesto on the end of the Caucasian War by Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich
Date1864
Location43°40′43″N 40°12′19″E / 43.67861°N 40.20528°E / 43.67861; 40.20528
Result

Russian victory

Belligerents
Russian Empire Russian Empire Circassia
Commanders and leaders
Russian Empire Michael Nikolaevich
Russian Empire Dimitri Ivanovich
Russian Empire Pavel Khristoforovich Grabbe
Russian Empire Pavel Shatilov
Russian Empire Vasily Alexandrovich
Tribal leaders
Units involved

Russian Empire Russian Imperial Army

  • Russian Empire Russian artillery units
  • Russian Empire Russian cavalry units
  • Russian Empire Russian infantry units
  • Russian Empire Caucasus-Cossack cavalry units
  • Russian Empire Caucasus-Cossack infantry units

Circassian resistance

Strength
100,000-250,000 20,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown but heavy 20,000
During the Circassian Genocide, about 1,500,000 indigenous highland Caucasians were expelled mainly to the Ottoman Empire, and a much smaller number to Persia. An unknown number of those expelled died during deportation.

The Battle of Qbaada (Adyghe: Ӏаткъуадж зауэ, romanized: 'atqwadj zawə; Abkhaz: Гәбаадәы аибашьра, romanized: Gubaadu aibashra; Russian: Кра́снополя́нская битва) was a battle in 1864 fought between the last remains of the Circassians and the Russian imperial forces during the Russo-Circassian War. It is widely accepted as the last battle of the war as no other significant battles, other than scattered rebellions, occurred thereafter.

History

The battle took place in Qbaada in 1864 between the Circassian army of 20,000 men and women, consisting of local villagers and militia as well as tribal horsemen, and a Russian army of 100,000 men, consisting of Cossack and Russian horsemen, infantry, and artillery. The Russian forces advanced from four sides. Circassian forces tried to break the line, but many were hit by Russian artillery and infantry before they managed to reach the front. The remaining fighters were soon defeated. The Russian army began celebrating victory on the corpses, and a military-religious parade was held, as 100 Circassian warriors were publicly executed. The Russian army then continued raiding and burning Circassian villages, destroying fields to prevent return, cutting down trees, and driving the people to the Black Sea coast.


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