Siege of Kars (1828)

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Siege of Kars (1828)

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{{Infobox military conflict
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{{Short description|1828 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)}}
{{For|other Battle of Kars|Battle of Kars (disambiguation)}}
| conflict = Siege of Kars (1828)
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| partof = [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)]]
[[File:Kars 1828.jpg|266px|thumb|"Siege of Kars", by [[January Suchodolski]].]]
| date = 20–23 June 1828
{{Campaignbox Russo–Turkish War, 1828–1829}}
| place = [[Kars]], [[Anatolia]], [[Ottoman Empire]] (modern-day Turkey)
| result = Ottoman victory


| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} [[Russian Empire]]
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The '''siege of Kars''' took place during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–29)|Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829]]. A Russian army, led by General [[Ivan Paskevich]], successfully took [[Kars]] in Turkish Armenia from the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]].{{sfn|Tucker|2010|pages=1152–1153}} The battle itself lasted three days, from 20 to 23 June 1828. The capture was almost a complete accident. During the initial stages of the war, a rifleman enacted an unauthorized advancement towards the city and with the Russian army noticing the imminent danger said troop was in, they rushed to their protection which thus resulted in Kars falling after Ottoman troops engaged the Russian position. The Ottoman force, numbering some 11,000 men before the siege, lost 2,000 men and 151 artillery guns. The Russian contingent lost 400 men.
| combatant2 = {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|1793}} [[Ottoman Empire]]

| commander1 = {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} [[Ivan Paskevich]] {{KIA}}
{{flagicon|Russian Empire}}{{ill|Yakov Yakovlevich Gillenshmidt|ru|Гилленшмидт, Яков Яковлевич}}
| commander2 = {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|1793}} Pasha of Kars
{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|1793}} Kios Mahomet Pasha

| strength1 = 25,000 soldiers
| strength2 = 11,000 garrison
151 cannons

| casualties1 = 10,000 dead and wounded
| casualties2 = 2,000 killed and wounded
1,350 captured
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The '''siege of Kars''' took place during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–29)|Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829]]. A Russian army, led by General [[Ivan Paskevich]], successfully took [[Kars]] in Turkish Armenia from the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]].{{sfn|Tucker|2010|pages=1152–1153}} The battle itself lasted three days, from 20 to 23 June 1828. After the siege began on June 20, Ivan Paskevich decided to storm the fortress. On June 23, the general assault began. However, it quickly ended. One of the cannons seriously wounded Ivan Paskevich, from which he died. The Ottoman army took advantage of this, launching a major sortie against the disconcerted Russian army. Having inflicted heavy losses on the Russian army, they forced it to retreat to Georgia.


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