Attack on Stavropol

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Attack on Stavropol
Part of Russo-Circassian War
Date Early November 1835 Location Circassia Result Abazins victory •Stavropol was captured by the Abazins two times
Belligerents
Abazins	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Unknown
Strength
First Attack - 300 Second Attack - 800	First Attack - 1.000 Second Attack - 2.000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	First Attack - 800 people were captured and 200 killed Second Attack - 1700 people were captured and 300 killed

History[edit]

they broke into Stavropol "... In November 1835, the Abazines concentrated their forces to strike back at the Black Sea Cossacks and Russian regular units that invaded their territory. The Abazins stormed into Stavropol, the capital of the so-called "government of the Caucasus," and took with them 1,700 prisoners and 8,000 cattle. 300 of the captured prisoners were people who held a high position in Stavropol: officers, merchants, bankers. There was also a high-ranking Russian military officer, a general, as they say; he was captured along with his staff. This is the second raid on Stavropol committed by the Abaza over the past year. For the first time, they captured up to 800 prisoners..."

References[edit]

James Hudson to Lieutenant General Herbert Taylor. Constantinople, February 8, 1836 About the Circassian seizure of a warship, the attack of the Abaza on Stavropol. L.Z. Kunizheva. From the history of the formation of the Abaza people. Archived on August 16, 2019.