battle, First World War

Dagestan Campaign

Name: Dagestan Campaign
Location: Russia

Dagestan Campaign was a battle fought in 1918 at Russia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Russia. The recorded result: 1st phase: Russian White victory; 2nd phase: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: 3,000 Cossacks; 1 gunboat Ardahan against 11,564; 448 Officers.

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Fought1918

WhereRussia66.417N, 94.250E, placed at the location, approximate

Outcome1st phase: Russian White victory; 2nd phase: Ottoman victory

BelligerentsRussian State; United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandagainstOttoman Empire; Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus; Russian Soviet Socialist Republic

Casualties and lossesHeavyandHeavy

Record

Date	1918 (year precision) to 1918
Place	Russia 66.417N, 94.250E
Kind	Battle, First World War
Territorial change	Temporary occupation of Dagestan by Bicherakhov’s forces; Defeat of the Soviet rule in Dagestan; Temporary occupation of Dagestan by the Ottomans
Strength	3,000 Cossacks; 1 gunboat Ardahan	11,564; 448 Officers
Casualties and losses	Heavy	Heavy; 2,000 killed&wounded
Commanders	Lazar Bicherakhov Lionel Dunsterville	Enver Pasha Tapa Chermoev

Placed at Russia; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Irmen 1598, 1466 km SW
Battle of Barnaul 1918, 1560 km SW
Battle of Chakirmaut 1204, 1960 km S

Elsewhere in 1918

Dagestan Campaign is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 425 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q124811443, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Dagestan Campaign (1918), revision 1381352798, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.