Battle of Kachkalikov

Battle of Kachkalikov
Part of the Chechen-Russian conflict and Caucasian War
Date 17 January 1787 Location Katchkalikov, Chechnya Result Chechen victory Heavy Russian casualties
Belligerents
Chechen fighters	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ibba-Mullah †	Colonel Savalyev
Casualties and losses
20 KIA 2,000 cattle captured	Heavy

The Battle of Kachkalikov, also known as the Battle of Ghachalq, was a surprise attack conducted by Chechen fighters of the Kachkalikov clan led by Ibba-Mullah, on a Russian army led by Colonel Savalyev on January 17, 1787.

History

On January 17, 1787, the Russian Empire organized a large force under the command of Colonel Savalyev and launched a campaign into Chechnya. As the army climbed the heights of Kachkalikov, a historical region in Chechnya, fighters from the Kachkalikov clan, led by Ibba-Mullah, launched a surprise attack on the disorganized Russian army. The sudden ambush decimated Russian ranks, and after further fierce fighting, the mountaineer army left and retreated into the mountains. In the battle, up to 20 Chechens were killed, including Ibba-Mullah himself.

Russian punitive Campaign

As a result, a second army, led by Colonel Rebinder, was mobilized and sent to Chechnya 2 days later, on January 19. The detachment was made up of a Grenadier Battalion. The detachment ravaged part of the Chechen plain and burnt down several villages, as a result of which about 80 people were killed and 4 people were captured, 800 rams and 30 heads of cattle were captured as booty, which were immediately distributed to the troops. Soon after the Russian soldiers returned to their garrisons.

See also

• Battle of Tatartup
• Anapa Campaign (1787)

Sources

• Oztas, Ahmet (2013). A Page from the History of the North Caucasus: Imam Mansur Ushurma. EHESS. pp. 1–14.
• "Sheikh Mansur (Ushurma of Aldy)" (in Russian). 3 February 2020.