Battle of Goychay

40°39′11″N 47°44′26″E / 40.65306°N 47.74056°E / 40.65306; 47.74056

Battle of Goychay
Part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani War during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I and Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
Battle plan written in Turkish.
Date 27 June – 1 July 1918 (4 days) Location Goychay, Baku Governorate, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic 40°39′11″N 47°44′26″E / 40.65306°N 47.74056°E / 40.65306; 47.74056 Result Ottoman–Azerbaijani victory Territorial changes Ottoman–Azerbaijani coalition forces capture lands from Goychay to Shamakhi
Belligerents
Central Powers:  Ottoman Empire Azerbaijan Georgian volunteers	Bolsheviks: Baku Commune Russian SFSR Entente Powers: Armenian Revolutionary Federation United Kingdom White movement: Cossacks
Commanders and leaders
Enver Pasha Ali İhsan Sâbis Cemil Cahit Toydemir Rüştü Pasha Topal Osman Ali-Agha Shikhlinski Habib Bey Salimov Ahmad Hamdi Bey	Stepan Shaumian Grigory Korganov Grigory Petrov Sergey Kirov Hamazasp Srvandztyan Lazar Bicherakhov
Strength
Islamic Army of the Caucasus 5,000 Less than 5,000[b]	35,000 5,000 Unknown number of MI6 members
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Goychay (Azerbaijani: Göyçay döyüşü; Russian: Геокчайский бой; Turkish: Göyçay/Gökçay Savaşı) or Raid on Goychay (Azerbaijani: Göyçay basqını, Turkish: Göyçay/Gökçay Baskını), was a series of clashes that took place from 27 June to 1 July 1918, between Ottoman–Azerbaijani coalition forces led by Nuri Pasha and a coalition of the Soviet 11th Army and Armenian Dashnak forces. The initial battle ended on 30 June, but minor clashes continued until 1 July. Despite being outnumbered six to one, the Central Powers were able to defeat the Armenian–Soviet forces before they reached Ganja, the headquarters of the Ottoman Islamic Army of the Caucasus. The Ottoman–Azerbaijani forces seized control of the lands from Goychay to Shamakhi. Armenian–Soviet rule in the region ended as a result of the battle.
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