Battle of Kurdamir

40°20′18″N 48°09′39″E / 40.33833°N 48.16083°E / 40.33833; 48.16083

Battle of Kurdamir
Part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani War during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I and Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
Offensive actions of Ottoman troops in the South Caucasus in 1918.
Date 7 July– 10 July 1918 (3 days) Location Kurdamir, Baku Governorate, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic 40°20′18″N 48°09′39″E / 40.33833°N 48.16083°E / 40.33833; 48.16083 Result Dashnak-Bolshevik victory Territorial changes Dashnak-Bolshevik forces capture Kurdamir
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Azerbaijan	Baku Commune Russian SFSR White movement
Commanders and leaders
Mürsel Pasha Habib Bey Salimov	Stepan Shaumian Lazar Bicherakhov

<nowiki> Azerbaijanis suffered a painful defeat against Stepan Shahumyan's forces

The first branch of the Red Army forces moved westward along the Baku-Hajiqabul railway, leading to the Myusyuslyu Station, while the other branch passed through Hajigabul and reached Kyurdamir. The Red Army forces in the region gathered and attacked Kyurdamir. Resistance by the militia forces, which consisted of Azerbaijanis who tried to defend the city, was unsuccessful. The Red Army took control of the station, along with the city itself. [4] The occupation of Kyurdamir by the Bolshevik- Dashnak forces made the coalition forces in Ganja nervous. This was a serious hindrance to the advance of the Islamic Army of the Caucasus to Baku.[5]