Battle of Lachin

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Battle of Lachin
Part of First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Azerbaijani soldiers and a child going to school in Lachin.
Date 1–19 October 1992 Location Lachin corridor Result Armenian victory
Belligerents
Nagorno-Karabakh Armenia Supporting States: Russia	Azerbaijan Supporting States: Turkey
Commanders and leaders
Hrach Andreasyan[1]	Surat Huseynov Dadash Rzayev[1]
Casualties and losses
25 killed[2]	31 killed[2], 43 injured[2]

The Battle of Lachin was a military operation during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, undertaken by the National Army of Azerbaijan in order to regain control over the Lachin corridor, controlled by the army of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) since 18 May 1992.^[3] It was one of the fiercest battles in this direction that unfolded in the autumn of that year.