Battle of the Valerik River | |||||||
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Part of the Caucasian War | |||||||
![]() Battle of the River Valerik by Mikhail Lermontov | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
6 battalions 14 guns 1500 Cossacks[3] | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
66 killed 265 wounded and shell-shocked 8 missing 1,400 soldiers and 45 officers according to De la Chapelle | Unknown |
The Battle of the Valerik River on 11 July 1840 was fought as part of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus. It occurred about 30 km (19 miles) southwest of the fortress of Groznaya (now Grozny) between forces of the Imperial Russian Army and North Caucasian mountaineers led by the naib (viceroy) Ahberdila Muhammad. It remains famous because of the poem "Valerik" by Mikhail Lermontov, a participant.
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