| Sup River Offensive | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Caucasian War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Russian Empire |
 Circassians | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Colonel Levashov | Unknown | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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4 battalions of infantry 1 cavalry sotnia 2 horse artillery guns | Unknown (local militia, irregulars) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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16 wounded 1 horse killed, 2 wounded |
Unknown 5 bodies recovered | ||||||||
| Over 600 houses destroyed. Significant stores of grain, hay, and livestock seized or burned.[1][2] | |||||||||
The Sup River Offensive was a punitive operation carried out by Russian forces under Colonel Levashov against the Abadzekh (Circassians) in December 1862.[3][4][5]
- ^ "1862, December 30 — Report of the Commander of the Shebskiy Detachment Colonel Levashov". Vostlit.info (in Russian). State Archive of Krasnodar Krai. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
Report of the Commander of the Shebskiy Detachment Colonel Levashov to the Commander of the Troops of the Kuban Region about the results of the campaign against the Lower Abadzekhs
- ^ "Журналы военных действий и занятий войск в Кубанской области, составленный по сведениям, полученным от частных начальников, с 5 по 12 января 1863 г.". Центральный государственный исторический архив Грузии (ЦГИАГ). Ф. 416. Оп. 3. Д. 1177 (in Russian) (5–12 января): 1–2. 1863.
- ^ Khotko, Samir Khamidovich (2015). Discovery of Circassia: Cartographic Sources of the 14th–19th Centuries (PDF) (in Russian). Maykop: Poligraf-Yug. pp. 158–159. ISBN 978-5-7992-0829-5.
- ^ Kumykov T. Kh. (2001). Problems of the Caucasian War and the Resettlement of the Circassians to the Ottoman Empire (20–70s of the 19th Century). Collection of Archival Documents (PDF) (in Russian). Nalchik: Elbrus.
- ^ Государственный архив Краснодарского края, ф. 261, оп. 2, д. 86, л. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 об.
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