Battle of Rukh

The Battle of Rukh is the battle of the united army of the Kingdom of Imereti , Odisha and Guria principalities against the Ottoman Empire. With the 1774 Kuchuk-Kainarji Treaty, Turkey lost the right to intervene in the affairs of Imereti. In 1779 , Ottomans tried to remove its ally Odisha Principality for Imereti and marched from the territory of Abkhazia to Odisha . Katsia II Dadian appealed to the king of Imereti for help. Solomon IDadian was rescued by the army of Imeret-Guria. The enemy crossed Enguri and moved towards Zugdidi. The battle that took place between Rukh Castle and Zugdidi ended with the complete victory of the Imeret-Guria-Odish army. The winners captured many captives and the great Alaf, M. Sh. Enemy artillery . The Battle of Rukh stopped the expansion of the Turks in Georgia from the north-west for a long time.

Battle of Rukh
Date 1779 Location Rukhi Result Georgian victory destruction of the enemy army
Belligerents
Kingdom of Imereti Guria principality Principality of Mingrelia	Ottoman Empire Principality of Abkhazia Crimean Khanate Alans Circassians Kabardians jiks
Commanders and leaders
Solomon I Katsia II Dadiani George V Guriel	Keilash Sharvashidze Bekir-bey

References

• Essays on the history of Georgia, Vol. 4, vol., 1973;
• Chkhataraishvili st. , Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia , vol. , 8, pg. , 1984. - p. 519.