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Battle of Aladzha
	Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
	; Aleksey Kivshenko. Russian cavalry pursues the Turks during the battle
Date	2-15 October 1877
Location	Aladzha heights, Western Armenia
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mikhail Loris-Melikov	Ahmed Muhtar Pasha
Strength
56 000 ; 220 guns	38 000 ; 74 guns

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The Battle of Aladzha (Template:Lang-tr; Template:Lang-ru) was a key battle of the Caucasian campaign of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Russian troops broke through the defenses of the Turkish troops on the Aladzhin heights, which allowed them to seize the initiative and begin the siege of Kars.^[1]

References

^ Military encyclopedia of Sytin. Aladzha

Bibliography

James Reid, 2000: Crisis of the Ottoman Empire: Prelude to Collapse 1839-1878. Franz Steiner Verlag ISBN 3-515-07687-5
Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Paşa, Eski Yazıdan Aktaran, 1996: Sergüzeşt-i Hayatım'ın Cildi-i Sanisi. Yücel Demirel: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları ISBN 975-333-045-6

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[mes-1] Military encyclopedia of Sytin. Aladzha

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