battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Batumi

Name: Battle of Batumi
Location: Batumi, Georgia

Battle of Batumi was a battle fought in 1921 at Batumi, in what is now Georgia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Batumi. It was part of the Turkish War of Independence, which ran from 1919 to 1923. The recorded result: Georgian victory. Recorded strength: 3,500 against 3,000.

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Fought1921

WhereBatumi, Georgia41.646N, 41.642E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeGeorgian victory

BelligerentsAnkara GovernmentagainstDemocratic Republic of Georgia

Part ofTurkish War of IndependenceTurkish invasion of Georgia

Where it sits in the Turkish War of Independence

4 placed engagements of the Turkish War of Independence in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1921 (year precision) to 1921
Place	Batumi, Georgia 41.646N, 41.642E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	3,500	3,000
Casualties and losses	30 killed; 26 wounded; 46 missing; (Turkish sources, during the entire Georgian campaign); More than 200 killed (Georgian sources)	84 killed
Commanders	Kâzım Karabekir	Giorgi Mazniashvili

Placed at Batumi; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Petra AD 550, 16 km NE
Siege of Petra AD 548, 16 km NE
Siege of Petra AD 541, 16 km NE
Battle of Choloki 1918, 31 km NE
Battle of the Choloki 1854, 36 km NE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Geyve 1920
After: Bombardment of Samsun 1922
All 4 engagements of Turkish War of Independence

Elsewhere in 1921

Battle of Batumi is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 116 in present-day Georgia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q65287179, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Batumi, revision 1370433617, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.