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Siege of Kars

Siege of Kars was a siege conducted on 29 November 1855 at Kars, in what is now Turkey. It was part of the Crimean War, which ran from 1853 to 1856. The recorded result: Russian victory.

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Siege of Kars (1828). Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)
Siege of Kars (1828). Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829). January Suchodolski, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought29 November 1855
WhereKars, Turkey40.607N, 43.093E
OutcomeRussian victory
BelligerentsOttoman Empire; British EmpireagainstRussian Empire
Part ofCrimean War1853 to 1856

Where it sits in the Crimean War

Battle of Oltenița, 1853Battle of Pitsunda, 1853Battle of Akhaltsikhe, 1853Battle of Shekvetili, 1853Battle of Sinop, 1853Battle of Başgedikler, 1853Battle of Cetate, 1853Siege of Sevastopol, 1854Siege of Silistra (1854), 1854Bombardment of Odesa, 1854Battle of Nigoiti, 1854Battle of the Choloki, 1854Battle of Kurekdere, 1854Siege of Petropavlovsk, 1854Battle of Alma, 1854Battle of Balaclava, 1854Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854Thin Red Line, 1854Battle of Inkerman, 1854Battle of Eupatoria, 1855Battle of Malakoff, 1855Battle of Suomenlinna, 1855Battle of the Chernaya, 1855Battle of the Great Redan, 1855Battle of Kanghil, 1855Battle of Kinburn, 1855Battle of Enguri, 1855Siege of Taganrog, 1855Siege of Kars, 185518531855Siege of Kars, 1855
29 placed engagements of the Crimean War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date29 November 1855
to November 1855
PlaceKars, Turkey
40.607N, 43.093E
KindSiege, nineteenth century
StrengthRegular militaries: 17,000 to 20,400; Bashi-bazouks: up to 6,270
Commanders
  • William Fenwick Williams
  • Christopher Teesdale
  • Mehmet Vasıf Pasha Gürcü
  • Baba Kerim Pasha
  • György Kmety
  • Richard Guyon
  • Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky
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Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1828 and 1920.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1855

Siege of Kars is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 687 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q815157, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Kars, revision 1371138080, 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.