battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Nakhchivan
Battle of Nakhchivan was a battle fought in June 1919 at Nakhchivan, in what is now Azerbaijan. It was part of the Aras War. The recorded result: Armenian victory; End of Aras War. Recorded strength: 18,000 against 6,000–12,000.
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Record
| Date | June 1919 (month precision) | |
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| Place | Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan 39.216N, 45.411E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Territorial change | Capitulation and Annexation of Aras Republic by First Republic of Armenia | |
| Strength | 18,000 | 6,000–12,000 |
| Casualties and losses | Light | Heavy |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Abbasabad 1827, 7.8 km S
- Siege of Alinja 1388, 25 km E
- Battle of Avarayr AD 451, 33 km NW
- Battle of Chaldiran 1514, 94 km W
- Caucasus campaign 1914, 109 km NW
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Sharur 1919
Elsewhere in 1919
- Scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow United Kingdom
- Battle of Cēsis Latvia
- Greek landing at Smyrna Turkey
- Battle of Paju Estonia
- 1919 Soviet invasion of Ukraine Ukraine
Battle of Nakhchivan is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 66 in present-day Azerbaijan.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q129315338, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Nakhchivan, revision 1370451188, 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.