Atlas of Battles

country, 20 engagements

Battles in Kazakhstan

20 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Kazakhstan: 8 battles, 8 sieges, 1 naval action and 3 campaigns between 36 BC and 1919. The wars with most engagements here: Mongol invasions and conquests (5), Russian-Kokand War (2), Russian Civil War (2), Han–Xiongnu Wars (1).

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Siege of TarazSiege of JandChem River BattleBattle of SauranSiege of YamyshevSiege of AkmolaSiege of SozakBattle of UzunogochBattle of IcanSiege of Fort AlexandrovskogoBattle of Alexander FortBattle of ZhizhiBattle of TalasIrghiz River skirmishMongol invasion of Khwarazmian Empire and Eastern IranOtrar CatastropheNader's Central Asian CampaignSaratoga campaignSiege of Ak-MechetBattle of TalasIrghiz River skirmishMongol invasion of Khwarazmian Empire and Eastern IranOtrar CatastropheNader's Central Asian CampaignSaratoga campaignSiege of Ak-MechetTashkentBakuSamaraQaraghandyNur-SultanAndijanOrenburgShymkentMagnitogorskPavlodar500 km46.992N, 63.608E
20 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by half century

51 BC: 1 engagementsAD 750: 1 engagementsAD 850: 1 engagements1200: 4 engagements4 in 12001300: 1 engagements1350: 1 engagements1700: 2 engagements1750: 1 engagements1800: 2 engagements1850: 4 engagements4 in 18501900: 2 engagements51 BC1900
20 dated engagements, one bar per half century, coloured by era.

Wars fought here 8 with pages

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
36 BCBattle of ZhizhiTarazHan–Xiongnu Wars
April AD 751Battle of TalasTarazMuslim conquest of Transoxiana
AD 893Siege of TarazTaraz
1209Irghiz River skirmishIrgiz RiverMongol invasions and conquests
1219Mongol invasion of Khwarazmian Empire and Eastern IranCentral AsiaMongol invasions and conquests
November 1219Otrar CatastropheOtrarMongol invasions and conquests
1221Siege of JandJandMongol invasions and conquests
1300Chem River BattleEmba RiverMongol invasions and conquests
1376Battle of SauranSawranGreat Troubles
1716Siege of YamyshevPavlodar Region
1737Nader's Central Asian CampaignCentral AsiaCampaigns of Nader Shah
1777Saratoga campaignupstate New YorkAmerican Revolutionary War
1838Siege of AkmolaAstana
1841Siege of SozakSozak
2 July 1853Siege of Ak-MechetRussian-Kokand War
1860Battle of UzunogochUzynaghashRussian-Kokand War
1864Battle of IcanQ4440394Russian colonisation of Central Asia
5 April 1870Siege of Fort AlexandrovskogoFort-Shevchenko
1918Battle of Saratovka and AntonovkaQoilyqRussian Civil War
21 May 1919Battle of Alexander FortTupkaragan DistrictRussian Civil War

Borders are those of today; the states that fought are named on each page.