Battle of Ghunib
| Battle of Ghunib | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Caucasian War | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Caucasian Imamate |
 Russian Empire | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Imam Shamil | Aleksandr Baryatinsky | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 400 | 40,000 | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 350 |
21 killed 159 wounded | ||||
The Battle of Ghunib was a siege between the Russian Empire and the Caucasian Imamate in 1859. After 25 years of resistance Imam Shamil surrendered to the Russians. See Murid War#The end (1857-1859).
References
- The Russian conquest of the Caucasus, John Frederick Baddeley,1908
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