Siege of Kizlyar (August 1785)

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Siege of Kizlyar (August 1785)
Part of Sheikh Mansur Movement
Date 20–21 August 1785 Location Kizlyar fortress, North Caucasus Line, North Caucasia Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Sheikh Mansur Movement Chechens Kabardia Kumyks Aksai	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sheikh Mansur Dol Mudarov	Ivan Veshnyakov Bekovich Cherkassky Ivan Lunin Peter Sekhin
Units involved
Unknown	Tomsk Infantry Regiment Astrakhan Regiment Kizlyar Regiment Greben and Terek Cossacks ~Georgian, Armenian and Kalmyk civilian militias
Strength
10,000–12,000	~3,220–3,720 Regulars ~Unknown amount of irregulars, Cossacks and civilian fighters
Casualties and losses
200–1,000 killed	Unknown

The siege of Kizlyar in August 1785 was the second and final attempt of Chechen forces and Kumyk allies led by Sheikh Mansur to capture the Kizlyar fortress.^[1]