Battle of Ghunib

Battle of Ghunib
	Part of the Caucasian War
	; Assault on the fortifications of Gunib. Painting by T. Gorschelt. 1867
Date	9-25 August 1859
Location	Gunib, Dagestan, Caucasian Imamate
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Caucasian Imamate
Commanders and leaders
Aleksandr Baryatinsky	Imam Shamil
Strength
16,000; 18 guns	400 ; 4 cannons
Casualties and losses
600 KIA or WIA	400 350–360 KIA or WIA; 40–50 POW;

The Battle of Ghunib (Russian: Взятие Гуниба, romanized: Vzyatie Guniba) was a siege of aul Gunib by the Russian forces in 1859. After 25 years of resistance, Imam Shamil surrendered to the Russians. See Murid War#The end (1857-1859).

References edit

^ "Private letter on the capture of Shamil (Russian)". 2 September 1859. Retrieved 31 December 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Mukhanov, V. M. (2008). "ГУНИ́БА ШТУРМ 1859" [Gunib's assault 1859]. In Kravets, S. L.; et al. (eds.). Great Russian Encyclopedia (in Russian). Vol. 8: Grigoryev - Dinamika. Moscow: Great Russian Encyclopedia. ISBN 978-5-85270-338-5.
The Russian conquest of the Caucasus, John Frederick Baddeley, 1908