Battle of Kurekdere

Battle of Kürekdere
	Part of The Crimean War
	; Battle of Kurekdere by Fedor Baikov
Date	6 August 1854
Location	Kürekdere Trans-Caucasus40°43′05.40″N 43°29′54.35″E / 40.7181667°N 43.4984306°E
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Zarif Mustafa Pasha ; Hurshid Pasha ; Ferik Kerim Pasha ; Feyzi Pasha ; Ferik Veli Pasha ; Ferik Rashid Pasha ; Ismail Pasha ; Mirliva Hasan Pasha ; Nassim Bey	Vasili Bebutov
Strength
35,000–40,000; 78 guns	20,000–29,800; 64 guns
Casualties and losses
1,200–2,820 killed; 1,000–2,000 wounded; 2,000 captured; 6,000 deserters	589 killed; 2,000–2,500 wounded

The Battle of Kürekdere took place on 6 August 1854 as part of the Crimean War. The battle occurred when an Ottoman army from the Ottoman fortress of Kars marched out to confront a marauding Russian detachment near the village of Kürekdere in the Trans-Caucasus.

^ ^a ^b Agoston 2010, p. 162.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Badem 2010, p. 221.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dodd 1856, p. 137.
^ ^a ^b Kinglake 1856, pp. 101–107.
^ Sandwith 1856, pp. 103–107.
^ ^a ^b ^c Badem 2010, pp. 221–222.
^ Badem 2010, p. 222.

[FOOTNOTEAgoston2010162-1] Agoston 2010, p. 162.

[FOOTNOTEBadem2010221-2] Badem 2010, p. 221.

[FOOTNOTEDodd1856137-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dodd 1856, p. 137.

[FOOTNOTEKinglake1856101–107-4] Kinglake 1856, pp. 101–107.

[FOOTNOTESandwith1856103–107-5] Sandwith 1856, pp. 103–107.

[FOOTNOTEBadem2010221–222-6] Badem 2010, pp. 221–222.

[FOOTNOTEBadem2010222-7] Badem 2010, p. 222.

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Battle of Kurekdere

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