Battle of Kurdamir

1918 CE.

Shown on the map at 40.338°, 48.161°.

Battle of Kurdamir took place between the coalition Turkish troops and Azerbaijani armed forces against the troops of the Baku Council of People's Commissars led by Stepan Shaumyan for the control over Kurdamir settlement from July 5 to 10, 1918. During the battle, the Mususlu detachment under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Habib bey Salimov, a detachment consisting of Hasan Bey's 46th Infantry Battalion and a subsequent cavalry regiment and additional forces involved in strengthening the front, and the 1st Brigade of the Red Army on the enemy side, newly arrived from Iran. Bicherakhov's team and sections of the school of instructors were present. The enemy's military forces consisted mainly of Dashnak-Armenian officers and soldiers who were brought to Baku from the First World War (1914-18) and committed genocide against the Azerbaijani people.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Kurdamir, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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