✦ History

Part of Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

Battle of Kars (1877)

November 17, 1877 · Battle of Kars (1877)

Result Russian victory

A Russian night assault took the Ottoman fortress of Kars in the Caucasus.

On the map Contemporaries

Russia and allies

Ottoman Empire

Russian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Mikhail Loris-Melikov military commander Ivan Lazarev military commander
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
30,000
Casualties
2,196
Deaths
470
Wounded
1,726
Guns
144
Strength
18,000
Casualties
19,500
Killed
2,500
Captured
17,000
Guns
5,000

Units

Russian Caucasus Corps (1877–1878)
Ottoman Anatolian army (1877–1878)

Also involved 1