✦ History

Part of Caucasus campaign

Battle of Manzikert (1915)

1915 · Battle site

Result Ottoman victory

Russian and Ottoman forces fought around Manzikert in the Caucasus campaign. The Russians retreated and the Ottomans retook Malazgirt.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

Russian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Nikolai Yudenich military commander
Abdul Kerim Pasha military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
22,000
Casualties
7,000–10,000
Captured
1,000
Captured
6,000