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Siege of Kars (1855)

June 1 – November 29, 1855 · Siege of Kars (1855)

Part of Crimean War

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Nikolay Muravyov's Russians besieged Kars, failed to storm it, and starved its Ottoman garrison into surrender.

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United Kingdom
Ottoman Empire
Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Kars military commander Christopher Teesdale military commander Gürcü Mehmed Vâsıf Pasha military commander

Russia

Russian Empire
Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky military commander