Battle of Goychay
| Battle of Goychay | |||||||||
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| Part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani War during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I and Southern Front of the Russian Civil War | |||||||||
Battle plan written in Turkish. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Central Powers: Ottoman Empire Azerbaijan Georgian volunteers |
Bolsheviks: Entente Powers: White movement: Cossacks | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Enver Pasha Ali İhsan Sâbis Cemil Cahit Toydemir Rüştü Pasha Topal Osman Ali-Agha Shikhlinski Habib Bey Salimov Ahmad Hamdi Bey |
Stepan Shaumian Grigory Korganov Grigory Petrov Sergey Kirov Hamazasp Srvandztyan Lazar Bicherakhov | ||||||||
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Islamic Army of the Caucasus 5,000 Less than 5,000 |
Unknown 5,000 Unknown number of MI6 members | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The Battle of Goychay (Azerbaijani: Göyçay döyüşü; Russian: Геокчайский бой; Turkish: Göyçay/Gökçay Savaşı) or Raid on Goychay (Azerbaijani: Göyçay basqını, Turkish: Göyçay/Gökçay Baskını), was a series of clashes that took place from 27 June to 1 July 1918, between Ottoman–Azerbaijani coalition forces led by Nuri Pasha and a coalition of the Soviet 11th Army and Armenian Dashnak forces. The initial battle ended on 30 June, but minor clashes continued until 1 July. Despite being outnumbered six to one, the Central Powers were able to defeat the Armenian–Soviet forces before they reached Ganja, the headquarters of the Ottoman Islamic Army of the Caucasus. The Ottoman–Azerbaijani forces seized control of the lands from Goychay to Shamakhi. Armenian–Soviet rule in the region ended as a result of the battle.