Battle of Muş

Battle of Muş
	Part of Caucasus Campaign
	; Ottoman soldiers surrender
Date	3-23 August 1916
Location	Turkey
Result	Russian victory Mus finally taken by the Russians after prolonged fighting; Second army was almost completely destroyed by the Russians;
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Russian Empire Armenian volunteer units;
Commanders and leaders
Ahmed Izzet Pasha; Mustafa Kemal Pasha	Nikolai Istomin; Nikolai Yudenich; Tovmas Nazarbekian
Strength
Second Army; Kurdish Tribesmen; 74,000-120,000 men	Russian Caucasus Army; Armenian Fedayi; 50,000 men
Casualties and losses
56,000-60,000 killed, wounded or captured	20,000 killed, wounded and captured

The Battle of Muş, also known as the Ognot campaign, took place during World War I in the southeastern Anatolian region of Turkey. General Mustafa Kemal (later known as Atatürk) played in this battle.

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