Battle of Qbaada
The Battle of Qbaada (Adyghe: Ӏаткъуадж зауэ, romanized: 'atqwadj zawə; Abkhaz: Гәбаадәы аибашьра, romanized: Gubaadu aibashra; Russian: Кра́снополя́нская битва) took place in 1864 between the last remains of the Circassians and the Russian imperial forces during the Russo-Circassian War. It is widely accepted as the last battle of the war as no other significant battles, other than scattered rebellions, occurred thereafter.
| Battle of Qbaada | |||||||||
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| Part of Russo-Circassian War | |||||||||
Franz Roubaud. Reading the manifesto on the end of the Caucasian War by Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Russian Empire | Circassia | ||||||||
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Michael Nikolaevich Dimitri Ivanovich Pavel Khristoforovich Grabbe Pavel Shatilov Vasily Alexandrovich | Tribal leaders | ||||||||
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Russian Imperial Army
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Circassian resistance
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 100,000-250,000 | 20,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown but heavy | 20,000 | ||||||||
| During the Circassian Genocide, about 1,500,000 indigenous highland Caucasians were expelled mainly to the Ottoman Empire, and a much smaller number to Persia. An unknown number of those expelled died during deportation. | |||||||||
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