Caucasus campaign

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The Caucasus campaign was a major theater of the Crimean War in which Russian and Ottoman forces, along with local allies, fought for control of the strategically vital Caucasus region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign
theater of war
affectedRegion Armenia
eastern Turkey
surface form: Eastern Anatolia

Georgia
belligerent Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
local Caucasian allies of the Ottoman Empire
local Caucasian allies of the Russian Empire
commander Abdi Pasha
Krasnov
surface form: Bebutov

Muravyov-Karsky
Omar Pasha
surface form: Omer Pasha
conflict Crimean War
conflictType interstate war
countryInvolved Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
endTime 1856
hasMainObjective control of strategic passes between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea
control of the Caucasus region
historicalEra Age of Imperialism
involves logistical operations in difficult terrain
mountain warfare
siege warfare
location Caucasus
eastern Turkey
surface form: Eastern Anatolia

South Caucasus
surface form: Transcaucasia
opponent Russian Empire vs Ottoman Empire
partOf Crimean War
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
surface form: Eastern Front of the Crimean War
primaryOpposingPowers Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire
relatedConflict Crimean War
surface form: Crimean War Black Sea theater

Russo-Turkish Wars
result status quo largely restored by Treaty of Paris (1856)
significantEvent Battle of Akhaltsikhe (1853)
Battle of Bayandir
Battle of Kurukdere
Russian capture of Kars in 1855
Siege of Kars
startTime 1853
strategicImportance control of approaches to the Middle East
control of routes between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea
theaterType land warfare
timePeriod 19th century
treatyConcludingConflict Treaty of Paris (1856)

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Crimean War hasPart Caucasus campaign
Danube campaign relatedTo Caucasus campaign
this entity surface form: Caucasus campaign of the Crimean War
Ewald von Kleist participantIn Caucasus campaign
Ice March alsoKnownAs Caucasus campaign
this entity surface form: First Kuban Campaign
Ottoman Army conflict Caucasus campaign
this entity surface form: Caucasus campaign (World War I)
Ottoman air units theaterOfOperations Caucasus campaign
Enver Pasha participatedIn Caucasus campaign
this entity surface form: Caucasus Campaign
Muravyov-Karsky notableFor Caucasus campaign
this entity surface form: Caucasus campaigns
Battle of Bayandir partOf Caucasus campaign
Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic conflict Caucasus campaign
this entity surface form: Caucasus Campaign
Persian campaign relatedTo Caucasus campaign
Erzurum offensive partOf Caucasus campaign
this entity surface form: Caucasus Campaign
Trabzon campaign partOf Caucasus campaign
this entity surface form: Caucasus Campaign
Transcaucasian Front theaterOfOperations Caucasus campaign