Caucasus campaign

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military campaign theater of war

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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Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign → theater of war →
affectedRegion	Armenia → 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 → Bebutov → Muravyov-Karsky → 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 Anatolia → Transcaucasia →
opponent	Russian Empire vs Ottoman Empire →
partOf	Crimean War → Eastern Front of the Crimean War →
primaryOpposingPowers	Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire →
relatedConflict	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) →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Crimean War → Mediterranean theatre of World War I →	hasPart
Ice March ("First Kuban Campaign") →	alsoKnownAs
Ottoman Army ("Caucasus campaign (World War I)") →	conflict
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I →	includedCampaign
Ewald von Kleist →	participantIn
Enver Pasha ("Caucasus Campaign") →	participatedIn
Danube campaign ("Caucasus campaign of the Crimean War") →	relatedTo
Ottoman air units →	theaterOfOperations