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Battle of Gimry
Part of the Caucasian War
The Storming of Gimry, an 1891 painting by Franz Roubaud
Date
17–18 October 1832
Location
Gimry, Dagestan, Caucasian Imamate
Result
Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire
Caucasian Imamate
Commanders and leaders
Aleksey Velyaminov [ru]
Ghazi Muhammad † Imam Shamil (WIA)
Strength
10,000
600–3,000
Casualties and losses
41 killed
339 wounded
176 killed
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Caucasian War Russo-Circassian War Russian conquest of Chechnya and Dagestan
Battle of Khankala (1807)
Battle of Dadi-yurt (1819)
Battle of Khunzakh (1830)
Assault on Germenchuk (1832)
Battle of Gimry (1832)
Battle of Argvani (1839)
Siege of Akhoulgo (1839)
Siege of Lazarevsky (1840)
Battle of the Valerik River (1840)
Battle of Ichkeria (1842)
Battle of Dargo (1845)
Battle of Gordali (1852)
Nazran uprising (1858)
Battle of Ghunib (1859)
Battle of Qbaada (1864)
The Battle of Gimry, fought on 17–18 October 1832 during the Murid War, was General Aleksey Velyaminov [ru]'s capture of Ghazi Muhammad's headquarters at Gimry. Ghazi Muhammad was killed but Imam Shamil escaped.
In early October (all dates old style), Velyaminov left Temir-Khan-Shura (Buynaksk) 25 km to the east. The route led through early snow across a broad and level plateau which slowly rises from 1500 feet to 6000 feet and then suddenly drops 5000 feet down into the canyon of the north-flowing Avar Koysu. In many places the canyon walls are almost vertical. Gimry is on the east side of the river at the mouth of a side canyon which extends about 7 km southeast. There were two paths down into the canyon, neither of which was fit for an army. Velyaminov chose the eastern one leading to the head of the side canyon where the drop is about 3000 feet. (Today there is a long automobile tunnel from the plateau to the head of the side canyon.) Taking advantage of the morning mist Velyaminov got his advance guard down to the side canyon, in places using ropes and ladders, and spent several days cutting an approximation of a road. This took from the 10th to the 13th, on the 14th Baron Rosen came up with more soldiers and by the 17th most of the force was concentrated at the upper side canyon.[1]
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