Battle of Erzurum (1877–1878)

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The Battle of Erzurum (1877–1878) was a major engagement on the Caucasian front of the Russo-Turkish War in which Russian forces besieged and captured the strategically important Ottoman fortress city of Erzurum.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
siege ⓘ
belligerent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
capturedCity Erzurum ⓘ
conflictOf Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) ⓘ
conflictSide Caucasus Army of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Ottoman forces defending Erzurum ⓘ
countryDuringEvent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
endTime 1878 ⓘ
followedBy Russian occupation of Erzurum ⓘ
hasParticipant Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
location Erzurum ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
militaryOperationType siege of fortress city ⓘ
natureOfAction siege and capture of fortified city ⓘ
objective capture of Erzurum ⓘ
opponent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
partOf Caucasian front of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) ⓘ
Ottoman–Russian military conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Russo-Turkish Wars

Russo-Turkish military campaign in the Caucasus ⓘ
placeOfSiege Erzurum fortress ⓘ
linked to: Erzurum Castle
result Russian victory ⓘ
startTime 1877 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of communications in eastern Anatolia ⓘ
control of key fortress on the Caucasian front ⓘ
theatreOfWar Caucasus ⓘ

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Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) campaigns → hasPart → Battle of Erzurum (1877–1878) ⓘ
Caucasus Front → notableBattle → Battle of Erzurum (1916) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Erzurum (1877–1878)
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha → notableBattle → Battle of Erzurum (1877) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Erzurum (1877–1878)