siege, nineteenth century

Siege of Fort Alexandrovskogo

Name: Siege of Fort Alexandrovskogo
Start: 1870-04-05
Location: Fort-Shevchenko, Kazakhstan

Siege of Fort Alexandrovskogo was a siege conducted on 5 April 1870 at Fort-Shevchenko, in what is now Kazakhstan; it lasted 4 days. The recorded result: Russian victory. Recorded strength: 150 against 10,000.

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Fought5 April 1870lasted 4 days

WhereFort-Shevchenko, Kazakhstan44.517N, 50.267E

OutcomeRussian victory

BelligerentsRussian EmpireagainstAdai rebels

Casualties and lossesLightandHeavy

Record

Date	5 April 1870 to 9 April 1870
Place	Fort-Shevchenko, Kazakhstan 44.517N, 50.267E
Kind	Siege, nineteenth century
Strength	150	10,000
Casualties and losses	Light	Heavy

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Alexander Fort 1919, same recorded site
Battle of the Terek River 1395, 248 km SW
Siege of Tarki 1831, 286 km SW
Siege of Derbent 1173, 315 km SW
Siege of Gergebil 1848, 342 km SW

Elsewhere in 1870

Siege of Fort Alexandrovskogo is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 17 in present-day Kazakhstan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q48948726, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Alexandrovsky fort, revision 1370738700, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.