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Battle of Kars

Battle of Kars was a battle fought on 30 October 1920 at Kars, in what is now Turkey. It was part of the Turkish–Armenian War. The recorded result: Turkish victory; Turkish capture of Kars leading to expulsion of Armenian civilians from Kars. Recorded strength: ~10,000 regulars (excluding auxiliary units) against 7,700.

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Record

Date30 October 1920
PlaceKars, Turkey
40.608N, 43.096E
Part ofTurkish–Armenian War (1920)
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
ResultTurkish victory; Turkish capture of Kars leading to expulsion of Armenian civilians from Kars
BelligerentsArmeniaAnkara Government
CommandersMovses Silikian; Daniel Bek-Pirumian; Harutiun Hovsepian; Hovhannes GhazarianKâzım Karabekir; Halit Karsıalan; Osman Nuri Koptagel; Rüştü Pasha
Strength~10,000 regulars (excluding auxiliary units)7,700
Casualties and losses500–1,110 killed, ~2,000 captured9 killed, 42 wounded (Turkish report)
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Battle of Kars is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 336 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4810295, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kars (1920), revision 1383976763, 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.