Battle of Choloki facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Battle of Choloki
Part of Crimean War
The map of the battle
Date June 4, 1854 Location Kakuti, Ozurget Uyezd, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire 41°51′15″N 41°58′15″E / 41.85417°N 41.97083°E / 41.85417; 41.97083 Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ivane Andronikashvili	Mehmed Selim Pasha
Strength
10,000	35,000
Casualties and losses
1,500 killed. Unknown number of wounded or captured.	4,000 killed. Unknown number of wounded or captured.

The Battle of Choloki took place on 4 June 1854 on the outskirts of village Kakuti in Guria during the Crimean war.

After being defeated in the battle of Nigoiti Ottomans retreated to Ozurgeti in order to regroup. Russo-Georgian detachments, under the command of Ivane Andronikashvili, advanced at a steady and fast pace. Ottomans were located in the left bank of Choloki river. The Gurian posse was the first to suddenly assault Ottomans, after that Georgians shelled from artillery and started decisive offensive attack. As the Ottomans were forced to flee their plans to enter in Samtskhe–Javakheti were collapsed.

Sources

• G. Narsia, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, XI, p. 146–147, Tbilisi, 1987
• Allen W. E. D., Muratoff P. P. Caucasian Battlefields: A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border. 1828—1921