Battle of Aladzha

{{Short description|1877 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)}}

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{{Infobox military conflict

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|colour_scheme=background:#eeddbb

| image= Нижегородские драгуны, преследующие турок по дороге к Карсу во время Аладжинского сражения 3 октября 1877 года.jpg

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|caption= Aleksey Kivshenko. Russian cavalry pursues the Turks during the battle

|partof=the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

|date= 2–15 October 1877

|place=Aladzha heights, Ottoman Empire

|result=Russian victory

|combatant1={{flag|Russian Empire|1858}}

|combatant2={{flag|Ottoman Empire}}

|commander1=Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
Mikhail Loris-Melikov
Yakov Alkhazov

|commander2=Ahmed Muhtar Pasha

|strength1=56,000
220 guns

|strength2=38,000
74 guns, 18 mules

|casualties1=764 killed
4,707 wounded
107 prisoners
Total: 5,578

|casualties2=10,438 killed and wounded,
8,948 prisoners,
3,000 deserters, and 18 mules
Total: 22,386, 35 guns, 2 banners, 18 mules [https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%AD/%D0%92%D0%A2/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0 Military encyclopedia of Sytin. Aladzha]

| map_type = Turkey#Caucasus mountains

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{{Campaignbox Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)}}

The Battle of Aladzha ({{langx|tr|Alacadağ Muharebesi|lit=Battle of Alacadağ}}; {{langx|ru|Авлияр-Аладжинское сражение|lit=Battle of Avliyar–Aladzha}}) was a key battle of the Caucasian campaign of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. Russian troops broke through the defenses of the Turkish troops on the Aladzhin heights, which allowed them to seize the initiative and begin the siege of Kars.[https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%AD/%D0%92%D0%A2/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0 Military encyclopedia of Sytin. Aladzha]