Battle Of Ghunib
Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire
Caucasian Imamate Commanders and leaders
Aleksandr Baryatinsky
Imam Shamil 
Strength
16,000
18 guns
400
4 cannons Casualties and losses
600 KIA or WIA
- Effective end of the War
- Capture of Imam Shamil
Russian Empire
Caucasian ImamateAleksandr BaryatinskyImam Shamil 
18 guns
4 cannons
400
The Battle of Ghunib (Russian: Взятие Гуниба, romanized: Vzyatie Guniba) was a siege of aul Ghunib by the Russian forces in 1859. After 25 years of resistance, Imam Shamil surrendered to the Russians.
References
- ^ "Private letter on the capture of Shamil (Russian)". 2 September 1859. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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Sources
- Mukhanov, V. M. (2008). "ГУНИ́БА ШТУРМ 1859" [Gunib's assault 1859]. In Kravets, S. L.; et al. (eds.). Great Russian Encyclopedia (in Russian). Vol. 8: Grigoryev - Dinamika. Moscow: Great Russian Encyclopedia. ISBN 978-5-85270-338-5.
- The Russian conquest of the Caucasus, John Frederick Baddeley, 1908