The Battle of Jilehoy was a battle between the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
and
Circassia in 1787.
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Battle
The Russians decided to make a grand attack in 1787.
This resulted in the Battle of Jilehoy. At first, the Russians were losing,
but they won after additional forces arrived.
After winning the battle, the Russian army raided the
Abaza,
Besleney
The Besleney ( Circassian: Bеслъэней, ''Bestləney'', ; russian: Бесленеевцы ) (also known as Beslenei or Baslaney) are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circa ...
,
Chemguy
Temirgoy or Chemirgoy or Kemgui ( ady, КIэмгуй, '; or , '; or , '; russian: Темиргоевцы, ') are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag. They lived be ...
and
Hatuqway
The Hatuqway ( ady, Хьатыкъуай, translit=Hatıqway; tr, Hatukay; ar, حتوقاي, links=, translit=Hatuqway; ; russian: Хатукай, translit=Khatukai) are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelv ...
regions and burned near a hundred villages. In 1788, the Russians besieged the Bighurqal (Anapa) castle, but failed.
References
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Jilehoy
1787 in the Russian Empire
Caucasian War
1787 in military history
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