The Battle of Kizil-tepe ( Turkish: ''Kızıltepe Muharebresi'') was fought on August 25, 1877, 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 the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

. The Russian were attempting to besiege Kars. The Ottomans, vastly superior in numbers,Jacques (2006), p. 535 successfully lifted the siege.

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* Barry, Quentin (2012). ''War in the East: a Military History of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78''. West Midlands: Helion and Company. . *Harbottle, T.B. (2018). ''Dictionary of Battles From the Earliest Date to the Present Time''. Franklin Classics. ISBN 9780341839699. *Jaques, T. (2006). ''Dictionary of battles and sieges volumes A guide to 8,500 battles from antiquity through the twenty-first century''. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313335365. Battles of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Sieges involving Russia Sieges involving the Ottoman Empire Battles involving the Ottoman Empire 1877 in the Ottoman Empire History of Kars Province Battles in 1877 August 1877 events {{coord, 40.6167, N, 43.1000, E, source:wikidata, display=title