What the records say
- When
- 20 Apr 1770
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.57° N, 43.25° E
- Description
- 1770 battle
Battle of Aspindza
1770 conflict between the Kingdom of Kartli-Karkheti (Georgia) and the Ottoman Empire
The Battle of Aspindza was a meeting engagement fought on 20 April 1770 between the Georgians, led by king of Kartli-Kakheti Erekle II, and the Ottoman Empire. The Georgians won a victory over the Turks, defeating them in detail at the river crossing.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Aspindza: Georgian king Erekle II defeats the Ottoman forces, despite being abandoned by an ally, Russian General Totleben”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire russo-géorgienne sur les Ottomans à la bataille d'Aspindza”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page