Battle of Ican
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| Battle of Ican | |||||||||
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| Part of the Russian conquest of Central Asia | |||||||||
 Monument to those who died during the battle | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Khanate of Kokand |
 Russia | ||||||||
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Alimqul (WIA) |
Vasili Serov | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 10,000[3] | 114 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 2,000 killed and wounded[4] | 102 killed and wounded[2] | ||||||||
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The Battle of Ican (Russian: Иканское сражение), occurred on 16 December 1864 near Ikan. Part of the Russian conquest of Central Asia. An Kokand army under commanded by Alimqul was defeated by cossack detachment.[5]
Background
After taking Shymkent, the Kokand khan Alimqul tried to return to the city secretly, but the Russians noticed small groups of the Kokand vanguard and sent a hundred cossacks under the command of Vasily Serov not knowing about real size of the Kokand army.[6]
Battle
As a result, the Cossacks were surrounded by the superior Kokand army. At this time, a detachment of 150 people and 20 guns[2] try breaking through to Serov, but they received an order to retreat due to very large enemy army.[7] The Cossacks shot back at the Kokand forces for two days, surrounded by the bodies of dead comrades and horses, and finally Alimqul sent them a letter:
Where are you going to leave me now? The detachment sent from Azret has been defeated and driven back; not one of your thousand (!) will remain — surrender and accept our faith: I will not offend anyone! [8]
Gunfire was heard in response. Serov understood that time was not on his side and he decided to break out of the encirclement, he gathered the remaining Cossacks and, shouting "hurrah" in the form of a Infantry square, attacked the enemies surrounding him and broke through their formation. The Cossacks retreated for several more miles, until finally a new expedition saved the detachment and took them to Shymkent on carts.[9][10]
Aftermath
The battle ended with the retreat of Alimqul.[11] The Russian detachment lost 2 officers, 5 constables, 87 cossacks, 4 artillerymen, 2 paramedics, and 2 Kazakh escorts.[9]
Notes
Reference
- ^ Terentyev 2022, p. 326.
- ^ a b c Егоршина 2023, p. 540.
- ^ Terentyev 2022, p. 320.
- ^ Alexeev 1893.
- ^ Хронологический указатель военных действий русской армии и флота. Том IV. 1855-1894 гг. runivers.ru. Дата обращения: 1 мая 2024. P.56
- ^ Abaza 2008, p. 75.
- ^ Terentyev 2022, p. 322.
- ^ Abaza 2008, p. 77.
- ^ a b Terentyev 2022, p. 325.
- ^ Abaza 2008, p. 77-78.
- ^ Abaza 2008, p. 78.
Bibliography
- Егоршина, Петрова (2023). История русской армии [The history of the Russian Army] (in Russian). Moscow: Edition of the Russian Imperial Library. ISBN 978-5-699-42397-2.
- Terentyev, M. (2022). История завоевания Средней Азии [The history of the conquest of Central Asia] (in Russian). Volume 1. ISBN 978-5-4481-1327-7.
- Abaza, K. (2008). Завоевание Туркестана [The Conquest of Turkestan] (in Russian). Кучуково поле. ISBN 978-5-901679-99-9.
- Alexeev, L. (1893). Дело под Иканом (Рассказ очевидца) [The case under Ican] (in Russian). Istorichesky Vestnik.