Caucasus theatre (Crimean War)

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Was the Caucasian theatre of the Crimean War.

Chronology

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November 1853: In 1853, during the Crimean War, the Turks, led by Ottoman military leader Omar Pasha, advanced towards Akhaltsike in Georgia, threatening the Russian forces stationed there. The Turks were waiting for reinforcements to launch an attack on the Russian-held territory.

December 1853: In 1853, during the Crimean War, about 30,000 Ottoman troops, led by Omar Pasha and Mehmed Ali Pasha, retreated east to the main Russian concentration at Gyumri (Alexandropol). The territory was under Turkish military occupation at the time.

November 1855: Ottoman field marshal Omar Pasha crossed the Ingur River on 7 November.

November 1855: Kars surrendered to Russian forces on 8 November.

March 1856: The Ottoman army evacuated Batum.

March 1856: The Treaty of Paris of 1856 settled the Crimean War between the Russian Empire: it restored the respective territories of the Russian and the Ottoman Empires to their prewar boundaries, with the exception of southern Bessarabia which was lost by Russia to the Ottoman Empire.

October 1853: Being outnumbered, the Russians abandoned Poti and Redut Kale.

January 1856: Learning of the fall of Kars, the Turkish forces withdrew to the Ingur River.