Battle of Kars (1920)

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Battle of Kars

Armenian civilians fleeing Kars after its capture by Kazım Karabekir's forces.

Date	October 30, 1920
Location	Kars (present-day Turkey)
Result	Turkish victory

Belligerents

Democratic Republic of Armenia

Turkish revolutionaries

Commanders

Simon Vratsian
Dr. Artashes Babalian

Kazım Karabekir

Turkish-Armenian War

Oltu – Sarıkamış – Kars – Alexandropol

The Battle of Kars was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA) and Turkish Revolutionaries of the Turkish National Movement which was on October 30, 1920 at Kars.

1 Background
2 Active Stage
3 Results
4 References

[edit] Background

Main article: Turkish-Armenian War

By September 28, Karabekir's forces had occupied Sarıkamış and the following day Kağızman.^[1] They then moved towards Kars but this assault was delayed by Armenian resistance.

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[edit] Active Stage

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[edit] Results

Turkish forces continued to advance and soon captured and occupied the city of Alexandropol (present-day Gyumri, Armenia) one week after the capture of Kars. On November 12, the Turks also captured the strategic village of Agin, northeast of the ruins of the former Armenian capital of Ani and then planned to move towards Yerevan.