Siege of Akhoulgo

Siege of Akhulgo
	Part of the Caucasian War
	; A panoramic painting by Franz Roubaud
Date	12 June – 22 August 1839
Location	Akhulgo, Dagestan, Caucasian Imamate
Result	Russian victory Successful escape from Akhulgo by Imam Shamil;
Belligerents
Caucasian Imamate	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Imam Shamil; Alibek Khiriyasul; Akhberdil Mohammed	Yevgeny Golovin; Pavel Grabbe; Alexander Wrangel
Strength
1,000+	~13,500
Casualties and losses
Heavy 900 prisoners mostly women, children and old men	25 officers killed; 669 soldiers killed; Total: 694 killed 91 officers wounded ; 1,631 men wounded; Total: 1,722 wounded Heavy losses from disease

The siege of Akhulgo (1839) was a siege during the Murid War in the Caucasus. General Grabbe besieged Imam Shamil in the rock-fortress of Akhulgo. After 80 days the rock was taken and most of the defenders were killed, but Shamil managed to escape.

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