| Battle of Kars | |||||||
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| Part of Turkish-Armenian War | |||||||
 Armenian civilians fleeing Kars after its capture by Kazım Karabekir's forces. |
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| Combatants | |||||||
 Democratic Republic of
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Turkish revolutionaries |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| Simon Vratsian Dr. Artashes Babalian |
Kazım Karabekir | ||||||
| Turkish-Armenian War |
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| 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.
Background
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.
Active Stage
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.
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