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Circassians decided to leave this and killed the Crimean officials who were sent to receive the gift. After that, the Crimean Khan sent 30,000 soldiers and his vizier to raze their land against the Circassians. However, the Circassians pretended to escape from the Tatars, and led them along an unknown road until the middle of Kabardia and completely destroyed the Crimean army. Since then they have again gained complete freedom.
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Ottomans sent their army of at least 20,000 men to Kabardia under the leadership of the Crimean khan Qaplan I Giray to defeat the Circassians and collect tribute. The Ottomans expected an easy victory against the Circassians, but the Circassians were victorious with the strategy set up by the
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Although foreign sources report different figures on the number of the
Crimean-Ottoman army, criticals consider the figure of at least 25–30 thousand people to be reliable. This figure is in particular a reference to the letter of Prince Tatarhan Bekmurzovich, who should know the number of his enemy.
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to be exempt from Tatar raids and extra tribute, but the sultan did not take measures and the Tatars raided and plundered all the way to the east of
Circassia, and asked for double tribute. The Kabardian Circassians announced that they would not pay double tribute to the Crimean Khan and the Ottoman
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Circassians pretended to escape from the Tatar armies, and led them into the center of
Circassia. They then sent letters to Khan's camp expressing their obedience, willingness to pay tribute and asked for peace. Later, for 19 days, 30 Circassian spies stalled the enemy troops by negotiating the
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At the end of 1708, the Khan of the Little Tatari (Crimea) demanded twice the tax from neighboring
Circassians for no reason; When the Circassians refused, they attacked with a large army. The Circassian prince did a trick and agreed with 30 young strong soldiers to kill the Khan's most noble
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Circassians sent letters to Khan's camp expressing their obedience and asking for peace. Later, for 19 days, the
Circassians stalled the enemy troops by negotiating the amount and quality of the tribute to be paid, and then unexpectedly attacked the camp from all sides and killed most of the
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In 2018, events were organized for the 310th anniversary of the war. However, in the village of
Kendelen, the local people of Balkar origin blocked the path of a Circassian flag group and attacked the celebrating Circassians, and Russian forces intervened as clashes between
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officers and sent them as spies. At the same time, the Circassians attacked the enemy in such a way that, thanks to such confusion, a complete victory was achieved and the Tatar Khan was saved only with great difficulty.
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Circassians paid a large annual tribute to the sultan to avoid Tatar raids. However, the sultan did not fulfill this obligation and the Tatars raided all the way to the center of Circassia, robbing everything they
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described the battle as "an important event in the history of Circassians". It was fought near the village of Bylym on the
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in 1728 and a depiction of the peoples living in the Caucasus, also reported this war:
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922:"Ещё одна «Мать Полтавской баталии»? К юбилею Канжальской битвы 1708 года"
787:"Ещё одна «Мать Полтавской баталии»? К юбилею Канжальской битвы 1708 года"
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