Battle of Endirey

Battle of Endirey
	Part of the 1722 Insurgency in Chechnya and the Russo-Persian War (1722-1723)
	; Old Endirey (map of 1823)
Date	23 July 1722
Location	Aktash River near Endirey, Endirey Khanate
Result	Kumyk–Chechen victory Defeat and retreat of the Veterani corps; Destruction of Endirey;
Belligerents
Endirey Khanate ; Chechen militias	Russian Empire ; Including: Don Cossacks; Lesser & Greater Kabardia;
Commanders and leaders
Aidemir Bardykhanov; Musal Chopalov	Andrei Veterani; Colonel Naumov; Elmurza Cherkassky; Mutsal Cherkassky; Aslambek Kommetov
Units involved
Kumyks and Chechens from Endirey; Militias from Chechnya	3 Dragoon Regiments; Don Cossacks
Strength
5,000–6,000	2,400–6,400 2,000–6,000; 400 Cossacks;
Casualties and losses
Unknown Several captured;	204; 89 killed; 115 wounded

The Battle of Endirey was a major confrontation between the Russian Empire and its allies with the Chechens and Kumyks and took place in a gorge on the Aktash River near Endirey. An army sent led by Brigadier Andrei Veterani was encircled by a combined Chechen–Kumyk force, as a result of which the corps was defeated and forced to retreat. Another detachment under Colonel Naumov broke into Endirey and destroyed it.