Temryuk's campaigns in Central Caucasus

Kabardian conquest of Central Caucasus
	Part of Russian expansion and Circassian expansion
	; Map of Caucasus and Kabardia in 1532.
Date	1562 – 1567
Location	North Caucasus; Darial Gorge, Dzheyrakh Gorge, Kazbek Gorge, Dagestan, Kabardia
Result	Kabardian victory Destruction of 164+ settlements; see more • Expulsion of the Ingush into the mountains ; • Ossetians fall under Kabardian suzerainty ; • Western Kumyk possessions fell to Kabardians ; • Temryuk solidified power in Kabardia ; • Rising Russo-Circassian influence over North Caucasus ;
Territorial; changes	Circassian Conquest of the Central Caucasus.
Belligerents
Temryuk coalition :; Princedom of Kabardia; Lesser Kabardia (Talostaney); Abazashta; Principality of Besleney; Nogai Horde; Supported by:; Tsardom of Russia	Anti-Temryuk coalition :; Principality of Shiapshoqo; Shamkhalate of Tarki; Lesser Nogai Horde; Avar Khanate; Ingush Societies; Ossetian Societies Digor Society; Kurtatin Society; Tagaur Society; Ksani Eristavate; ; Svans; Biyarslan clan; Supported by:; Crimean Khanate; Ottoman Empire;
Commanders and leaders
Temryuk Idar; Mamstruk Cherkasy; Vartan Ortanov; Tepsaruqo Talostan; Tinahmet Bey; Yelzheruqo Qanoqo; Lev Achba; Ivan Semyonovich; Ivan Dashkov; Grigory Pleshcheyev	Shiapshoqo Qeytuqo; Aslanbech I Qeytuqo; Jansokh Qeytuqo; Buday I †; Surkhay I †; Muhammad Shamkhal †; Shakhmal of Richa †; Khadan Utsmi †; Ghazi ibn Urak; Temishk †; Burnat (POW); Ezdnaur (POW); Burnak (POW); Dudyl (POW); Aznaur (POW); Dudar (POW); Devlet I Giray; Selim II

Temryuk's campaigns in Central Caucasus (called "Mshansk–Sonsk Campaigns" in sources) were series of several campaigns directed against the Ingush, Ossetian societies of Digor, Kurtatin, and Tagaur regions, as well as the Ksani Eristavate in Central Ossetia and Turkic people, as a result of this campaign, the Ingush had to go to the mountains, after this campaign, Kabardian and Russian influence was spread throughout the Caucasus.