Battle of Zerabulak
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Date14 June 1868
Location
Zera-tau ridge, Bukhara (now Uzbekistan)
Result
Russian victory
Territorial
changes Bukhara becomes Russian vassal
changes Bukhara becomes Russian vassal
| Battle of Zerabulak | |||||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Bukharan War | |||||||||
 Nikolay Karazin. Battle on Zerabulak Heights | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Russia |
 Bukhara | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Konstantin Kaufmann | Emir Muzaffar | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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2,020 soldiers including 320 Cossacks 14 guns 6 rocket launchers[1] | 30,000; unknown number of artillery[1] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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63 killed[2] 38 wounded[3][4][1] | 3,500[5]–10,000[2] killed or wounded in battle[a] | ||||||||
The battle on the Zerabulak heights is the decisive battle of the Russian army under the command of General Kaufman with the army of the Bukhara emir Muzaffar, which took place in June 1868, on the slopes of the Zera-tau mountain range, between Samarkand and Bukhara. It ended with the defeat of the Bukhara army, and the transition of the Bukhara Emirate to vassal dependence on the Russian Empire. Battle of Zerabulak is the first time that the Carle rifle was used in action.[2]
