Battle of Sarvan
Part of Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
Date1920 April
Location
Sarvan, Devechi
Result Red Army victory.
Belligerents
National Army of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and volunteers Red Army and Azerbaijani Communists
Commanders and leaders
Gazanfar Musabekov Gachag Mayil

Battle of Sarvan is a battle took place between the National Army of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the 11th Army at the "Sarvan" station of Sharana District on April 27, 1920.[1]

Battle

After the beginning of the occupation of Azerbaijan by the Bolshevik army, the train of the XI Red Army was forcibly stopped at the "Sarvan" station by the group led by Ghachak Mayil. Defeated after the Battle of Yalama, the leader of the anti-revolutionary group, Gachag Mayil, discusses ending the resistance. But Mayil's son Ibrahim, who serves in the National Army of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, objects to this. After that, the place for the second battle is chosen. This time, the rails are being dismantled at the Sarvan station of Devechi (now Shabran). The armed men are taking positions. Around noon, the train carrying the Red Army arrives. Thanks to the dismantled rails, erected barricades and armed residents, the movement of the army is stopped. At the same time, an appeal is made from the train through a loudspeaker:[2][3]

Do not open fire, we have something to say!

The person who appealed to the militants from the train was Hamdulla Afandi's cousin, Ibrahim's schoolmate and Mir Jafar Baghirov's foster brother Gazanfar Musabekov. After Musabeyov's appeal, the shooting stopped and Musabeyov got out of the train and began to speak:

Ibrahim, it's me. Go away, we have nothing to do with you. You also know that blocking our road is a loss for Turkey. We are going to Anatolia, give way. If you hit, you will be damaged. The Red Army cannot be defeated.

After Musabekov returned to the train, Ibrahim Bey opened fire on the train and a fight began. The Bolsheviks, firing machine guns, were able to suppress the local population, who attacked in a scattered manner, in a short period of time. Mayil, who led the group, saw that they were defeated and retreated to Babadag with the survivors.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ ""Əsgərlər unudulanda ölürlər" - "Yalama" ekranlaşdırılır". Aznews.az (in Azerbaijani). 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  2. ↑ "Rəsulzadəni Azərbaycandan qaçıran Qaçaq Mayıl Mircəfər Bağırovun hansı xahişini rədd edib?". apa.tv. 21 September 2013. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sarvan döyüşü". Haqqında.az. 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Babadağda səngər, NKVD-nin tələsi, Təngə döyüşü". news.lent.az. 11 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Azərbaycanın istiqlaliyyəti uğrunda vuruşan qubalı qəhrəman Qaçaq Mayıl". Shimal News. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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