Allahuekber Mountains
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Allahuekber Mountains, is a mountain range in northeastern Turkey. It is located on the border of Erzurum, Kars and Ardahan provinces. It is part of the Pontic Mountains.
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Battle of Sarikamish
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The Battle of Sarikamish was an engagement between the Russian and Ottoman Empires during World War I. It took place from 22 December 1914, to 17 January 1915, as part of the Caucasus campaign.
Allahuekber Mountains
…was astride the border between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire during the Caucasus campaign. Turkish troops suffered a disaster during the Battle of Sarikamish, when they were ordered to recapture the Kars area, which was then part of the Russian Empire. Thousands of Turkish soldiers under the command of Enver…
Russian trenches in the forests of Sarikamish
Ottoman machinegun troops at Sarikamish in January 1915
The bodies of the Turks
Russians stand over the bodies of the defeated Turks