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Battle of Mokvi 1918 — battle between the troops of the Ottoman Empire and the Democratic Republic of Georgia. It was held on August 16, 1918 near Mokvi Cathedral.

Battle
At the beginning of August 1918, the situation in Abkhazia worsened. This was caused by the so-called With the transfer of a new squad of "Muhajirs", who took the village. In the direction of Jgerdi, he went to the estate of Tatash Marshania, one of the leaders of the pro-Turkish orientation. It became more and more clear that the pro-Ottoman part of the deputies of the "People's Council of Abkhazia" clearly committed treason and supported an armed putsch. In such a situation, the democratic wing of the Council led by Varlam Sharvashidze and Vladimir Emukhvari came up with the initiative of reorganizing the "People's Council of Abkhazia". Individuals who facilitated the occupation of Abkhazia by the Turks were accused of treason and had to be deported from Abkhazia. The number of Turks reached one thousand. During the entire expedition, the units of the regular army under the command of Colonel Tukhareli, They could not come into contact with the opponent, only a small detachment of the People's Guard, 60 people in total, under the command of Lev Tumarkin, fought a battle with the numerically superior enemy near the Mokvi temple and repelled it. "Time" wrote about the battle: