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Battle of Askeran —Was a military operation carried out by Azerbaijani army units against Armenian troops in March-April 1920.

Timeline of the Events
This station was of strategic importance for both sides. His capture was the main factor for maintaining the military initiative in Karabakh. Therefore, on March 21, 1920, on the night of Nowruz holiday, the Armenian-Dashnak forces attacked the posts of the Republic Army in Askeran along with a number of stations in Karabakh and destroyed the few forces stationed at these posts. With that, the Askeran crossing was closed, and the military garrison located in Khankendi and Shusha was in a difficult situation. In order to prevent the secession of Karabakh from Azerbaijan, and to deal a strong blow to the Armenian-Dashnak armed forces in the region, it was first necessary to open the Askeran crossing. That is why Major General Habib Bey Salimov, who came to Aghdam on March 26, 1920, to lead the Karabakh operation, first explored the Askeran road. In order to break the resistance of the Armenian forces, Habib Bey Salimov asked the military minister to send an armored car to Agdam.

Battle
After certain preparations were made, the first attack of Azerbaijani troops on Asgeran was launched on March 29. Units of the 5th Baku infantry regiment, the Parliament guard unit and partisan units took part in the battle. Units of the 1st Azerbaijan Cavalry Regiment were involved in the cavalry forces. In the course of the battle, Khramord village, Dashbashi hill, Farrukh village were captured, and the forces came much closer to Khanabad village. According to the battle plan, the forces were eager to advance further, when they should have stopped and strengthened in these positions. As a result, the Armenian-Dashnak detachments, which received additional help from Askaran, stopped the Azerbaijani forces and even forced them to retreat. However, it was not possible to free Asgaran in the first attack. It was decided to bring the Zagatala infantry regiment, the 7th Shirvan regiment, the 1st Azerbaijan cavalry regiment, and a mountain artillery battery to Agdam in order to give more space to the regular military units, not the partisans. When these forces reached Agdam, another attack was organized on Asgaran. The attack began on April 3, 1920. The well-planned battle resulted in the victory of the Azerbaijani army units. Advancing along the route of the first attack, the Azerbaijani forces broke all the resistance of the Dashnaks and first cleared Asgeran and then Khojaly of Armenian armed groups. During the day, the Azerbaijani military units liberated the fortified points such as Ketik, Aranzamin and Nakhchivanik, located along the Aghdam-Asgeran road, from Armenian armed groups. The successful completion of the Battle of Askeran created the basis for the entry of the Azerbaijani army units into Shusha soon.


 * Süleymanov M., Azərbaycan ordusu (1918–1920), B., 1998.


 * Battle of Baku
 * Azerbaijan Democratic Republic