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Defense of the Velyaminovsky Fort Defense of the Velyaminovsky Fort took place on February 29 (March 12), 1840 during the Caucasian War during the defense of the Circassians. {{Infobox military conflict
 * conflict   = Defense of the Velyaminovsky Fort
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 * partof     = Caucasian War
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 * caption    = Russian fortification at the Tuapse River (Fort Velyaminovsky)
 * date       = February 29 or March 12
 * place      = Circassia
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 * result     = Circassian victory
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 * combatant1 = {{Flagicon|Russian Empire}} Russian Empire
 * combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Circassian_flag.svg}} Circassia
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 * commander1 = {{Flagicon|Russian Empire}} Captain Papachristo
 * commander2 = {{flagicon image|Circassian_flag.svg}} Ismail Berzeg
 * {{flagicon image|Circassian_flag.svg}} Kizbech Tughuzhuqo
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(of which about 300 people are under arms) 6 fortress guns 4 mortars {{On the night of February 29, 1840, the mountaineers secretly approached the Catherine Beam and settled there in combat readiness. In the fort, the 1st company of the Black Sea Line No. 5 battalion, which was on guard at that time, stood on the ramparts and batteries. At dawn, many soldiers from the 2nd platoon of the 2nd Grenadier Company of the Navaginsky Infantry Regiment in the garrison church listened to matins on the occasion of the service. Closer to dawn, under the cover of the morning fog, the highlanders got as close to the fort as possible unnoticed and rushed from different sides to storm it. Part of the highlanders headed for the gate and, breaking them, broke into the fort. Located in the barracks, the 1st platoon of the Navaginians rose to the alarm and, led by their company commander, lieutenant A. S. Khudobashev, rushed against the storming in a bayonet attack. Next, the 2nd platoon of the same regiment, which was at that time in the church, came to the aid of the 1st platoon. Together, the Navaginians managed to push the enemy out of the gate. At the same time, other mountaineers, breaking and scattering slingshots quickly enough, stormed the bastions and walls simultaneously from three sides under buckshot and rifle fire. A number of them immediately climbed onto the collapsed parapet, but were immediately knocked out from there by the bayonets of the linemen. Meanwhile, by planting each other in the ditch, the mountaineers also climbed the ramparts in different places, but the linear companies at first managed to overturn their onslaught. After a brutal hand-to-hand fight, the attacks of the highlanders on bastions No. 2, No. 3 and after No. 1 were repulsed. However, soon, "suppressing a huge number of forces," the highlanders broke the resistance of the linemen on bastion No. 4 and broke into the fort. After that, the defenders of bastions No. 1 and No. 2 fell. Having pulled out everything valuable and useful from the officer's house, the mountaineers set it on fire, as a result of which the garrison was divided into several parts. Meanwhile, the 2nd company of the linemen, alerted, lined up and stood under the gun for a while waiting for the company commander. Finally, seeing that "more and more of the enemy is arriving," the soldiers rushed after the sergeant to the distant blockhouse and locked themselves in it. The highlanders, having surrounded that blockhouse from all sides, demanded that they surrender. The latter responded only with shots. Then the mountaineers surrounded the blockhouse with brushwood, calling the soldiers to come out of it and, not waiting for this, set it on fire. When the flames engulfed the building, some, continuing to shoot back, shouted, "let's die, brothers, and not surrender!", others, standing at the door, ran out of it to surrender, but were immediately cut down by the mountaineers. After a 2-hour battle, almost the entire company was killed. Meanwhile, the military commander, Captain Papachristo, rushed to the powder magazine with a lit fuse to blow it up, but before he could reach it, he was killed by the highlanders. The same attempt "with the general advice and desire of the officers" to blow up the powder magazine was also made by the ensign of the 11th garrison artillery brigade Rumyanchenkov, who also failed to reach him and was hacked by the highlanders. Seeing that the highlanders broke through the defense on the ramparts, Lieutenant Khudobashev with his grenadiers left the gate and retreated to the nearest bastion No. 3. Turning the guns inside the fort, the Navaginians opened fire on the enemy who broke into it, causing significant damage to him. The mountaineers, in turn, conducted heavy rifle fire from shelters, killing and wounding many soldiers and officers. Having shot all the shells and cartridges, the Navaginians engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the mountaineers pressing on them from different sides. "The grenadiers fought angrily and desperately, covering the bastion with their own and enemy corpses." During the battle, the guns changed hands five times. Wounded in the stomach, Lieutenant Khudobashev, sitting on the drum, continued to lead the fight to the end. By about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the resistance of the defenders of the fort was finally broken.}}
 * strength1  = up to 400 people.
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 * casualties1 = the entire garrison
 * casualties2 = 200
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