Battle of Endirey

Battle of Endirey
	Part of 1722 Insurgency in Chechnya
	; Old Endirey (map of 1823)
Date	23 July 1722
Location	Aktash River near Endirey, Endirey Khanate
Result	Kumyk–Chechen victory Defeat and retreat of the Veterani corps; Destruction of Endirey;
Belligerents
Endirey Khanate ; Chechen militias	Russian Empire ; Including: Don Cossacks; Lesser & Greater Kabardia;
Commanders and leaders
Aidemir Bardykhanov ; Musal Chopalov	Andrei Veterani ; Colonel Naumov ; Elmurza Cherkassky ; Mutsal Cherkassky ; Aslambek Kommetov
Units involved
Kumyks and Chechens from Endirey ; Militias from Chechnya	3 Dragoon Regiments ; Don Cossacks
Strength
5,000–6,000	2,400 or 6,400 2,000 or 6,000; 400 Cossacks;
Casualties and losses
Unknown Several captured;	204 89 KIA; 115 WIA;

The Battle of Endirey was a major confrontation between the Russian Empire and its allies with the Chechens and Kumyks and took place in a gorge on the Aktash River near Endirey. An army sent led by Brigadier Andrei Veterani was encircled by a combined Chechen–Kumyk force, as a result of which the corps was defeated and forced to retreat. Another detachment under Colonel Naumov broke into Endirey and destroyed it.