Battle of Ghunib

Battle of Ghunib
	Part of the Murid War
	; Assault on the fortifications of Gunib. Painting by T. Gorschelt. 1867
Date	9–25 August 1859
Location	Ghunib, Daghestan, Caucasian Imamate
Result	Russian victory; Effective end of the War; Capture of Imam Shamil;
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Caucasian Imamate
Commanders and leaders
Aleksandr Baryatinsky	Imam Shamil ; Ibrahim Haji al-Cherkessi †
Strength
16,000; 18 guns	400 ; 4 cannons
Casualties and losses
600 killed and wounded	350–360 killed and wounded; 50–40 captured

The Battle of Ghunib was a decisive siege of the mountain stronghold of Ghunib by Russian forces in August 1859. After 25 years of leading fierce resistance against Russian expansion, Imam Shamil, the leader of the Caucasian Imamate, was captured and forced to surrender, marking the effective end of the Murid War.