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In the fall of 1802, the future Mekhk-Da and leader of Chechnya, Beibulat Taimiev, led a group of fighters in an attack on a Cossack outpost on the Terek River. The Abreks burnt the outpost down killing 11 Cossack guards, and retreated immediately afterwards. This attack, along with the Paraboch Raid soon after made Beibulat famous in Chechnya and gave rise to his political and military career.

Terek Cossack Cordon Raid
Part of Caucasian War
Date Autumn 1802 Location Cossack outpost on the Terek River Modern-day Chechnya Result Chechen Abrek victory
Belligerents
Chechen Abreks	Russian Empire Cossacks
Commanders and leaders
Beibulat Taimiev	Unknown
Strength
7	Unknown
Casualties and losses
0	11 KIA

History

In the autumn of 1802, Beibulat Taimiev, leading a group of 6 fighters, crossed the Terek River on inflated goat skin cloacks, and made his way to a Cossack cordon. With the aim of avenging the killed Chechens, especially Beibulats friend, the Chechen fighters attacked the Cossack outpost, killed 11 guards, captured their weapons, and burnt the outpost down. He then made his way back across the Terek in the same way.

This attack made Beibulat gain the reputation of a "Daring Abrek" among the Russian authorities, and along with his raid on Paraboch in September of the same year, this raid caused Beibulat to become famous across Chechnya.

Citations

Sources

• Хожаев, Д. А. (1998). Мазаева, Тамара (ed.). Чеченцы в Русско-Кавказской войне [Chechens in the Russian-Caucasian War] (in Russian). Грозный-Санкт-Петербург: Седа. pp. 1–250. ISBN 5-85973-012-8. Archived from the original on 2014-12-22.
• История Чечни в XIX-XX веках (History of Chechnya in during the 19th-20th centuries