Английская Википедия:Battle of Shirimni

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Battle of Shirimni (Шаблон:Lang-ka) also known as the Battle of Palakazio was fought between the Byzantine and Georgian armies at the place of Shirimni at the Palakazio Lake (now Childir, Turkey; then part of Georgia) on September 11, 1021.

Background

The battle was preceded by the two-decade-long dispute over the Georgian courapalates’ succession that included several Byzantine-Georgian-Armenian marchlands in Asia Minor. A full-scale war erupted when the Georgian king George I took the disputed areas by force, 1014. In retaliation the Byzantine emperor Basil II led, in 1021, a large army into Georgia pushing the Georgians back to their inner frontiers.

Battle

Both Byzantine and Georgian armies were led by the monarchs themselves.Шаблон:Sfn Basil’s army included many Varangian Guards while George was reinforced by Armenian auxiliaries. The two armies met at a village Shirimni at the Palakazio Lake. The Georgians were close to winning the battle, but powerful counterattacks by Basil proved to be decisive. Two Georgian high-ranking generals, Rati Baghvashi and Khursi were killed in action.Шаблон:Citation needed Following this costly victory, the emperor plundered the nearby lands and returned to his dominions to winter at Trebizond.Шаблон:Sfn

See also

• Byzantine-Georgian wars
• Battle of Svindax

References

• Шаблон:In lang René Grousset, L'Empire du Levant : Histoire de la Question d'Orient, Paris, Payot, coll. « Bibliothèque historique », 1949 (réimpr. 1979), 648 p. (Шаблон:ISBN), p. 153
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