The feat and death of the St. George post

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The feat and death of the St. George post
Modern monument to the feat of the St. George post

The night from the 3rd to the 4th of September 1862 turned out to be windy and dank. Towards morning, mountains and ravines were being watered with mighty heavy rainfall, and fog crept over the mountain ranges. Slanting rain turned the area almost into a swamp. By this time, the enemy detachment of Circassians Natukhais, numbering up to three thousand foot soldiers and up to six hundred mounted soldiers, was already on the march. The detachment set itself the goal of looting and extermination of the villages of Verkhnebakanskaya and Nizhnebakanskaya.

By four o'clock in the morning the enemy began to realize that a night raid was no longer possible. The detachment was divided into three parts. One part was at the forefront, performing the functions of reconnaissance, the second part itself was fragmented due to the specifics of the local mountain routes and followed the vanguard, and the third closed this entire march. At the same time, each group had its own part of the cavalry. As a result, the mountainous terrain and weather conditions crossed out the initial plan to attack the villages at night. In addition, the light began to grow, which means that the detachment risks attracting the attention of the St. George post, the location of which the Circassians knew perfectly.



In the ranks of the mountaineers, disagreements began. Some Circassians, wise by experience, advised to retreat, hide in the mountains and repeat the maneuver at night. Others were afraid to run into the forces of the frantic Babuk (General Pavel Babich, at that time the commander of the Adagum detachment, which had successfully defeated the enemy parties of the Circassians) and complained that there was nothing to profit from the plastuns, and the Cossacks would cut a lot of them. Third voices were heard, accusing all opponents of cowardice. Shouts ran over the detachment: “Down with cowards, are we worse than plastuns?” However, the Cossack secret put an end to this dispute, which the avant-garde eventually ran into. The silence of Neberjaya was broken by gunfire. When the Circassians found out that the Cossacks of the secret fought two horsemen with their first shots, the hot heads immediately prevailed and led everyone else to the assault.

Under siege


After a couple of minutes from the first shots in the Neberdzhaev Gorge, the serf gun made several signal shots in order to let the neighboring fortifications know that the enemy was storming the line. Many veterans of that battle from the side of the Circassians later said that the valley shortly before the gunshot was filled with a wolf howl, which often imitated the plastunas to warn of danger, so it is impossible to pinpoint at what point the highlanders were discovered by the Cossacks.


Highlanders Circassians

Fearing that the plastunas, having seen their desperate situation, would make an attempt to break the blockade of the post, the Natukhai people first cordoned off the post from all sides, sending in front of the main forces of the horsemen, who had bypassed the fortifications from the flanks. Shortly afterwards, two parts of the cash from the mountaineers of the infantry advanced directly to the assault, and the third was sent to be ambushed at the entrance to the gorge in the event of the appearance of Russian cavalry. The attack began around five in the morning.

Hotheads, accusing their opponents of cowardice, were actually the first to rush into a head-on attack. Some even got off their horses without any order in order to join the ranks of the infantry. The post garrison led by the centurion Efim Gorbatko immediately took advantage of such confusion, supported by senseless mountain bravado. The first assault convoy was greeted with such a friendly rifle fire that before the post, up to a hundred soldiers fell to the ground instantly. The Cossacks calmly shot the Circassians, forcing the first wave of attack to retreat.

Where is the help?


Naturally, if the Russian cavalry had come forward to the post of St. George from the very first shots of the gun that signaled an attack, then, surely, there would have been a chance to avoid the death of the garrison. So why didn’t the troops arrive on time?

In the Konstantinovsky fortification and forstadt with him (the future Novorossiysk), strangely enough, at five in the morning the sentries, despite the rain and wind, still managed to hear a few gunfire. The garrison of the fortress was immediately raised on alert. But a reasonable question arose: where did the shooting come from? Alas, the sentries could not precisely indicate the direction, which is understandable. The St. George Post, located at the bottom of the gorge, to all its troubles, was also partly shrouded in fog and flooded with rain. Any sound just drowned in this raw haze.

Some of the reinforcement officers felt that the firing was conducted by the detachment of General Babich, who was distinguished by rapid maneuvering and delivering stinging strikes against the hostile forces of the Circassians. Others suggested that the convoy convoy, which was supposed to arrive the other day in Konstantinovskoye, ran into a Circassian ambush and is currently fighting.


Neberjay surrounded by mountains

And only a few units said that the battle could go on at the Georgievsky post near the Lipka River. However, this only true opinion was a victim of the experience of Russian officers. In a cruel irony of fate, the officers judged in the same way as the hostile Circassians wise in battle. Many people could not admit that the planned mountain raid, which set itself the goal in the overwhelming number of cases, robbery and captivity for ransom, was committed to a post where there is nothing to profit from, and you can completely lose a detachment in a matter of hours. In addition, the post can be rebuilt and strengthened, and the murder of a small garrison, no matter how cynical it sounds, will not significantly change even the operational situation. As a result, saving minutes were irretrievably lost.

Do not be timid, brothers!


After the first unsuccessful assault attempt, the Circassians sat behind the trees surrounding the post, as suggested by the centurion Gorbatko. Truth be told, for the sake of clarification, the highland gun shots did not bother the Cossacks much. But because of their own numbers, the Circassians literally crushed each other, constantly falling under well-aimed shots of plastuns. It got to the point that many offered to retreat. Local princes were able to keep them only fear of revenge and the danger of getting the stigma of a coward.

About half an hour passed, but the post did not give up. Therefore, the princes had to return the infantry, which was ambushed at the beginning of the gorge. Thus, the fortification had about 3000 people. However, the silenced gun turned out to be a much greater disaster. A frantic downpour that watered the post since the night led to the fact that part of the gunpowder was damp. Thus, the buckshot mortally dangerous for attacking Circassians no longer threatened them.

Finally, the highlanders, noting the silence of the guns, perked up. There was a cry calling to crush the proud post by number. A whole embittered avalanche of soldiers rushed to the post with a hoot, who wanted to avenge such a mediocre assault attempt. This time, the Circassians managed to break through directly to the ramparts, and many rushed to climb the wattle fence. But the Cossacks Yefim Gorbatko, who continued to command the post in the front ranks of the defenders, did not lose their presence of spirit, with bayonets and butts they threw the enemy down on the heads of their own comrades.


Rodion Kuznetsov. A sketch on cardboard based on the tragedy of the St. George post

There was again a plea for retreat. Princes instantly attacked those who retreated, threatening shame and death. The mullahs also joined in the “inspiration” of their own warriors. They sent all kinds of curses to the defenders of the post and encouraged those who were storming with eternal glory. But the second attack was unsuccessful.

The third assault became disastrous for the post. Someone from the Circassian commanders proposed to cut right through the wattle fence under the guise of constant gunfire comrades. The highlanders again rushed to the wattle fence under the hurricane fire of their troops and began to break open the post with axes. After some time, a gap formed at the gate in the central direction of the defense, into which the enemy poured.

Yefim Gorbatko led the Cossacks in the last short battle. The plastunas hit with bayonets, momentarily scattering the mountaineers in front of them, but the forces were unequal. The Cossacks were cut with checkers. Gorbatko to the last chopped up with the Circassians, saying "do not be shy, brothers." After a couple of minutes, the Circassian, who was on the side, cut off with the blow of the centurion's blade, and he fell under the numerous blows of the enemy. Cannone Romoald Barutsky, seconded to the post, did not give up alive. Once surrounded, he blew up a box with artillery charges.

Another hero of the battle was an unnamed high-growth plastun who split his own gun into two parts on the head of another Circassian, which caused the highlander to die on the spot. He began to strangle the second enemy with his bare hands. A crowd of Circassians could not pull the only Cossack, so they stabbed him in the back with daggers.


The last defender of the central gate of the post was ... Gorbatko's wife - Maryana. The unfortunate woman with a terrifying scream rushed to protect her husband's body. Armed with a gun, with which she trained in shooting a few days before the attack, Maryana in the blink of an eye finished off with a successful shot of one Circassian. And while the highlanders recoiled in terrible bewilderment, a woman pierced the other enemy with a bayonet through and through. Only after that, the furious Natukhais chopped up the brave Maryana to pieces. To the credit of the mountain princes, it is worth noting that some of them, having heard about the woman at the ruins of the post, rushed to rescue her from the hands of a furious crowd, because they did not want to dishonor themselves with this death, which would not do them any honor. They just did not have time.

Surrender, if only the king himself commands!


True hell was happening in the post. At the gates stood a real mound of fallen enemies. Hordes distraught with hatred began to slaughter not only wounded Cossacks who were unable to resist, but also the corpses of the plastoons, including the brave centurion Gorbatko. In this bloody mess, only after some time the enemy discovered that his soldiers continued to fall under the shots of the Cossacks.

It turned out that at the time of breaking through the enemy’s fortifications, the part of the plastons defending the flanks, in the amount of 18 soldiers (according to other sources, no more than eight people), was able to retreat to the barracks and take up defense there. The princes, realizing their inglorious position, did not at all want to go on the attack of the next fortified point, so they immediately offered the plastunas to surrender, so that later they could be exchanged for Circassian captives. But in response they heard only one phrase: “Plastuns are not surrendered; let us surrender if the king himself commands. ”


Plastunas. Engraving by Arthur Vanyur

Nobody even wanted to think about a new fight. Princes and highlanders saw the depressing position of the detachment. The blood-stained, stunned by anger natuhayts no longer looked like not only warriors, but also people. In addition, from minute to minute, the commanders expected the arrival of the Russian cavalry, which would finally finish off a completely fragmented detachment. Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that the barracks was built of wood without any stone parts, after several attempts to storm the Circassians nevertheless set it on fire. Not a single Cossack surrendered.

As a result, after an hour and a half battle, the post fell. Of the defenders, no one survived, nor did the Circassians succeed in capturing anyone. The Circassian detachment, which had thinned after the roof of the barracks collapsed, did not even dare to think about continuing the operation. Everyone quickly rushed into the mountains, fearing the revenge of General Babych.

The rumor about the courage of the fast spread fast in the mountains. The highlanders began to call Sotnik Gorbatko “Sultan,” and his saber went around for a long time for a considerable fee, until its price became simply fantastic, unthinkable for these places.

On the morning of September 4, 1862, a Russian detachment arrived at the Lipki River. The soldiers found 17 bodies at the loopholes and gates, including Gorbatko and his wife. They were buried in the cemetery of the village of Neberdzhaevskaya. But only on September 8, a detachment of Colonel Orel opened the burnt barracks, where they found the bodies of the last defenders of the post. The remains of these soldiers were laid to rest on the banks of the Neberdzhay River. Alas, in one year the river became so full of water that it washed away the graves, and the bones were carried away by the current. But this is different story, the story of the memory of heroes.

To be continued ...
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  1. +20
    16 January 2020 05: 48
    These were our ancestors ... there are simply no words ... a direct example of heroism and courage in the face of death.
    For me, they are always the core of the conscience and spirit of a fighter ... they didn’t break down, they didn’t get scared and met their death like real heroes.
    Thank you East Wind for continuing ... penetrated right up to tears.
    1. +4
      16 January 2020 22: 49
      Good article. Thank. Write more
      1. 0
        18 January 2020 13: 37
        Quote: Rich
        Good article. Thank. Write more

        The dead have no shame ... Our ancestors said before the battle ... These were our ancestors ... And let their prowess inspire our descendants.
    2. -2
      17 January 2020 18: 55
      Yeah, and thanks again to those who left the Cossacks to die at a point unprepared for the battle, and why are there Cossacks still giving birth. This is called a war crime.
      1. 0
        24 March 2020 03: 13
        Pridurok ty marksistski odnako
      2. 0
        24 March 2020 03: 19
        not too lazy, pulled out a Russian keyboard, my grandfather, the Kuban Cossack and the warrior of the All-Union Union of Socialist Republic, they simply chopped
  2. -5
    16 January 2020 05: 54
    But a reasonable question arose: where did the shooting come from?
    But signal flares have long been known! Why weren’t they armed with the post?
    1. +6
      16 January 2020 06: 08
      It is written that there was rain and fog. It would not help.
      1. -3
        16 January 2020 06: 22
        Well, let’s put the gun shots from the gorge as they heard, and to them would be a rocket, a lightning bulb or a reflection from it, all is better than just a sound.
        1. +6
          16 January 2020 06: 27
          From experience - in a good fog with rain, we did not see a signal rocket in a kilometer.
          1. -3
            16 January 2020 06: 32
            Well, if experience. But all the same, if there was a rocket, it would be launched, there can be no doubt, and the rocket is a different rocket, one pistol thing, and a completely different boat.
        2. +4
          16 January 2020 16: 29
          Probably, the centurion did not insist, and the bosses as usual according to FIG.
  3. +4
    16 January 2020 07: 28
    Of course (+), but .... Author, write in Russian.
    Delirium
    The Circassian detachment, which had thinned after the roof of the barracks collapsed, did not even dare to think about continuing the operation.
    It could be written as an option: After the roof of the barracks collapsed, the Circassian detachment, which had thinned, did not even dare to think about continuing the operation. There is a difference? The roof did not collapse on the squad. feel
    1. +2
      16 January 2020 16: 42
      Mauritius, but I did not pay attention to the plot. Clumsy noticed, but was in a hurry for the plot
  4. +7
    16 January 2020 08: 01
    It’s good that the memory of the heroes is alive: there is a monument, articles are being written ....
  5. +8
    16 January 2020 08: 03
    Strong story. Pervades.
  6. -1
    16 January 2020 08: 07
    If all the defenders died, then where did such details about the battle progress come from? The style is similar to the story from the children's Christomatology.
    1. +4
      16 January 2020 08: 21
      Could you find out from the Circassians ... and if you talk to the details ... do you need to know how to cut off your heads, ripped open the bellies and other details of this meat grinder.
      1. +1
        16 January 2020 08: 32
        You are serious, the Circassians retold how they broke a gun on his head ... There was a feat, and the rest was idle fiction.
        1. +7
          16 January 2020 08: 39
          The feat was, and the rest was idle fiction.

          Perhaps ... from the remnants of the battlefield it was possible to determine its entire course ... there is nothing complicated about it.
          Therefore, the arrived group of Cossacks on September 4 could well determine in detail who, where, how and when he died in battle ... the captive Circassian could well tell how it was.
    2. +3
      16 January 2020 14: 41
      Folklore. Every town will boast of victory. And as for the broken gun, the one who hacked a strong man capable of such a long time would boast of his victory. Retold obstrechtelstva battle, embellished. Therefore, information was preserved.
    3. -10
      16 January 2020 19: 45
      yeah, according to the details of hand-to-hand combat 150 years ago, at night, in a downpour, someone turned on his fantasy so much that the blind Homer on that light must have seen his sight
      details who stabbed and chopped someone at the St. George post well, directly inspires the Iliad, song 21, Battle of the river

      Achilles the brilliant raised
      Ash Pelion. But the pikes immediately hit
      Asteropeius daring: he was a two-handed spear fighter.
      With the peak of one of the Achilles, he hit the shield, but did not break:
      Gold, the gift of the immortals, was stopped peak.
      On the other hand, he scratched Pelida on his right hand
      Elbow, and black blood streaked. Rushing past
      A peak was pierced into the earth, saturated with a greedy body.
      Achilles swiftly flying ash-tree
      At Asteropeia threw, wanting to put him to death.
      But he missed him, but landed on a steep bank.
      An ash peak peaked into the cliff to half.
      Grabbing his sharp sword from its scabbard, Achilles rushed
      To asteropeia

      PS Homer especially smells from the fact that a woman in close combat killed as many as 2 dzhigits, and not in the back, but like in a duel. Well, I do not believe in it. In the Caucasian army, it was strictly forbidden to go to fights with the highlanders and Cossacks and regular cavalry, in order to avoid unnecessary losses and a drop in the morale of the troops. In the cabin on sabers, the mountaineers and the Turks had no equal
      1. +3
        16 January 2020 23: 03
        yes you feel in the subject smile judging by the pearls:
        cossacks ... cossacks

        Homer especially smells from the fact that a woman in close combat killed as many as 2 dzhigits, moreover, not in the back, but rather in a duel.

        In the Caucasian army, it was strictly forbidden to go to fights with highlanders and Cossacks and regular cavalry

        In the cabin on sabers, the mountaineers and the Turks had no equal

        One Cossack Word Yes
        1. -4
          17 January 2020 00: 28
          [quote] judging by the pearls:
          Cossacks ... Cossacks [quote] - in Polish, Hungarian, Serbian, as well as in all Romano-Germanic languages, the word "Cossack" is written through "o". Gogol has an "o" The spelling of the Russian language before the VOR allowed an equal spelling of this word both through "o" and through "a". Only "a" became after the Bolshevik "reform" of the Russian language in 1925, which allowed all kinds of game,

          [/ quote] In the Caucasian army, it was strictly forbidden to go to fights with the highlanders and Cossacks and regular cavalry [quote]
          see "The Caucasian War. Memories of a Russian officer about the battle with the Circassians in 1857" at least here http://www.vostlit.info/Texts/Dokumenty/Kavkaz/XIX/1840-1860/Rukevic_M/text1.htm

          [/ quote] In the cabin on sabers, the mountaineers and the Turks were not equal [quote]
          "Why did the Russian cavalry lose to the Caucasian cavalry in a duel?"
          at least in the compilation here https://zen.yandex.ru/media/armshistory/pochemu-russkaia-kavaleriia-proigryvala-kavkazskoi-v-poedinke-5de23b810a451800b1745b7b
          1. +3
            17 January 2020 19: 09
            You should stop lying. Workers owned a dagger with a maximum of 3-5% of the composition of the militia of the highlanders - the princes and their servants. Naturally irregular horse, and the Cossacks were exactly like that in this component to the princes - professionals. However, the Cossack units constantly arriving in the Caucasus, regular cavalry - ulans, hussars, or Kalmyks, for example, did not leave any chances for the mountain cavalry. Therefore, the mountaineers in every possible way avoided a collision with even an equally powerful enemy.
            1. -5
              17 January 2020 23: 12
              "A maximum of 3-5% of the mountaineers' militia, the princes and their servants, mastered the sword masterfully."

              Is this official data? Is there research, dissertation, just descriptions and observations? Where did these crazy numbers come from? 3-5% of the Circassians could chop off a bull’s head with a single saber or chop a sheep in half. They all literally male population from early childhood rode on excellent horses and owned weapons - a saber, dagger, gun or pistol. Their ancestors, the Mamluks, had been in control of Asia for 300 years, kicked out the crusaders and defeated the Mongols in an open battle. The Circassians in the minority for almost the 16th century attacked the Crimean Tatars and even invincible Ottomans, so their fighting traditions and spirit were very high.
              That's just what the princes least needed to wave a saber - this is not a royal matter, they were almost like living gods, they were cherished. Yes, they had expensive weapons and armor, but to own these weapons is just not for them. And the weapons were masterfully owned by those who lived this (or from this) - Abreks, Psekhadze, delibash, poor, I mean.

              "regular cavalry - lancers, hussars"

              - You want to say about yesterday’s middle-class serfs who were shaved by lot to the tsar’s service in the cavalry at the age of 20? Which then 2-3 years taught just to ride a horse? They ate bread before the army, and ate meat a couple of weeks a year. And in the army they gave meat portions only when there was no post, and he was 2/3 years old. Plus lethargy, which was a constant headache of the Russian regular cavalry right up to the WWII. What did this regular cavalry see? - guards, garrison, barracks. Well, yes, another playpen, group gathering and cutting of vines once a month. And 5-10 shots from a carbine or pistol per season. and after that all they didn’t leave any chances to the mountain cavalry
              1. +4
                18 January 2020 09: 30
                3-5% is the usual statistical norm of military professionals in medieval society.
                And sow, mow, weed, reap someone? Or Circassians fed air? Survival in the village in the 19th century requires constant, daily hard work.
                Mamluks could not be the ancestors of the Circassian-Adyghe-speaking highlanders, as they were manned for Caucasians, Asians and Sudanese Negroes. Saladin was a Kurd and the main striking force of his troops was composed of Kurds and Turks.
                To chop heads to bulls and to chop a ram in half with a checker will only be a complete nerd.
                The regular Cavalry was always equipped with the best recruits and combat horses which were specially bred. The excellent cavalrymen Zhukov, for example, the peasant, the Gergiev cavalier and the marshal of the USSR, came out of the peasants.
                Any peasant and Cossack was trained to ride and take care of the horse, and this, too, must be learned — not to scribble posts from the couch, sitting in a city concrete box.
                1. -4
                  18 January 2020 15: 05
                  Mamluks were exclusively and principally only immigrants from the Caucasus (I don’t even touch Wikipedia, here is the respected Bivak resource at least https://www.bivouac.ru/2015/05/mamluki-mameluki.html). And from the Sudanese blacks, so the campaign was made mainly by eunuchs.
                  Kurd Saladin did not drive out the crusaders - he beat them several times well and took Jerusalem from them. But their kingdom in the Holy Land remained almost another 100 years. And the Mamluk sultan Beibars finally drove them out in the 1270s, who defeated the crusaders with all their armor, coddles, high gear, servants, minstrels, and other rubbish, in all battles and took all their castles (Montfort, Krak de Chevalier, etc. )
                  Regarding the cutting of heads to bulls and rams, this is the East, this is their sport and traditions. Russian officers of the Caucasian Army also practiced this sport - there are many stories from the time of Lermontov and Tolstoy how they had fun in the garrisons. It’s a pity I can’t remember the resource where the famous episode is described, when one old veteran officer from the time of Ermolov, at the request of young officers with a dagger, knocked the bull’s head with one blow. At the same time, he said that the highlanders taught him this.
                  I completely agree with you about the training of the Russian cavalry, you just need to understand that the Circassians here in the article are presented as stupid "fascist toads" from the movie "Two fighters" - and they were very skillful and brave warriors, especially in matters edged weapons. This was a worthy and very dangerous enemy, any mistake with which instantly turned into defeat, as in the article.
                  1. -2
                    19 January 2020 13: 12
                    spoil not tossing bags. Baybars is also a Circassian?
                    About the dagger and the bull rasmishil - you come up with a find :) okay, tired of don-met ...
                    1. -2
                      19 January 2020 18: 45
                      "razmishil" - laughed
                      "pre-new" - until new
                      Russian language textbook 6-7 grade
                  2. +2
                    21 January 2020 23: 38
                    What are the caret? You suggest they had to go out into the open? There were 25-35 people at the post. They would be crushed purely due to numbers. The only hope is to keep the walls. As soon as it comes to close combat - certain death.
                    As for the woman - I completely believe the version in the article. There were enemies - not to miss (one shot and one injection could even have been done by a kid), and given that the Circassians did not expect such a thing from a woman, all the more so.
                    As for the gun - it’s also not worth clever. If you follow your logic, then it would not have shot at all even once. In your opinion, rolling out a gun to a position and rolling it into cover is a trifling matter? There were people on the walls for a recount. Circassians at a distance of 100-150 meters were from the walls, apparently. The only thing that could help from the rain was a canopy over the calculation, but it was too late to think about it.
                    As for the Mamluks, you would still remember the epic heroes, by God. all the more so that the Mamluk army was formed and trained from zero boys-slaves. Raw material was taken - just boys and they made warriors. There is no merit here of a specific people (Circassians, Slavs or others). IMHO, the case was put in the sultanate then "tight", apparently. By the way, not only Caucasians were recruited, the Kypchaks too, and this, by and large, does not mean anything. We worked with the material that was at hand.
                    In addition, nothing that the Cossacks were also pros? The fact that the number of attacks was 3 already says a lot. Something tells me that not 25-35 people lay down there.
                    Summary: Fasting was doomed. Sometimes the situation is such that it remains only to die. The guys did what they could, and even more. And it's not for us to "rub" on this topic today, lying on the couch. I was frankly ashamed to read your fabrications.
                    1. +1
                      22 January 2020 00: 08
                      Learn about the plastuns. Many questions will disappear and your admiration for the Mamelukes will diminish. This (plastuny) was an elite, special forces. This was an isolated case when the exchange was not in favor of the highlanders. Reputation is not so easy to create.
                      Cossacks were head and shoulders stronger, primarily because they were a regular army of professionals. Yes, the Highlanders were brave and skilled guerrilla fighters, but courage without stamina is nothing.
                      1. 0
                        22 January 2020 03: 19
                        sorry - not an isolated case
                    2. -1
                      22 January 2020 02: 51
                      What are the caret? You suggest they had to go out into the open?


                      Polish film 1999, "Pan Tadeusz", (Russian enemies) - this is how the Poles themselves show how the platoon square of Russian rangers calmly repels the rabid attacks of the rebellious Poles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y12iv869dUE

                      And it's not for us to "rub" on this topic

                      us.
                      this resource is specially created for this

                      lying on the couch

                      here everyone writes including and lying on the couch

                      I was frankly ashamed to read your fabrications.

                      leave your personal opinion to yourself, it does not interest anyone here
                      1. 0
                        22 January 2020 03: 23
                        But essentially?
                        As for the quads, everything is fine, but not with a ratio of 1 to 100 and the Poles are not Circassians. In addition, a square on the terrain, which allows the enemy to approach at close range (see the position of the post) will not give an advantage. What will you do after the first and only salvo? Hit with bayonets? Yes, they will crush you with bodies.
                      2. 0
                        23 January 2020 00: 49
                        I don’t think there would be thousands of those Circassians — their population is historically low — are these small nations as a whole, especially the purpose of their raid? - to smash and rob several villages, 1-2 thousand maximum was enough for this purpose, just really there’s not enough production for everyone - even with these pragmatic considerations. In the highest realizations, their numbers were most likely overestimated to the maximum permissible to justify miscalculations (see above).

                        But I agree with you that in any case, the post was doomed - 35 people even against 300, and even against 130 good soldiers (who were the Circassians) - this is a sentence. Another thing is that a saber / checker does not work against a bayonet in any way - this was demonstrated by Minikh and Rumyantsev. Having burned themselves, the Turks tried to use the Aleppo askers-pikemen, the best fighters on long weapons, against a square of bayonets, but this did not work either - they were killed by shooting at close range by soldiers of the 2nd and 3rd lines. The square was carried only by buckshot or by a dense attack of the cuirassier, and even then, if the horses went in a square and were not turned away. The dzhigits did not have either. So, it seems to me that well-trained infantry with a good commander had a chance (as in the video), Rumyantsev at Vulcanesti had 17 thousand infantry against 40-60 thousand askers (not counting transport vehicles) and "dragged" the battle)))
                      3. 0
                        24 January 2020 21: 16
                        there was no space. For the effective "work" of the square it is necessary to have, nevertheless, a decent distance from the enemy. Well, they will fire a volley (hardly two), and then? with hostility? Considering that the Circassians were still crazy warriors, they would have simply crushed them with corpses. In close combat with an attack from 4 sides, 35 people, this is 9 people per side. No depth, no front width. If done in at least 2 rows, this is 4 people in front. No chances. Only action from behind cover could help hold out, but even then not for two days, of course
                      4. 0
                        25 January 2020 00: 04
                        ok, I agree. Then do it or not and 35 people had no chance.
      2. 0
        24 March 2020 03: 32
        Well, if you don’t like our story, then go and stink on some Jewish site. Well, what do you want with us?
  7. +1
    16 January 2020 16: 32
    good article, but the author somewhat poeticized events. The battle for St. George’s post is well described, although no one escaped from the Russians, but the Circassians' numerous testimony, quite truthful and objective, filled the picture. The Dzhigits didn’t get a trip to the villages and they wanted to recoup at least for something, their observation worked fine and they were well aware of the flaws of the post - with a decisive and competent attack, with the available balance of forces, the post had no chance at all. Further, (this is not the case in the article), the dzhigits had special poles with hooks with which they felled the palisades, and it was these poles that played the final role in the assault - the dzhigits managed to get close to the palisades and tumble them down, and then the outcome of the assault was decided . The post commander’s mistake was that he did not build people in the square — the Russian well-trained linear infantry, many times in a hopeless situation surrounded by terrible eastern people, always successfully fought back in the square. During the Caucasian War, the mountaineers never attacked the line infantry in an open field, but always tried to upset structures in which the infantry was irresistible (Valerik, for example). Plus some kind of crap with a gun (most likely rain), but the commander had to take this into account, it was possible to roll the cannon into a shelter, which was not done. In general, there would have been some kind of infantry commander or captain here, and instead of infantry a Cossack, the dzhigits would have rested in a rack of bayonets with a gun in the middle + rangers in secluded places, would have lost a dozen people and left
    1. 0
      16 January 2020 17: 03
      Quote: Corrie Sanders
      In general, there would be a commander of some kind of infantry warrant or captain, and instead of the Cossacks - infantry
      An even more complex design than mine with a flare. )))
    2. +2
      24 January 2020 13: 35
      You have already been told, Svidomo - Kozaki - this is your gay pop show group with 404. The article deals with the orders of the Kuban Cossack army.
  8. +2
    16 January 2020 17: 10
    Heroes !!! But strongly and penetrated to tears ... Thank you.
  9. +2
    16 January 2020 20: 32
    The Georgievsky post completed the combat mission - it detained the enemy and gave a signal - honor and praise to the HEROES! Today the events at the St. George's post should be studied at the lessons of local history in the Krasnodar Territory. In the lessons of courage to talk about the heroes of "bygone times".
  10. +1
    17 January 2020 05: 51
    it can be seen that coordination and communication were two in our army at that time
    1. 0
      21 January 2020 23: 47
      What is the coordination and communication in such conditions? Heavy rain, total blockade of the post. They had no phones at that time. If anything, the main task of such posts was to warn their own and delay how much strength they had. The post overfulfilled its task - warned its own people and, moreover, by its actions it thwarted the breakthrough of the cordon.
      1. 0
        21 January 2020 23: 51
        yes at least an equestrian messenger or periodically sending messages by messengers
        1. 0
          22 January 2020 00: 01
          What is the periodic sending of messages? Fasting is practically suicide bombers with such a ratio of the number of parties. It’s like a watch, whose main task is to raise the alarm and hold out until help arrives. Help never came.
          It was impossible to send a messenger, because they were blocked from all sides (automatically -1 person in defense of 25-35 people). And there wasn’t much sense, because Cossacks assumed that it was so clear (the gun worked and shotguns, after all). who knew that help would not come. IMHO, their death is the direct fault of those who should not sleep at the base, but send out patrols in all possible directions to clarify the situation. Interestingly, they at least sent intelligence in the direction of the convoy and the detachment of Babich ??
  11. 0
    18 January 2020 09: 56
    It is interesting to have battles with the highlanders in open battle. Not raids on posts and villages, namely, open battle.
    1. 0
      21 January 2020 23: 51
      You can read one of the examples here:
      https://slavynka88.livejournal.com/168830.html
      PS Highlanders == partisans and their tactics were appropriate. IMHO, strategically, there was no chance at all of a clash with the regular army from the word. Individual battles (rather, shallow battles) can be won, but there is no war.
    2. 0
      22 January 2020 03: 15
      Strictly speaking, you cannot put all the mountaineers on a par. Circassians / Circassians - were the most brave and strong warriors in the Caucasus, the people - a warrior. In principle, the Caucasian war is a 70% war with them. The war itself and the ensuing extermination (you cannot say otherwise) of this people is one of the most difficult and bitter pages of Russian history. Many feats and examples of desperate courage on both sides. The Circassians did not deserve the fate that was destined for them. This is like the genocide of the American Indians. We have nothing to be proud of in this regard.
      Unfortunately, it was probably impossible to agree and just live as good neighbors and allies, as in the time of Grozny and the early Romanovs. Then the empire was just beginning to expand and there were no common borders. As soon as Russia entered the Caucasus, war became inevitable. A bunch of princes, extreme belligerence, constant raids, confrontation with Turkey - all this predetermined what happened.
  12. 0
    24 March 2020 03: 24
    The whole essence of history is about the courage of the Russian warriors and not you, different morons, poking around in this feat and looking for the right or the guilty. Glory to Russian weapons!

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