Talhig of Shali

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Talhig of Shali
Talhig of Shali. V. Shlipnev, 1920-early.
Birth name	Шелар Тӏалхиг
Born	Shali, Chechnya
Died	Shali, Caucasian Imamate
Allegiance	Caucasian Imamate
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1840-1859
Rank	General
Commands held	Artillery Corps
Battles/wars	Caucasian War Battle of Dargo (1845) Battle of Gordali (1852)

Talhig of Shali was a 19th-century Chechen commander.

In August 1845, Talhig was appointed the leader of Greater Chechnya. On September 27, 1851 Baryatinsky defeated General Talhig Shalin at the village of Churtogay. On December 30, 1853, Talhig participated in the battle against the detachment of Russian Major-General Baklanov at the village of Gordali.

On September 28, 1854, together with Eski Mishchikovsky, Talhig participated in the battle against the detachment Wrangel on the Argun River.

In 1859, Talhig defected to the Russians. He wrote a chronicle in Arabic. Talhig was buried in the village of Shali.^[1]

Artillery tactics[]

General Talhig laid the foundation for horse-mountain artillery and one of the earliest inventors of the "Nomadic artillery" tactics refereed today as Shoot-and-scoot according to the Russian historian and professor Nikolay Smirnov.^[2]

For the Tsarist troops, Talhig's innovations were completely unexpected. Talhig's artillery was practically elusive: having given several shots from guns at the tsarist troops, he quickly moved on a horse-drawn carriage to another place, from where he again inflicted damage on the Russians. This was repeated periodically. Dragoons and Cossacks who rushed to the sound of shots did not find artillery on the spot. The Russians called this tactic of the mountaineers "nomadic artillery".

— Dalhan Khozaev, Чеченцы в Русско-Кавказской войне, Чеченцы в Русско-Кавказской войне

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