Kars: All Data
Kars is a city in Turkey. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Kars: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
929 AD
Capital of Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia
1609 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Eyalet of Kars, part of Ottoman Empire
1745 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Kars (1745), part of Ottoman-Persian War (1743-1746)
1828 AD
Mentioned in Event: Caucasus front of the Russo-Turkish War (1828-29)
1855 AD
Mentioned in Event: Caucasus theatre (Crimean War)
1855 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Kars, part of Crimean War
1856 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Paris (1856)
1877 AD
Mentioned in Event: Caucasus front of the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
1877 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Kars, part of Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
1877 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Kizil-Tepe, part of Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
1878 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Berlin
1913 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Bucarest
1914 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Conquest of Armenia
1916 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Conquest of Armenia
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Conquest of Armenia
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ottoman offensive (Caucasus campaign)
1918 AD
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Transcaucasian Front of World War I
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Armenian-Azerbaijani War
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ottoman Invasion of Armenia
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Red Army invasion of Georgia and Armenia
1920 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Kars (1920), part of Turkish-Armenian War
1921 AD
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Kars Province, part of Republic of Türkiye