The Battle of Kachkalikov, also known as the Battle of Ghachalq, was a surprise attack conducted by Chechen fighters of the Kachkalikov clan led by Ibba-Mullah, on a Russian army led by Colonel Savalyev on January 17, 1787.

On January 17, 1787, the Russian Empire organized a large force under the command of Colonel Savalyev and launched a campaign into Chechnya.

As the army climbed the heights of Kachkalikov, a historical region in Chechnya, fighters from the Kachkalikov clan, led by Ibba-Mullah, launched a surprise attack on the disorganized Russian army.

[1][2] As a result, a second army, led by Colonel Rebinder, was mobilized and sent to Chechnya 2 days later, on January 19.

The detachment ravaged part of the Chechen plain and burnt down several villages, as a result of which about 80 people were killed and 4 people were captured, 800 rams and 30 heads of cattle were captured as booty, which were immediately distributed to the troops.