In the early 1850s, the Russians slowly advanced into Semirechye, which caused discontent among the population, local Kazakhs began to en masse to serve the Kokand Khanate, which was gathering forces to re-invade the region, after the failure in 1853.

[1] In October 1860, the Kokand invaded Semerechye, the number of this army was from 16[2] to 20[3] thousand, the Russian forces were dispersed throughout the regions, and there was a possibility of destroying them separately.

[3] After the arrival of reinforcements, the Kokand decided to attack in another way, but this attempt was also unsuccessful,[5] after which the Russians began to organize maneuvers and look for places for a general battle.

[2] Kolpakovsky decided to enter the northern flank of the Kokand army and strike at the dominant heights, he successfully did this and, thanks to artillery fire, was able to take them.

The Kokand men gathered their forces into a single striking fist and attacked the detachment, however, heavy infantry and artillery fire knocked them down, the battle lasted for a very long time, sometimes turning into hand-to-hand combat, wounded officers encouraged the soldiers and finally the Kokand retreated, losing up to 1,500 people.