Capture of Erivan
| Capture of Yerevan | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) | |||||||
.jpg) Franz Roubaud's painting of the Yerevan Fortress siege in 1827 by the Russian forces under leadership of Ivan Paskevich | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russian Empire |
 Sublime State of Iran | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ivan Paskevich Roman Bagration |
Abbas Mirza Hossein Khan Sardar | ||||||
The capture of Erivan (Persian: گرفتن ایروان – Gereftan e Iravān; Russian: Взятие Эривани – Vzyatiye Erivani) took place on 1 October 1827, during the Russo-Persian War of 1826–28. The city fell to the Russians after being besieged for a week and opened up the path for the eventual capture of Tabriz, the second largest city in Iran and an important trading post.[1]
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Aftermath
As a result of the capture of Tabriz, the Shah Fath-Ali Shah Qajar sued for peace which resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Turkmenchay in 1828. Under the treaty, the Erivan Khanate (present-day Armenia) and Nakhichevan Khanate (present-day Azerbaijan) were ceded to the Russian Empire.[2]
References
- ^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2010). A global chronology of conflict from the ancient world to the modern Middle East (1st ed.). Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 1148. ISBN 9781851096725.
- ^ King, Charles (2008). The ghost of freedom a history of the Caucasus. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 50–51. ISBN 9780198039549.
Sources
- Kettenhoden, Erich; Bournoutian, George A.; Hewsen, Robert H. (1998). "EREVAN ii. The Persian Khanate.". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VIII, Fasc. 5. pp. 542–551.
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