Bogatyr battalion

The Bogatyr batallion (Russian: Батальон богатырей, Persian: Bahādorān) - was a batallion formed in Persia made up of deserters from the Imperial Russian army, primarily during and for a time after the era of the Russo-Persian Wars.

"Entry into Tabriz of the battalion of Russian deserters returning to the fatherland, January 22, 1838." Painted by F. Colombari.

See also

• Samson Makintsev
• Yevstafii Skryplev

Sources

• Батальон богатырей // Б (Blanc) порох — Бомба. — СПб. ; [М.] : Тип. т-ва Ivan Sytin, 1911. — С. 412. — (Военная энциклопедия : [в 18 т.] / Под ред. В. Ф. Новицкого [и др.] ; т. 4).
• Cronin, Stephanie, ed. (2013). Iranian-Russian Encounters: Empires and Revolutions Since 1800. Routledge. pp. 149–150. ISBN 978-0415624336. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Kibovskii, Aleksandr. BAGADERAN" - RUSSIAN DESERTERS IN THE PERSIAN ARMY, 1802-1839. (From Tseikhgauz, No. 5, 1996.)