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Capture of Yerevan
Part of theRusso-Persian War (1826–1828)
Franz Roubaud's 1893 painting of the Yerevan Fortress siege in 1827 by the Russian forces under leadership of Ivan Paskevich
Date 1 October 1827 Location Yerevan,Iran (now Armenia) 40°11′N44°31′E / 40.183°N 44.517°E /40.183; 44.517 Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Qajar Persia
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Paskevich Roman Bagration	Abbas Mirza Hossein Khan Sardar
Strength
8,600	6,000–7,000
Casualties and losses
1 officer and 8 soldiers killed; 2 officers and 44 soldiers wounded	4,000 prisoners

Thecapture ofErivan (orErevan/Yerevan;Persian:فتح ایروان,romanized: Fath e Iravān;Russian:Взятие Эривани,romanized: Vzyatie Ėrivani) took place on 1 October 1827, during theRusso-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 ofTabriz, the second largest city in Iran and an important trading post.^[1]

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When word reached Paskevich he abandoned any plans to move south and returned to Echmiadzin (5 September). Moving east he captured the fort of Serdar-Abad from thePersians and on 23 September appeared before the walls of Yerevan. Much of the siege work was directed by Pushchin [ru], a former engineer officer who had been reduced to the ranks for involvement with the Decembrists. When the place fell he was promoted to non-commissioned officer. Yerevan fell on 14 October. 4000 prisoners and 49 guns were taken and the Yerevan Khanate became a Russian province.

As a result of the capture of Tabriz, the ShahFath-Ali Shah Qajar sued for peace which resulted in the signing of theTreaty of Turkmenchay in 1828. Under the treaty, theErivan Khanate (present-day Armenia) andNakhichevan Khanate (present-day Azerbaijan) were ceded to theRussian Empire.^[2]

• 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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