{{Short description|Victory by Ivan Paskevich (Heritage Georgian)}} {{Expand Russian|topic=mil|Взятие Эривани (1827)|date=January 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Capture of Yerevan | image = Siege of Erivan Fortress on 1 October 1827.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = Franz Roubaud's 1893 painting of the Yerevan Fortress siege in 1827 by the Russian forces under leadership of Ivan Paskevich | partof = the Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) | place = Yerevan, Iran (now Armenia) | coordinates = {{coord|40|11|N|44|31|E|display=inline,title}} | date = 1 October 1827 | result = Russian victory | territory = | combatant1 = {{flagicon|Russia}} Russian Empire | combatant2 = 22px Qajar Persia | commander1 = Ivan Paskevich<br/>Roman Bagration | commander2 = Abbas Mirza <br />Hossein Khan Sardar | strength1 = 8,600 | strength2 = 6,000–7,000 | casualties1 = 1 officer and 8 soldiers killed;<br>2 officers and 44 soldiers wounded | casualties2 = 4,000 prisoners | notes = | }} {{Campaignbox Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)}}
The '''capture of Erivan''' (or '''Erevan'''/'''Yerevan'''; {{langx|fa|فتح ایروان|translit=Fath e Iravān}}; {{langx|ru|Взятие Эривани|translit=Vzyatie Ėrivani}}) 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.<ref name=Tucker>{{cite book|last1=Tucker|first1=Spencer C.|title=A global chronology of conflict from the ancient world to the modern Middle East|date=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|isbn=9781851096725|page=1148|edition=1st}}<!--|accessdate=9 June 2015--></ref> Category:Battles involving Qajar Iran
==Background== {{Empty section|date=April 2013}} thumb|200px|Plan of Yerevan in 1827 year. [[File:527 of 'Кавказская война въ отдѣльныхъ очеркахъ, эпизодахъ, легендахъ и біографіяхъ ... Изданіе второе. том. 1. вып. 2, 3. том. 2-4' (11189529594).jpg|thumb|200px|Plan of Erivan Fortress, 1827 by General Paskevich.]]
==Siege of Yerevan==
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 the Persians 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.
==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.<ref name=King>{{cite book|last1=King|first1=Charles|title=The ghost of freedom a history of the Caucasus|url=https://archive.org/details/ghostoffreedomhi0000king|url-access=registration|date=2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=9780198039549|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ghostoffreedomhi0000king/page/50 50–51]}}</ref>
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==See also== * Treaty of Turkmenchay
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==Sources== * {{cite encyclopedia | article = EREVAN ii. The Persian Khanate. | last1 = Kettenhoden | first1 = Erich | last2 = Bournoutian | first2 = George A. | last3 = Hewsen | first3 = Robert H. | authorlink2 = George Bournoutian | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/erevan-1#ii | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VIII, Fasc. 5 | pages = 542–551 | year = 1998 }}
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