# Capture of Erivan

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{{Short description|Victory by Ivan Paskevich (Heritage Georgian)}}
{{Expand Russian|topic=mil|Взятие Эривани (1827)|date=January 2026}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Capture of Yerevan
| image             = Siege of Erivan Fortress on 1 October 1827.jpg
| image_size        = 300
| caption           = [Franz Roubaud](/source/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)](/source/Russo-Persian_War_(1826%E2%80%931828))
| place             = Yerevan, [Iran](/source/Qajar_dynasty) (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](/source/Russian_Empire)
| combatant2        = 22px [Qajar Persia](/source/Qajar_Persia)
| commander1        = [Ivan Paskevich](/source/Ivan_Paskevich)<br/>[Roman Bagration](/source/Roman_Bagration)
| commander2        = [Abbas Mirza](/source/Abbas_Mirza) <br />[Hossein Khan Sardar](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Russo-Persian_War_(1826%E2%80%9328)). The city fell to the Russians after being besieged for a week and opened up the path for the eventual capture of [Tabriz](/source/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==
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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](/source/Erivan_Fortress), 1827 by General [Paskevich](/source/Ivan_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](/source/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](/source/Fath-Ali_Shah_Qajar) sued for peace which resulted in the signing of the [Treaty of Turkmenchay](/source/Treaty_of_Turkmenchay) in 1828. Under the treaty, the [Erivan Khanate](/source/Erivan_Khanate) (present-day Armenia) and [Nakhichevan Khanate](/source/Nakhichevan_Khanate) (present-day Azerbaijan) were ceded to the [Russian Empire](/source/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](/source/Treaty_of_Turkmenchay)

==sources==
https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC&pg=PA1148&dq=Capture+of+Yerevan+1827&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ML5LUYvuM-rl4AOUi4DYBg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Capture%20of%20Yerevan%201827&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=HXDUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA319&dq=Capture+of+Erivan++1827&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nr5LUZWEAtfj4AOat4HQDg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Capture%20of%20Erivan%20%201827&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=WjQfo3a1eVMC&pg=PA765&dq=Capture+of+Erivan++1827&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nr5LUZWEAtfj4AOat4HQDg&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Capture%20of%20Erivan%20%201827&f=false

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==References==
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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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