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Capture of Erivan
| Capture of Yerevan | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-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 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russian Empire |
 Qajar Persia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ivan Paskevich Roman Bagration |
Abbas Mirza Hossein Khan Sardar | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,600 | 6,000–7,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1 officer and 8 soldiers killed; 2 officers and 44 soldiers wounded | 4,000 prisoners | ||||||
The capture of Erivan (or Erevan/Yerevan; Persian: فتح ایروان, romanized: Fath e Iravān; Russian: Взятие Эривани, romanized: 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.[1]
- ^ 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.
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