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Siege of Erivan (1804)
| Siege of Erivan | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813 | |||||||
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Fath_Ali_Shah%27s_Victory_over_the_Russians_at_Yerevan.jpg) Fath-Ali Shah's victory over the Russians at Yerevan. Mirza Baba, Iran, 1804–1810 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Erivan Khanate |
 Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Fath-Ali Shah Qajar Abbas Mirza Mohammad Khan | Pavel Tsitsianov | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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6,000–7,000 troops inside the citadel[1] 18,000 cavalrymen[2] |
3,000 to 20,000[3][2] Georgian and Armenian auxiliaries[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Heavy[4] | ||||||
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The siege of Erivan (Yerevan, the capital of modern Armenia) took place from July to September 1804, during the Russo-Persian War (1804–1813). After a difficult advance, the Russians under Pavel Tsitsianov besieged Erivan. The Iranian forces inside Erivan's citadel prevented the Russians from making a direct attack, while those outside the citadel surrounded the Russians and cut the invaders' supply lines. Commanded by Crown-Prince Abbas Mirza and King Fath-Ali Shah Qajar himself (r. 1797–1834), the Iranians successfully defended the city and defeated the Russian attack.[5][6] Tsitsianov, in order to save his reputation, shifted the blame on a plethora of people and matters, and deliberately left out his own wrongdoings.
- ^ Atkin 1980, p. 120.
- ^ a b c Kazemzadeh 1991, p. 332.
- ^ Behrooz 2013, pp. 55–56, 67.
- ^ Atkin 1980, pp. 120–121.
- ^ Atkin 1980, pp. 99, 120.
- ^ Kettenhofen, Bournoutian & Hewsen 1998, pp. 542–551.
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