Russo-Persian War (1804-13)
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Was a war between the Russian Empire and Qajar Persia over territorial disputes in the Caucasus.
Chronology
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January 1805: Siege of Yerevan.
January 1805: The war in 1804 began when Russian commanders Ivan Gudovich and Paul Tsitsianov attacked the Persian settlement of Echmiadzin, leading to the territory falling under Russian military occupation. Echmiadzin is a historic city in Armenia, known for being the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
January 1805: Russian forces led by Gudovich end the siege of Echmiadzin due to a lack of troops.
January 1805: Persian forces withdrew to Yerevan.
April 1805: The Shuragel Sultanate, a small area at the junction of Georgia, the Yerevan Khanate and Turkey and included the militarily important town of Gyumri, wa taken.
May 1805: The Karabakh Khanate became a vassal of Russia.
May 1805: The Shaki Khanate submitted to Russia.
July 1805: The Persians occupied the Askeran Fortress at the mouth of a valley that leads from the plain southwest to Shusha, the capital of Karabakh.
December 1805: In November Tsitsianov marched east toward Baku, en route accepting the submission of the Shirvan Khanate.
January 1806: Russian forces pushed east into Persia almost to the Caspian.
March 1806: On 8 February 1806 Russian General Pavel Tsitsianov was murdered while accepting the surrender of Baku. He was succeeded by General Karl Heinrich von Knorring, who led the Russian forces to take control of the Baku Khanate and other territories in the region.
January 1809: Russian forces took Echmiadzrin.
October 1812: Battle of Aslanduz.
January 1813: Storming of Lankaran.
October 1813: By the Treaty of Gulistan Persia recognized Russian possession of all the Khanates it held and gave up all pretensions to Dagestan and Georgia.
January 1804: In 1803, the newly appointed commander of Russian forces in the Caucasus, Paul Tsitsianov, attacked Ganja and captured its citadel.
January 1809: Abbas Mirza was defeated south of Lake Shirvan and Nakhichevan, or some part of it, was occupied.
January 1807: Russian forces capture the Caspian Coast.
October 1813: Final annexation of the Shamkhalate of Tarki and other territories of Dagestan into Russia was concluded by the Treaty of Gulistan in 1813.
