Capture of Erivan

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]

Capture of Yerevan
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
Date 1 October 1827 Location Yerevan, Iran (now Armenia) 40°11′N 44°31′E Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Qajar Persia
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Paskevich Roman Bagration	Abbas Mirza Hossein Khan Sardar
Strength
8,600	6,000–7,000
Casualties and losses
1 officer and 8 soldiers killed; 2 officers and 44 soldiers wounded	4,000 prisoners

Background

Plan of Yerevan in 1827 year.

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.^[2]