Capture of Erivan

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 / 40.183°N 44.517°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

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.

[Tucker-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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