Russo-Persian Wars

Russo-Persian Wars
Date1651–1653, 1722–1723, 1796, 1804–1813, 1826–1828
Location
Transcaucasia
Result Russian victory
Territorial
changes
Persia cedes Transcaucasian territory to Russia
Belligerents
Russia Tsardom of Russia
 Russian Empire
Kingdom of Kartli (1722–1723)
Safavid Iran
Qajar Iran
Shamkhalate of Tarki
Commanders and leaders
Russia Alexis of Russia
Russia Peter the Great
Vakhtang VI
Russian Empire Catherine the Great
Russia Alexander I
Russia Nicholas I
Abbas II
Khosrow Khan
Shamkhal of Kumukh
Ruler (Utsmi) of the Kara Qaytaq
Tahmasp II
Agha Mohammad Khan
Fath Ali Shah Qajar
Abbas Mirza

The Russo-Persian Wars or Russo-Iranian Wars (Persian: جنگ‌های ایران و روسیه, romanizedJanghâye Irân va Russī-ye) were a series of conflicts between 1651 and 1828, concerning Persia and the Russian Empire. Russia and Persia fought these wars over disputed governance of territories and countries in the Caucasus. The main territories disputed were Aran (modern day Republic of Azerbaijan), Georgia and Armenia, as well as much of Dagestan – generally referred to as Transcaucasia[1] – and considered part of the Safavid Iran prior to the Russo-Persian Wars. Over the course of the five Russo-Persian Wars, the governance of these regions transferred between the two empires. Between the Second and Third Russo-Persian Wars, there was an interbellum period in which a number of treaties were drawn up between the Russian and the Persian Empires, as well as between both parties and the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman interest in these territories further complicated the wars, with both sides forming alliances with the Ottoman Empire at different points throughout the wars. Following the Treaty of Turkmenchay, which concluded the Fifth Russo-Persian War, Persia ceded much of its Transcaucasian territory to the Russian Empire.

  1. ^ Multiple Authors. "Caucasus and Iran". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 3 September 2012.