Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)
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Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)
Part of Russo-Persian Wars
Lansereships.jpg
Peter the Great's fleet
Date 18 June 1722 – 12 September 1723
Location
Caucasus, northern Iran
Result
Russian victory
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723)[5]
Territorial
changes Russia gains Derbent, Baku, and the provinces of Shirvan, Gilan, Mazandaran and Astarabad. All returned to Iran 9 and 12 years later.
Belligerents
Russian Empire
Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg Cossack Hetmanate
Знамено Картлі.gif Kingdom of Kartli[1]
Banner of the Kabardian Union.svg Eastern Circassia[2]
Kalmyk Khanate[2]
Shamkhalate of Tarki[3]
Tabasaran principality[4] Safavid Iran
Commanders and leaders
Russia Peter the Great
Russia Fyodor Apraksin
Russia Mikhail Matyushkin
Russia Ivan Matveevich the Red Faced
Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svgDanylo Apostol
V6flag.JPG Vakhtang VI
Banner of the Kabardian Union.svg Murza Cherkassky[2]
Banner of the Kabardian Union.svg Qeytuqo Aslanbech[2]
Ayuka Khan[6]
Adil-Giray[3]
Rustam-Qadi[7][4] Shah Tahmasp II
Strength
Russian Army: 61,039[8] Unknown
Casualties and losses
36,664 Russian army deaths[8] Unknown
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Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)
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Russo-Persian Wars-300 years ago
The Russo-Persian War of 1722–1723, known in Russian historiography as the Persian campaign of Peter the Great,[9] was a war between the Russian Empire and Safavid Iran, triggered by the tsar's attempt to expand Russian influence in the Caspian and Caucasus regions and to prevent its rival, the Ottoman Empire, from territorial gains in the region at the expense of declining Safavid Iran.
The Russian victory ratified for Safavid Iran's cession of their territories in the North Caucasus, South Caucasus and contemporary northern Iran to Russia, comprising the cities of Derbent (southern Dagestan) and Baku and their nearby surrounding lands, as well as the provinces of Gilan, Shirvan, Mazandaran and Astarabad conform the Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723).[8]
The territories remained in Russian hands for nine and twelve years, when respectively according to the Treaty of Resht of 1732 and the Treaty of Ganja of 1735, they were returned to Iran.