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Russo-Persian War (1722–23)

Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)
Part of Russo-Persian Wars
Date 18 June 1722 – 12 September 1723
Location Caucasus, northern Iran
Result Russian Victory
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723)
Territorial
changes
Russia gains Derbent, Baku, and the provinces of Shirvan, Gilan, Mazandaran and Astrabad. All returned to Iran 9 and 12 years later.
Belligerents

 Russian Empire

Знамено Картлі.gif Kingdom of Kartli
Coat of arms of Gyulistan.jpg Melikdoms of Karabakh and Armenian rebels
Kabarda3.gif Kabardia (lesser and greater)
Kalmyk Khanate
Shamkhalate of Tarki

Tabasaran principality
Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Iran
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.png Ottoman Empire
Flag of the Lak People v2.svg Gazikumukh Khanate
Lezgian flag.svg Lezgistan
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
Coat of arms of Gyulistan.jpg Davit Bek
Armenian Apostolic Church logo.png Isaiah Hasan Jalalyan
Kabarda3.gif Murza Cherkassky
Kabarda3.gif Aslan-Bek
Ayuka Khan
Adil-Giray
Rustam-Qadi
Safavid Flag.svg Shah Tahmasp II
Fictitious Ottoman flag 2.png Ahmed III
Sultan Mahmoud Otemishsky
Ahmet Khan
Knyaz Aydemir
Knyaz Chopalav
Flag of the Lak People v2.svg Surkhay Garay Ibn Bey
Lezgian flag.svg Haji Davud Myushkyursky
Strength
Russian Army: 61,039
Cossacks: 22,000
Georgian-Armenian Army: 40,000
Gholam ("qullar") Regiments: 10,000
Safavid Tofangchian: 30,000
Topchi Brigade, Qizilbash Regiments: 30,000
Casualties and losses
36,664 Russian army deaths unknown

 Russian Empire

Знамено Картлі.gif Kingdom of Kartli
Coat of arms of Gyulistan.jpg Melikdoms of Karabakh and Armenian rebels
Kabarda3.gif Kabardia (lesser and greater)
Kalmyk Khanate
Shamkhalate of Tarki


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