Tsitsianov and three thousand men had marched…

September 1804 CE

Tsitsianov and three thousand men had marched south in June toward Echmiadzin in the Yerevan Khanate, but had been were driven back by Abbas Mirza and his force.

They had then moved east and besieged Yerevan from July to September.

The local khan holds the citadel, the Russians hold the town, and the Persians hold the surrounding countryside.

Weakened by disease and fighting on half-rations, the Russians withdraw to Georgia, losing more men along the way.

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Yerevan Yerevan Armenia View →

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Alexander I of Russia View → Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar View →

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Georgians View → Azerbaijani people (Azeris) View → Russian Empire View → Persia, Qajarid Kingdom of View →

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Russo-Persian War of 1804-13 View →

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