Treaty of Turkmenchay

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bilateral treaty historical event peace treaty

The Treaty of Turkmenchay was an 1828 peace agreement between Qajar Iran and the Russian Empire that ended the Russo-Persian War and forced Iran to cede large parts of the South Caucasus, profoundly reshaping the region’s political boundaries.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Turkmenchay canonical	10
Negotiation of the Treaty of Turkmenchay	1
Treaty of Turkmanchai	1
Treaty of Turkmenchai	1
Treaty of Turkmenchay negotiations	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ historical event ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Turkmanchai Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Turkmenchai
category	Peace treaties signed in the 19th century ⓘ Treaty of Gulistan ⓘ surface form: Treaties of Qajar Iran Treaties of the Russian Empire ⓘ
cededRegion	Erivan Khanate ⓘ Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic ⓘ surface form: Nakhichevan Khanate remaining Iranian territories in present-day Armenia ⓘ remaining Iranian territories in present-day Azerbaijan ⓘ
cededTerritoryFrom	Qajar Iran ⓘ
cededTerritoryTo	Russian Empire ⓘ
concludedWar	Russo-Persian War 1826–1828 ⓘ surface form: Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)
considered	symbol of Iranian territorial losses to Russia ⓘ
dateSigned	1828-02-21 ⓘ
dateSignedOldStyle	1828-02-10 ⓘ
enteredIntoForceIn	1828 ⓘ
followed	Treaty of Gulistan ⓘ
grantedCapitulationsTo	Russian Empire ⓘ
grantedCommercialPrivilegesTo	Russian merchants in Iran ⓘ
hadLongTermEffectOn	demographic composition of the South Caucasus ⓘ political boundaries in the South Caucasus ⓘ
imposedWarIndemnityOn	Qajar Iran ⓘ
includedClause	extraterritorial rights for Russian subjects in Iran ⓘ freedom of navigation for Russian ships in the Caspian Sea ⓘ
includedPopulationTransferClause	right of Armenians in Iran to migrate to Russian territory ⓘ
language	Persian ⓘ Russian ⓘ
ledTo	large-scale resettlement of Armenians to the Russian Empire ⓘ
locationSigned	Qajar Iran ⓘ Turkmenchay ⓘ near Tabriz ⓘ
namedAfter	village of Turkmenchay ⓘ
partOfConflict	Russo-Persian War 1826–1828 ⓘ surface form: Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)
precedes	Treaty of Akhal ⓘ
recognizedExclusiveNavalRightsInCaspianFor	Russian Empire ⓘ
restrictedNavalRightsInCaspianFor	Qajar Iran ⓘ
resultedIn	cession of large parts of the South Caucasus from Iran to Russia ⓘ
signedBetween	Qajar Iran ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
signedByRepresentativeOfIran	Abbas Mirza ⓘ Allahyar Khan Asaf al-Dowleh ⓘ
signedByRepresentativeOfRussia	Alexander Griboyedov ⓘ surface form: Aleksandr Griboyedov Ivan Paskevich ⓘ
signedUnderReignOf	Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ⓘ
warIndemnityAmount	20 million silver rubles ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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Iranian Azerbaijan → historicalTreaty → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ

Qajar Iran → notableEvent → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ

Armenian Oblast → establishedAfter → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ

Armenian Oblast → legalBasis → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ

Alexander Griboyedov → participantIn → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Turkmenchay negotiations

Ivan Paskevich → notableAchievement → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Negotiation of the Treaty of Turkmenchay

Treaty of Gulistan → precedes → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ

Treaty of Turkmenchay → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Turkmenchai

Treaty of Turkmenchay → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Turkmanchai

Russo-Persian War 1826–1828 → result → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ

Russo-Persian War 1826–1828 → treaty → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar → signed → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ

Armenian Province → establishedAfter → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ

Russo-Persian conflicts → treatyConsequence → Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ