Russo-Persian War (1796)

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The Russo-Persian War (1796) was a brief late-18th-century conflict in which the Russian Empire launched a military campaign into Persian-held territories in the Caucasus to expand its regional influence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russo-Persian War
military conflict
war
aimOf securing Russian protectorate over eastern Georgia
weakening Persian control over the Caucasian khanates
alsoKnownAs Catherine’s Persian Expedition NERFINISHED
Persian Expedition of 1796 NERFINISHED
belligerent Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti NERFINISHED
Qajar Iran NERFINISHED
Russian Empire
conflictBetween Qajar Iran NERFINISHED
Russian Empire NERFINISHED
context Russian expansion in the Caucasus
rise of the Qajar dynasty in Iran
endedBy accession of Paul I of Russia
order of Paul I to recall Russian troops from the Caucasus
endTime 1796
1796-10
followedBy Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) NERFINISHED
hasCause Persian attempts to reassert control over eastern Georgia
Russian attempt to expand influence in the Caucasus
Russian desire to secure Georgian territories
hasCommander Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar NERFINISHED
Count Ivan Gudovich NERFINISHED
Valerian Zubov NERFINISHED
hasOutcome temporary Russian occupation of parts of Dagestan and Azerbaijan
hasParticipant Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar NERFINISHED
Catherine II of Russia NERFINISHED
initiatedBy Catherine II of Russia NERFINISHED
locatedIn Caucasus NERFINISHED
Dagestan NERFINISHED
eastern Georgia NERFINISHED
northern Azerbaijan
opponent Qajar dynasty NERFINISHED
partOf Russo-Persian wars NERFINISHED
history of Iran
history of Russia
history of the Caucasus
precededBy Russo-Persian War (1768–1774) NERFINISHED
result Russian withdrawal after death of Catherine II
status quo ante bellum in territorial control
significantEvent Russian advance toward Baku
Russian capture of Derbent NERFINISHED
Russian capture of Quba NERFINISHED
startTime 1796-04
timePeriod late 18th century
triggeredBy Persian campaign against Tbilisi in 1795 NERFINISHED

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Bennigsen participatedIn Russo-Persian War (1796)
subject surface form: Levin August von Bennigsen
Russo-Persian War 1804–1813 precededBy Russo-Persian War (1796)
this entity surface form: Russo-Persian War 1796
Russo-Persian conflicts includes Russo-Persian War (1796)