Siege of Ganja (1804)
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The Siege of Ganja (1804) was an early Russian offensive against Qajar Persia in the South Caucasus, resulting in the capture of the strategic city of Ganja and marking a significant escalation in the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813.
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| Siege of Ganja (1804) canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Ganja (1804) Context triple: [Russo-Persian War 1804–1813, notableBattle, Siege of Ganja (1804)]
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Siege of Perekop (1736)
The Siege of Perekop (1736) was a major Russo-Turkish War engagement in which Russian forces under Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich captured the Crimean Peninsula’s main land gateway from the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire.
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Siege of Kars
The Siege of Kars was a major 19th-century military engagement in which Russian forces captured the strategically important Ottoman fortress city of Kars in the Caucasus region.
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Crimean campaigns of 1687 and 1689
The Crimean campaigns of 1687 and 1689 were two unsuccessful Russian military expeditions led by Prince Vasily Golitsyn against the Crimean Khanate, undertaken during the regency of Sophia Alekseyevna as part of efforts to weaken Ottoman influence in Eastern Europe.
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Siege of 1716
The Siege of 1716 was a failed Norwegian campaign by King Charles XII of Sweden against the Fredriksten fortress during the Great Northern War, marking a key setback in his attempts to conquer Norway.
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Siege of Constantine (1836)
The Siege of Constantine (1836) was a failed French military attempt to capture the fortified city of Constantine in eastern Algeria during the early phase of France’s colonial conquest.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Ganja (1804) Target entity description: The Siege of Ganja (1804) was an early Russian offensive against Qajar Persia in the South Caucasus, resulting in the capture of the strategic city of Ganja and marking a significant escalation in the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813.
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A.
Siege of Perekop (1736)
The Siege of Perekop (1736) was a major Russo-Turkish War engagement in which Russian forces under Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich captured the Crimean Peninsula’s main land gateway from the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire.
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B.
Siege of Kars
The Siege of Kars was a major 19th-century military engagement in which Russian forces captured the strategically important Ottoman fortress city of Kars in the Caucasus region.
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C.
Crimean campaigns of 1687 and 1689
The Crimean campaigns of 1687 and 1689 were two unsuccessful Russian military expeditions led by Prince Vasily Golitsyn against the Crimean Khanate, undertaken during the regency of Sophia Alekseyevna as part of efforts to weaken Ottoman influence in Eastern Europe.
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D.
Siege of 1716
The Siege of 1716 was a failed Norwegian campaign by King Charles XII of Sweden against the Fredriksten fortress during the Great Northern War, marking a key setback in his attempts to conquer Norway.
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E.
Siege of Constantine (1836)
The Siege of Constantine (1836) was a failed French military attempt to capture the fortified city of Constantine in eastern Algeria during the early phase of France’s colonial conquest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military engagement
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siege ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Capture of Ganja (1804) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Ganja Khanate
NERFINISHED
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Qajar Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ |
| casusBelli | Russian demand for submission of Ganja Khanate ⓘ |
| cause |
Qajar attempt to maintain influence over Caucasian khanates
ⓘ
Russian expansionist policy in the Caucasus ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Javad Khan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pavel Tsitsianov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanderSide |
Javad Khan, Ganja Khanate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pavel Tsitsianov, Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType | Russo-Persian conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defensiveForce | forces of the Ganja Khanate ⓘ |
| endTime | 1804 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Russian consolidation of control over Ganja
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further Russian advances in the South Caucasus ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Ganja Khanate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qajar Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Ganja
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Azerbaijan ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | Caucasus front of the Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) ⓘ |
| notableDeath | Javad Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offensiveForce | Russian imperial troops under Pavel Tsitsianov ⓘ |
| opponent |
Ganja Khanate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qajar Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outcome | annexation of Ganja by the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| partOf | Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Russian ultimatum to Ganja ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Russian conquest of the Caucasus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Treaty of Gulistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
Russian victory
ⓘ
capture of Ganja by the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| significance |
early major engagement of the Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)
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elimination of the Ganja Khanate as an independent polity ⓘ marked escalation of Russian–Qajar hostilities in the Caucasus ⓘ |
| startTime | 1804 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | control of a key stronghold on routes in the South Caucasus ⓘ |
| strategicObjective | capture of the fortress city of Ganja ⓘ |
| year | 1804 ⓘ |
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Subject: Siege of Ganja (1804) Description of subject: The Siege of Ganja (1804) was an early Russian offensive against Qajar Persia in the South Caucasus, resulting in the capture of the strategic city of Ganja and marking a significant escalation in the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813.
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