Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)

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The Russo-Persian War (1722–1723) was a short conflict in which Peter the Great’s Russia seized territories along the western and southern Caspian Sea from Safavid Persia, expanding Russian influence in the Caucasus and northern Iran.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Persian Campaign of Peter the Great ⓘ
belligerent Russian Empire ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ
Safavid Persia ⓘ
linked to: Safavid Empire
cause Russian desire for access to Caspian trade routes ⓘ
decline of the Safavid Empire ⓘ
instability in Safavid Persia ⓘ
commander Peter I of Russia ⓘ
linked to: Peter the Great

Peter the Great ⓘ
conflictOf Peter the Great’s foreign policy ⓘ
endTime 1723 ⓘ
followedBy Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) ⓘ
Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
impact shifted balance of power in the Caspian region toward Russia ⓘ
strengthened Russian presence in the Caucasus ⓘ
weakened Safavid control over northern Iran ⓘ
involved Cossack troops ⓘ
Russian Navy on the Caspian Sea ⓘ
linked to: Caspian Flotilla
location Caspian Sea region ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
northern Iran ⓘ
motivatedBy control of Caspian commerce ⓘ
protection of Christian subjects in the Caucasus ⓘ
opponentCommander Safavid provincial governors ⓘ
Tahmasp II ⓘ
partOf Russian expansion in the Caucasus ⓘ
Russian expansion towards the Caspian Sea ⓘ
Russo-Persian Wars ⓘ
precededBy Ottoman–Safavid conflicts in the early 18th century ⓘ
relatedTo Ottoman–Russian rivalry in the Caucasus ⓘ
result Russian territorial gains on the Caspian Sea ⓘ
Russian victory ⓘ
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723) ⓘ
significantEvent Persian Campaign of Peter the Great ⓘ
startTime 1722 ⓘ
territorialChange Russia gained parts of northern Iran ⓘ
Russia gained territories along the southern Caspian coast ⓘ
Russia gained territories along the western Caspian coast ⓘ
Russia occupied Baku ⓘ
Russia occupied Derbent ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723) ⓘ

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Caspian Flotilla → participatedIn → Russo-Persian War (1722–1723) ⓘ
Treaty of Rasht → follows → Russo-Persian War (1722–1723) ⓘ
Treaty of Rasht → relatedTo → Russo-Persian War (1730–1735) ⓘ
linked to: Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)
Russo-Persian conflicts → includes → Russo-Persian War (1722–1723) ⓘ
Russo-Persian War (1722–1723) → significantEvent → Persian Campaign of Peter the Great ⓘ
linked to: Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)
Russo-Persian War (1722–1723) → alsoKnownAs → Persian Campaign of Peter the Great ⓘ
linked to: Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)