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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Label Occurrences
Capture of Ganja (1804) 1
Siege of Ganja (1804) canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Capture of Ganja (1804) ⓘ
belligerent Ganja Khanate ⓘ
Qajar Iran ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Pavel Tsitsianov NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderSide Javad Khan, Ganja Khanate ⓘ
linked to: Khan of Ganja

Pavel Tsitsianov, Russian Empire ⓘ
conflict Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) ⓘ
conflictType Russo-Persian conflict ⓘ
defensiveForce forces of the Ganja Khanate ⓘ
endTime 1804 ⓘ
followedBy Russian consolidation of control over Ganja ⓘ
further Russian advances in the South Caucasus ⓘ
hasParticipant Ganja Khanate ⓘ
Qajar Iran ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
historicalRegion Caucasus ⓘ
location Ganja ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
present-day Azerbaijan ⓘ
militaryTheater Caucasus front of the Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) ⓘ
notableDeath Javad Khan ⓘ
offensiveForce Russian imperial troops under Pavel Tsitsianov ⓘ
opponent Ganja Khanate ⓘ
Qajar Iran ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
outcome annexation of Ganja by the Russian Empire ⓘ
partOf Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) ⓘ
precededBy Russian ultimatum to Ganja ⓘ
relatedTo Russian conquest of the Caucasus ⓘ
Treaty of Gulistan ⓘ
result Russian victory ⓘ
capture of Ganja by the Russian Empire ⓘ
significance early major engagement of the Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russo-Persian War 1804–1813 → notableBattle → Siege of Ganja (1804) ⓘ
Siege of Ganja (1804) → alsoKnownAs → Capture of Ganja (1804) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Ganja (1804)