Siege of Shusha 1826

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The Siege of Shusha in 1826 was a key military engagement in which Persian forces unsuccessfully attempted to capture the strategic fortress city of Shusha from the Russian Empire during the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
belligerent Qajar Iran ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
conflict Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828 ⓘ
conflictType siege warfare ⓘ
countryInvolved Qajar Iran ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
defenseOf Shusha fortress ⓘ
defensiveSide Russian Empire ⓘ
followedBy continued Russian counteroffensive in the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828 ⓘ
hasCause Qajar attempt to reverse Russian territorial gains in the Caucasus ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Caucasus ⓘ
location Karabakh ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Shusha ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
militaryObjectiveOf Qajar Iran ⓘ
objective capture of the fortress city of Shusha by Persian forces ⓘ
offensiveSide Qajar Iran ⓘ
opponent Russian garrison of Shusha ⓘ
outcome Persian forces failed to capture Shusha ⓘ
partOf Russian–Persian conflicts in the Caucasus ⓘ
Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828 ⓘ
precededBy Persian invasion of the South Caucasus in 1826 ⓘ
result Russian victory ⓘ
significance key engagement influencing control of Karabakh during the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828 ⓘ
startTime 1826 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of a key fortress in the Karabakh region ⓘ

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Russo-Persian War 1826–1828 → significantEvent → Siege of Shusha 1826 ⓘ