siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Siege of Erivan
Siege of Erivan was a siege conducted in July 1804 at Yerevan, in what is now Armenia. It was part of the Russo-Persian War of 1804–13, which ran from 1804 to 1813. The recorded result: Persian victory. Recorded strength: 6,000–7,000 troops inside the citadel; 18,000 cavalrymen against 3,000 to 20,000; Georgian and Armenian auxiliaries.
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Where it sits in the Russo-Persian War of 1804–13
Record
| Date | July 1804 (month precision) to September 1804 | |
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| Place | Yerevan, Armenia 40.181N, 44.514E | |
| Kind | Siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Strength | 6,000–7,000 troops inside the citadel; 18,000 cavalrymen | 3,000 to 20,000; Georgian and Armenian auxiliaries |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | Heavy |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Erivan 1808, same recorded site
- Siege of Yerevan 1603, same recorded site
- Siege of Erivan 1616, same recorded site
- Capture of Erivan 1827, 0.3 km NE
- Battle of Garni 1225, 19 km E
Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1603 and 1827.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Ganja 1804
- After: Baku battles of 1805 1805
- All 9 engagements of Russo-Persian War of 1804–13
Elsewhere in 1804
- Battle of Sitka United States
- Action of 5 October 1804 Portugal
- Battle of Suriname Suriname
- Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor Libya
- Battle of Pulo Aura
Siege of Erivan is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 49 in present-day Armenia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q48803703, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Erivan (1804), revision 1370741052, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.