siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Storming of Derbent

Name: Storming of Derbent
Location: Derbent, Russia

Storming of Derbent was a siege conducted in 1796 at Derbent, in what is now Russia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Derbent. It was part of the Persian Expedition of 1796. The recorded result: Russian victory.

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Fought1796

WhereDerbent, Russia42.058N, 48.289E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeRussian victory

BelligerentsRussian EmpireagainstQuba Khanate; Derbent Khanate; Gazikumukh Khanate

Casualties and losses3 officers and 47 soldiers killed, 8 officers and 160 soldiers woundedandUnknown

Part ofPersian Expedition of 17961796

Record

Date	1796 (year precision)
Place	Derbent, Russia 42.058N, 48.289E
Kind	Siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength	12,323 soldiers, 21 cannons.	10,000 soldiers. including: 400 Gazikumukh cavalry; 1,200–1,300 Qubans; 90 Kaitags; 800 Akushins; 900 Kharbuks; 34 cannons
Casualties and losses	3 officers and 47 soldiers killed, 8 officers and 160 soldiers wounded	Unknown
Commanders	Valerian Zubov Levin August von Bennigsen Alexander Korsakov Matvei Platov	Shaykh Ali Khan Surkhay II

Placed at Derbent; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Derbent 1173, 1.4 km NE
Siege of Gergebil 1848, 112 km NW
Battle of Ghunib 1859, 115 km W
Siege of Tarki 1831, 120 km NW
Siege of Akhoulgo 1839, 150 km NW

Elsewhere in 1796

Storming of Derbent is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4527020, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Derbent (1796), revision 1370740704, 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.