Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)
| Russo-Persian War (1722–1723) | |||||||||
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| Part of Russo-Persian Wars | |||||||||
Peter the Great's fleet | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Eastern Circassia | Safavid Iran | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Peter the Great Murza Cherkassky Qeytuqo Aslanbech Ayuka Khan Adil-Giray Rustam-Qadi | Shah Tahmasp II | ||||||||
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| Russian Army: 61,039 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 6,531 died from military action and from diseases | Unknown | ||||||||
The Russo-Persian War of 1722–1723, known in Russian historiography as the Persian campaign of Peter the Great, was a war between the Russian Empire and Safavid Iran, triggered by the tsar's attempt to expand Russian influence in the Caspian and Caucasus regions and to prevent its rival, the Ottoman Empire, from territorial gains in the region at the expense of declining Safavid Iran.
The Russian victory ratified for Safavid Iran's cession of their territories in the North Caucasus, South Caucasus and contemporary northern Iran to Russia, comprising the cities of Derbent (southern Dagestan) and Baku and their nearby surrounding lands, as well as the provinces of Gilan, Shirvan, Mazandaran and Astarabad conform the Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723).
The territories remained in Russian hands for nine and twelve years, when respectively according to the Treaty of Resht of 1732 and the Treaty of Ganja of 1735 during the reign of Anna Ioannovna, they were returned to Iran.