Russo-Persian Wars

Russo-Persian Wars
Date 1651–1653 (First), 1722–1723 (Second), 1796 (Third), 1804–1813 (Fourth), 1826–1828 (Fifth) Location Caucasus Result Russian victory Territorial changes Persia cedes Transcaucasia to Russia by the Treaty of Turkmenchay
Belligerents
Tsardom of Russia (until 1721)  Russian Empire (after 1721)	Safavid Iran (until 1736)  Qajar Iran (after 1736)
Commanders and leaders
Alexis of Russia  Peter the Great  Catherine the Great  Alexander I  Nicholas I	Abbas II  Khosrow Soltan Armani  Tahmasp II  Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar  Fath-Ali Shah Qajar  Abbas Mirza

The Russo-Persian Wars (Russian: Русско-персидские войны Rússko-Persídskije Vóiny), or the Russo-Iranian Wars (Persian: جنگ‌های ایران و روسیه Janghâ-ye Irân va Russīye), began in 1651 and continued intermittently until 1828. They consisted of five conflicts in total, each rooted in both sides' disputed governance of territories and countries in the Caucasus, particularly Arran (modern-day Azerbaijan), Georgia, and Armenia, as well as much of Dagestan. Generally referred to as Transcaucasia,^[1] this region was considered to be part of Persia prior to the 17th century. Between the War of 1722–1723 and the War of 1796, there was an interbellum period in which a number of treaties were drawn up between the two nations themselves and between them and the neighbouring Ottoman Empire; Turkish interest in the Caucasian territories further complicated the Russo-Persian Wars, as the two belligerents started forming alliances with the Ottoman Empire at different points of the conflict. Finally, as a consequence of the Treaty of Turkmenchay, the Persians ceded much of their Transcaucasian holdings to Russia, thus concluding the War of 1826–1828 and resolving their dispute.