Russo-Persian War (1796)
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The Russo-Persian War (1796) was a brief late-18th-century conflict in which the Russian Empire launched a military campaign into Persian-held territories in the Caucasus to expand its regional influence.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Russo-Persian War (1796) canonical | 3 |
| Persian Expedition of 1796 | 1 |
| Persian campaign against Tbilisi in 1795 | 1 |
| Russo-Persian War 1796 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7977998 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russo-Persian War (1796) Context triple: [Levin August von Bennigsen, participatedIn, Russo-Persian War (1796)]
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A.
Russo-Persian War 1804–1813
The Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813 was a major conflict between the Russian Empire and Qajar Iran in the Caucasus that ended with Iran’s defeat and the cession of significant territories to Russia under the Treaty of Gulistan.
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B.
Russo-Persian War 1826–1828
The Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828 was a conflict between the Russian Empire and Qajar Iran that ended in a decisive Russian victory and significant territorial losses for Iran in the South Caucasus.
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C.
Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)
The Russo-Persian War (1722–1723) was a short conflict in which Peter the Great’s Russia seized territories along the western and southern Caspian Sea from Safavid Persia, expanding Russian influence in the Caucasus and northern Iran.
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D.
Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
The Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) was a late 18th-century conflict between the Russian and Ottoman Empires that furthered Russian expansion and influence around the Black Sea and weakened Ottoman control in the region.
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E.
Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
The Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) was a military conflict between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire over influence in the Balkans and control of strategic territories along the Black Sea, culminating in Russian gains formalized by the Treaty of Bucharest.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russo-Persian War (1796) Target entity description: The Russo-Persian War (1796) was a brief late-18th-century conflict in which the Russian Empire launched a military campaign into Persian-held territories in the Caucasus to expand its regional influence.
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A.
Russo-Persian War 1804–1813
The Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813 was a major conflict between the Russian Empire and Qajar Iran in the Caucasus that ended with Iran’s defeat and the cession of significant territories to Russia under the Treaty of Gulistan.
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B.
Russo-Persian War 1826–1828
The Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828 was a conflict between the Russian Empire and Qajar Iran that ended in a decisive Russian victory and significant territorial losses for Iran in the South Caucasus.
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C.
Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)
The Russo-Persian War (1722–1723) was a short conflict in which Peter the Great’s Russia seized territories along the western and southern Caspian Sea from Safavid Persia, expanding Russian influence in the Caucasus and northern Iran.
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D.
Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
The Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) was a late 18th-century conflict between the Russian and Ottoman Empires that furthered Russian expansion and influence around the Black Sea and weakened Ottoman control in the region.
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E.
Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
The Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) was a military conflict between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire over influence in the Balkans and control of strategic territories along the Black Sea, culminating in Russian gains formalized by the Treaty of Bucharest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russo-Persian War
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military conflict ⓘ war ⓘ |
| aimOf |
securing Russian protectorate over eastern Georgia
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weakening Persian control over the Caucasian khanates ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Catherine’s Persian Expedition
ⓘ
Persian Expedition of 1796 ⓘ
linked to:
Russo-Persian War (1796)
|
| belligerent |
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
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Qajar Iran ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Qajar Iran
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| context |
Russian expansion in the Caucasus
ⓘ
rise of the Qajar dynasty in Iran ⓘ |
| endedBy |
accession of Paul I of Russia
ⓘ
order of Paul I to recall Russian troops from the Caucasus ⓘ |
| endTime |
1796
ⓘ
1796-10 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)
ⓘ
linked to:
Russo-Persian War 1804–1813
|
| hasCause |
Persian attempts to reassert control over eastern Georgia
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Russian attempt to expand influence in the Caucasus ⓘ Russian desire to secure Georgian territories ⓘ |
| hasCommander |
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar
ⓘ
Count Ivan Gudovich ⓘ Valerian Zubov ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | temporary Russian occupation of parts of Dagestan and Azerbaijan ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar
ⓘ
Catherine II of Russia ⓘ |
| initiatedBy | Catherine II of Russia ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Caucasus
ⓘ
Dagestan ⓘ eastern Georgia ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Georgia
northern Azerbaijan ⓘ |
| opponent |
Qajar dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Qajar Iran
|
| partOf |
Russo-Persian wars
ⓘ
linked to:
Russo-Persian conflicts
history of Iran ⓘ history of Russia ⓘ history of the Caucasus ⓘ |
| precededBy | Russo-Persian War (1768–1774) ⓘ |
| result |
Russian withdrawal after death of Catherine II
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status quo ante bellum in territorial control ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Russian advance toward Baku
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Russian capture of Derbent ⓘ Russian capture of Quba ⓘ |
| startTime | 1796-04 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| triggeredBy |
Persian campaign against Tbilisi in 1795
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linked to:
Russo-Persian War (1796)
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Russo-Persian War (1796) Description of subject: The Russo-Persian War (1796) was a brief late-18th-century conflict in which the Russian Empire launched a military campaign into Persian-held territories in the Caucasus to expand its regional influence.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Bennigsen
linked to: Russo-Persian War (1796)
subject linked to:
General of Cavalry (Levin August von Bennigsen)
linked to: Russo-Persian War (1796)
linked to: Russo-Persian War (1796)