Capture of Yerevan 1827
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The Capture of Yerevan in 1827 was a decisive Russian military victory over Qajar Persia that led to the fall of a key fortress city in the South Caucasus and helped secure Russian dominance in the region.
All labels observed (1)
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| Capture of Yerevan 1827 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9738051 — 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: Capture of Yerevan 1827 Context triple: [Russo-Persian War 1826–1828, significantEvent, Capture of Yerevan 1827]
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A.
Battle of Echmiadzin (1804)
The Battle of Echmiadzin (1804) was an early engagement between Imperial Russian and Persian forces near the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church during the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813.
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B.
Battle of Sardarabad
The Battle of Sardarabad was a crucial 1918 military engagement in which Armenian forces halted the advance of the Ottoman army, preventing the possible destruction of the Armenian nation and enabling the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia.
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C.
Sasun resistance of 1894
The Sasun resistance of 1894 was an Armenian uprising in the Ottoman Empire in which local Armenians armed themselves against oppressive taxation and abuses, provoking a brutal crackdown that helped trigger the wider Hamidian massacres.
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D.
Battle of Erzurum (1877–1878)
The Battle of Erzurum (1877–1878) was a major engagement on the Caucasian front of the Russo-Turkish War in which Russian forces besieged and captured the strategically important Ottoman fortress city of Erzurum.
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E.
Battle of Qarabagh
The Battle of Qarabagh was a 1469 conflict in which the Timurid ruler Abu Sa'id Mirza was decisively defeated and captured by the Aq Qoyunlu leader Uzun Hasan, marking a major turning point in the power struggle over Iran and the Caucasus.
- 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: Capture of Yerevan 1827 Target entity description: The Capture of Yerevan in 1827 was a decisive Russian military victory over Qajar Persia that led to the fall of a key fortress city in the South Caucasus and helped secure Russian dominance in the region.
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A.
Battle of Echmiadzin (1804)
The Battle of Echmiadzin (1804) was an early engagement between Imperial Russian and Persian forces near the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church during the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813.
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B.
Battle of Sardarabad
The Battle of Sardarabad was a crucial 1918 military engagement in which Armenian forces halted the advance of the Ottoman army, preventing the possible destruction of the Armenian nation and enabling the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia.
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C.
Sasun resistance of 1894
The Sasun resistance of 1894 was an Armenian uprising in the Ottoman Empire in which local Armenians armed themselves against oppressive taxation and abuses, provoking a brutal crackdown that helped trigger the wider Hamidian massacres.
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D.
Battle of Erzurum (1877–1878)
The Battle of Erzurum (1877–1878) was a major engagement on the Caucasian front of the Russo-Turkish War in which Russian forces besieged and captured the strategically important Ottoman fortress city of Erzurum.
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E.
Battle of Qarabagh
The Battle of Qarabagh was a 1469 conflict in which the Timurid ruler Abu Sa'id Mirza was decisively defeated and captured by the Aq Qoyunlu leader Uzun Hasan, marking a major turning point in the power struggle over Iran and the Caucasus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military operation ⓘ siege ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Qajar Iran
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| captured |
Yerevan fortress
ⓘ
linked to:
fortress of Erebuni
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| category |
Battles involving Qajar Iran
ⓘ
Battles involving Russia ⓘ History of Yerevan ⓘ Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) battles ⓘ
linked to:
Russo-Persian War 1826–1828
|
| combatant |
Qajar Persian forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Qajar Persian Army
Russian Imperial Army ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Russian Army
|
| commander |
Alexander Pushchin
ⓘ
Hussein Khan Sardar ⓘ Ivan Paskevich ⓘ |
| conflictIn |
Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)
ⓘ
linked to:
Russo-Persian War 1826–1828
|
| consequence |
cession of Erivan Khanate to the Russian Empire
ⓘ
incorporation of Eastern Armenia into the Russian Empire ⓘ weakening of Qajar influence in the Caucasus ⓘ |
| countryAtTime |
Qajar Iran
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| date | 1827-10-01 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1827-10-01 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Eastern Armenia
ⓘ
linked to:
eastern Armenia
|
| location |
Erivan Khanate
ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ Yerevan ⓘ
linked to:
Yerevan, Armenia
|
| opponent | Erivan Khanate ⓘ |
| partOf |
Russian conquest of the South Caucasus
ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Empire in the Caucasus
expansion of the Russian Empire in the Caucasus ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Abbasabad (1827) ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Treaty of Gulistan
ⓘ
Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ |
| result | Russian victory ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive Russian military victory over Qajar Persia
ⓘ
led to collapse of Qajar control over Erivan Khanate ⓘ secured Russian dominance in the South Caucasus ⓘ |
| startDate | 1827-09-23 ⓘ |
| tookPlaceDuring |
reign of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
ⓘ
reign of Nicholas I of Russia ⓘ |
| typeOfConflict | siege warfare ⓘ |
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