Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)

Russo-Persian War, 1722–1723, known in Russian historiography as the Persian campaign of Peter the Great,was a war between Russia and Persia, triggered by the tsar's attempt to expand Russian influence in the Caspian and Caucasus regions and to prevent its rival, Ottoman Empire, from territorial gains in the region at the expense of declining Safavid Iran. The Russian victory ratified for Safavid Irans' session of their territories in the Northern Caucasus, Southern Caucasus and contemporary Northern Iran to Russia, comprising the cities of Derbent and Baku and their nearby surrounding lands, as well as the provinces of Gilan, Shirvan, Mazandaran, and Astrabad confirms the Treaty of Saint Petersburg.

 

