Polity Quba Khanate (Russia)

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During one of the Russian military expedition into Caucasus by Pavel Tsitsianov in 1803-1806, the Khanate became Russian vassal.

Establishment

  • March 1806: On 8 February 1806 Russian General Pavel Tsitsianov was murdered while accepting the surrender of Baku. He was succeeded by General Karl Heinrich von Knorring, who led the Russian forces to take control of the Baku Khanate and other territories in the region.

Chronology

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1. Russo-Persian Wars

Were a series of wars between Persia and Russia in the period 1651-1828.

1.1. Russo-Persian War (1804-13)

Was a war between the Russian Empire and Qajar Persia over territorial disputes in the Caucasus.

  • March 1806: On 8 February 1806 Russian General Pavel Tsitsianov was murdered while accepting the surrender of Baku. He was succeeded by General Karl Heinrich von Knorring, who led the Russian forces to take control of the Baku Khanate and other territories in the region.

2. Caucasian War

Was a series of Russian military expeditions into northern Caucasus that resulted in the inglobation of this region in the Russian Empire.

  • January 1831: From 1818 to 1830, the Russian army under Ermolov and his successor as viceroy and field marshal, Count Paskevich, succeeded in taking eastern Dagestan.

Disestablishment

  • January 1847: The Quba Khanate was fully incorporated into newly created Shamakha Governorate by 1846.