battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Oshakan

Name: Battle of Oshakan
Location: Oshakan, Armenia

Battle of Oshakan was a battle fought in 1827 at Oshakan, in what is now Armenia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Oshakan. It was part of the Russo-Persian War of 1826–28, which ran from 1826 to 1828. The recorded result: Persian victory. Recorded strength: 2,300–3,000 men; 12 guns; Persian sources: 6,000–8,000 against 30,000 men; 22–24 guns.

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Fought1827

WhereOshakan, Armenia40.300N, 44.400E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePersian victory

BelligerentsRussian Empire; Armenian volunteersagainstQajar Iran; 20px Erivan Khanate

Part ofRusso-Persian War of 1826–281826 to 1828

Where it sits in the Russo-Persian War of 1826–28

6 placed engagements of the Russo-Persian War of 1826–28 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1827 (year precision)
Place	Oshakan, Armenia 40.300N, 44.400E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Territorial change	Persian army lifting of the siege of the Echmiadzin Monastery and refuses to invade Georgian Governorate
Strength	2,300–3,000 men; 12 guns; Persian sources: 6,000–8,000	30,000 men; 22–24 guns
Casualties and losses	24 officers; 1,130 lower ranks; all provisions; Persian data: 3,200 men and 6 guns; there are other data	3,000–3,500 men; according to Persian data: 1,000 men
Commanders	Afanasy Ivanovich Krasovsky	Abbas Mirza Hossein Khan Sardar

Placed at Oshakan; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Capture of Erivan 1827, 16 km SE
Siege of Erivan 1804, 16 km SE
Siege of Erivan 1808, 16 km SE
Siege of Yerevan 1603, 16 km SE
Siege of Erivan 1616, 16 km SE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Javad 26 October 1826
After: Siege of Abbasabad 13 July 1827
All 6 engagements of Russo-Persian War of 1826–28

Elsewhere in 1827

Battle of Oshakan is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 52 in present-day Armenia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4340762, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Oshakan, revision 1384630514, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.