Russian conquest of the Caucasus
December 18, 1800 – June 2, 1864
Result Russian victory
The Russian Empire annexed Georgia and then fought Persia, the Ottomans and the mountain peoples of the North Caucasus for decades. It ended with the defeat of Shamil's imamate and the expulsion of most Circassians.
Battles 2
1804 – October 24, 1813
Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)
Russian victory
North Caucasus
Alexander I of Russia, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Alexander Tormasov
1828 – 1829
Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)
Russian victory
Balkans
Nicholas I of Russia, Mahmud II, Ioannis Kapodistrias
Key commanders
Russian Empire 11
Nicholas I of Russia
belligerent leader
Ioannis Kapodistrias
belligerent leader
Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg
belligerent leader
Ivan Paskevich
belligerent leader
Aleksey Greig
military commander
Hans Karl von Diebitsch
military commander
Alexander I of Russia
belligerent leader
Alexander Tormasov
belligerent leader
Pavel Tsitsianov
military commander
Ivan Gudovich
military commander
Pyotr Kotlyarevsky
military commander
