| Conflict: | Capture of Yerevan |
| Partof: | the Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) |
| Place: | Yerevan, Iran (now Armenia) |
| Coordinates: | 40.1833°N 75°W |
| Date: | 1 October 1827 |
| Result: | Russian victory |
| Combatant1: | Russian Empire |
| Combatant2: | Qajar Persia |
| Commander1: | Ivan Paskevich Roman Bagration |
| Commander2: | Abbas Mirza Hossein Khan Sardar |
| Strength1: | 8,600 |
| Strength2: | 6,000–7,000 |
| Casualties1: | 1 officer and 8 soldiers killed; 2 officers and 44 soldiers wounded |
| Casualties2: | 4,000 prisoners |
The capture of Erivan (or Erevan/Yerevan; Persian: فتح ایروان|translit=Fath e Iravān; Russian: Взятие Эривани|translit=Vzyatie Ėrivani) took place on 1 October 1827, during the Russo-Persian War of 1826–28. The city fell to the Russians after being besieged for a week and opened up the path for the eventual capture of Tabriz, the second largest city in Iran and an important trading post.[1]
When word reached Paskevich he abandoned any plans to move south and returned to Echmiadzin (5 September). Moving east he captured the fort of Serdar-Abad from the Persians and on 23 September appeared before the walls of Yerevan. Much of the siege work was directed by Pushchin [ru], a former engineer officer who had been reduced to the ranks for involvement with the Decembrists. When the place fell he was promoted to non-commissioned officer. Yerevan fell on 14 October. 4000 prisoners and 49 guns were taken and the Yerevan Khanate became a Russian province.
As a result of the capture of Tabriz, the Shah Fath-Ali Shah Qajar sued for peace which resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Turkmenchay in 1828. Under the treaty, the Erivan Khanate (present-day Armenia) and Nakhichevan Khanate (present-day Azerbaijan) were ceded to the Russian Empire.[2]