Pavel Tsitsianov
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Prince Pavel Dmitriyevich Tsitsianov was a Russian general of Georgian noble origin who played a prominent role in the Russian conquest of the South Caucasus. He served as the commander-in-chief in th
Portrait by Salvatore Tonci
Tsitsianov in his younger years
Pavel's younger brother Mikhail
Tsitsianov's fiery character is mentioned in a laudatory passage in Pushkin's romantic poem The Prisoner of the Caucasus.
The Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813 was one of the many wars between the Persian Empire and Imperial Russia, and, like many of their other conflicts, began as a territorial dispute. The new Persian kin
Pavel Tsitsianov
…the Russian conquest of the South Caucasus. He served as the commander-in-chief in the Caucasus from 1802 to 1806 and commanded Russian forces in the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813 until his assassination near Baku in 1806. Born in Moscow to a Georgian noble family that had lived in Russia for two generations, he entered military…
This painting by Franz Roubaud illustrates an episode near the Askerna river where the Russians managed to repel attacks by a larger Persian army for two weeks. They made a "living bridge", so that two cannons could be transported over their bodies.
Illustration of the siege of Ganja Fortress in 1804 by Russian forces led by General Pavel Tsitsianov
The Iranian Envoy Mirza Mohammad-Reza Qazvini meeting with Napoleon I at the Finckenstein Palace, 27 April 1807, to sign the Treaty of Finckenstein.
Askar Khan Afshar received by Napoleon I at Saint Cloud 4 September 1808 by Benjamin Zix