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Capture of Akhalzic

Russia · Warfare / Russia-Turkey War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1829

Ivan Paskevich27 June 1829

Akhalzic · Warfare / Russia-Turkey War

Ivan Paskevich, operating on the Caucasian front, took Akhalzic, Erivan, and Kars and, accompanied by the poet Alexander Pushkin, seized Erzerum in north-eastern Anatolia, thus marking the 120th anniversary of the Poltava

Names involved

Ivan Paskevich

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