Caucasian troops of the Russian army during the Russian-Turkish and Russian-Persian wars

Abstract

The article examines the losses of the Caucasian troops of the Russian army during the Russian-Turkish and Russian-Persian wars in the 19th century. Attention is paid to the chronology of events,
the active periods of hostilities, as well as to the identification of the average daily losses of the Russian army
in the Caucasian theater of operations.
As a source, the authors used the “The collection of information on the losses of the Caucasian troops
during the wars of the Caucasus-Gory, Persian, Turkish and in the Trans-Caspian region”, which was
published in Tiflis in 1901. It was prepared by employees of the military-historical department of the
headquarters of the Caucasian Military District, its compiler was A.L. Gisetti. The materials presented in the
collection cover the period of the Caucasian War of 1801-1864, the Russian-Persian and Russian-Turkish
wars in the XIX century, as well as the campaigns of the Russian army in Central Asia.