Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Storming of Lankaran (Persian: یورش به لنکران — Yuresh be Lankaran; Russian: Штурм Ленкорани) took place on 1 January 1813 as part of the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813). It was noted for its bitterness and cruelty.After a five-days long Russian siege and shelling, which, thanks to the British erected fortifications on the Persian side, and also after the proud refusal of surrender by the Persian commander in power in Lankaran, commander Sadiq Khan, the Russian army led by general Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, despite numerical Persian superiority, stormed Lankaran's citadel. Suffering heavy losses in the siege during which most of the officers and non-commissioned officers were killed, the Russians managed eventually in successfully besieging Lankaran's Qajar Persian fortress, ending the storming and by that had taken Lankaran.After having taken the fortress, all survivors were murdered by the Russians and none were taken captive. Kotlyarevsky himself became heavily injured during the siege after which he couldn't participate anymore, while Sadiq Khan, the Persian commander, was killed during the storming of the fortress. Of the besieging Russian 17th Jaeger regiment consisting of 296 people only 74 of them survived the battle."@en }
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- Storming_of_Lankaran abstract "The Storming of Lankaran (Persian: یورش به لنکران — Yuresh be Lankaran; Russian: Штурм Ленкорани) took place on 1 January 1813 as part of the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813). It was noted for its bitterness and cruelty.After a five-days long Russian siege and shelling, which, thanks to the British erected fortifications on the Persian side, and also after the proud refusal of surrender by the Persian commander in power in Lankaran, commander Sadiq Khan, the Russian army led by general Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, despite numerical Persian superiority, stormed Lankaran's citadel. Suffering heavy losses in the siege during which most of the officers and non-commissioned officers were killed, the Russians managed eventually in successfully besieging Lankaran's Qajar Persian fortress, ending the storming and by that had taken Lankaran.After having taken the fortress, all survivors were murdered by the Russians and none were taken captive. Kotlyarevsky himself became heavily injured during the siege after which he couldn't participate anymore, while Sadiq Khan, the Persian commander, was killed during the storming of the fortress. Of the besieging Russian 17th Jaeger regiment consisting of 296 people only 74 of them survived the battle.".
- Q20820893 abstract "The Storming of Lankaran (Persian: یورش به لنکران — Yuresh be Lankaran; Russian: Штурм Ленкорани) took place on 1 January 1813 as part of the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813). It was noted for its bitterness and cruelty.After a five-days long Russian siege and shelling, which, thanks to the British erected fortifications on the Persian side, and also after the proud refusal of surrender by the Persian commander in power in Lankaran, commander Sadiq Khan, the Russian army led by general Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, despite numerical Persian superiority, stormed Lankaran's citadel. Suffering heavy losses in the siege during which most of the officers and non-commissioned officers were killed, the Russians managed eventually in successfully besieging Lankaran's Qajar Persian fortress, ending the storming and by that had taken Lankaran.After having taken the fortress, all survivors were murdered by the Russians and none were taken captive. Kotlyarevsky himself became heavily injured during the siege after which he couldn't participate anymore, while Sadiq Khan, the Persian commander, was killed during the storming of the fortress. Of the besieging Russian 17th Jaeger regiment consisting of 296 people only 74 of them survived the battle.".