Treaty of Turkmenchay · Ahdnameh-ye Torkamanchay

Culture of origin: Iranian · Historical

Holiday sources: Azerbaijani · Iran · Talysh

Signed in the village of Torkamanchay between Tabriz and Tehran, the treaty ended the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828 and was imposed after a Russian victory: General Ivan Paskievich threatened to occupy Tehran within five days unless it was signed. Iran ceded the Erivan and Nakhchivan khanates and the rest of Talysh, the border was set at the Aras River, and Iran paid 20 million silver rubles, lost its navigation rights on the Caspian and granted capitulation rights to Russian subjects.