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The '''Siege of Erivan''' took place from October to November 1808, during the [[Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)|Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813]]. As in [[Siege of Erivan (1804)|1804]], the Iranians successfully defended the city and forced the Russians to withdraw.{{sfn|Cronin|2013|page=58}}{{sfn|Kettenhofen|Bournoutian|Hewsen|1998|pages=542-551}}
The Russian campaign, launched late in the season and poorly conceived, failed after a six-week siege of the Iranian [[Erivan Fortress|fortress of Erivan]].{{sfn|Mikaberidze|2020|page=438}} The Russians lost almost 1,000 men.{{sfn|Mikaberidze|2020|page=438}}
Russian Field Marshal [[Ivan Gudovich]] tried to excuse his defeat by claiming that French military officers had helped the Iranians, but Gudovich's superiors, as modern historian [[Alexander Mikaberidze]] explains, "knew better".{{sfn|Mikaberidze|2020|page=438}} Tsar [[Alexander I of Russia|Alexander I]] was severely dissatisfied; when he heard about Gudovich's failure, he named his expedition as "stupid", and without any sort of compassion, sent him into retirement.{{sfn|Atkin|1980|page=77}}
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