 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakupera kwezana remakore rechi18, Tsarist Russia yakabva yatanga mutemo wakasimba zvikuru nechinangwa chokukunda Caucasus yose pamusana pePersia neOttoman Turkey. Muchirimo cha1796, nekuraira kwaYekaterina II, mauto aGeneral Valerian Zubov akatanga mushandirapamwe mukuru kurwisa Qajar Persia zvichitevera kupambwa kweTbilisiuye chinangwa chePersia chokudzorera utongi hwayo pamusoro peGeorgia neDagestan. Zubov akanga atumira varume 13 000 kuti vatore Baku, uye yakazokundwa pasina kumbokundwa. Musi wa13 June 1796, ngarava dzeRussia dzakapinda muBaku Bay, uye boka revarwi veRussia rakaiswa mukati meguta. Zvisinei, gare gare, Pavel I akarayira kumiswa kwehondo uye kubviswa kwemauto eRussia pashure porufu rwomutangiri wake, Catherine Mukuru. Muna March 1797, mauto aMambo akabva muBaku. 