 Kunyange zvazvo iyi Hondo yeRusso-Persian yakanga iri munzira dzakawanda kupfuurira kwokurwisana nokuda kwechiremera muTranscaucasia inodzokera shure kunguva yaPeter Mukuru naNader Shah, yakasiyana nokurwisana kwakapfuura pakati pePersia neRussia mukuti nzira yayo yakasvika pakukanganiswa zvikuru nekutaurirana kwezvematongerwe enyika kwemasimba eEurope mukati menguva yaNapoleon sezvakaitika munhandare yehondo. Pashure pokunge vaRussia vatora maKhanate akasiyana-siyana, Fath Ali Shah, akanga asina mari uye achida kuwana mubatsiri, akanga akumbira rutsigiro rweBritain kare muna December 1804. Zvisinei, muna 1805, Russia neBritain dzakabatana muThird Coalition kurwisa France, izvo zvaireva kuti Britain yakanga isiri mumamiriro ezvinhu okurima kubatana kwayo kwePersia pamutengo weRussia uye yakaona zvakakodzera kunzvenga zvikumbiro zvinodzokororwa kubva kuna shah kuti abatsirwe. Sezvakataurwa nomumiriri weBritain muUmambo hweOttoman, Charles Arbuthnot, muna August 1806, kuti, Kuti tifadze Mambo weRussia, takarasira kure pesvedzero yedu yose muPersia. Izvi zvakazarura suo rokuti France ishandise Persia kutyisidzira fariro dzeRussia neBritain. Achitarisira kuumba mubatanidzwa wemativi matatu weFrance, Humambo hweOttoman, nePersia, Napoleon akatumira nhume dzakasiyana siyana kuPersia, kunyanya Pierre Jaubert naClaude Mathieu de Gardane, avo vaive nehunyanzvi hwekudyidzana hwekudyidzana hwakaguma muChibvumirano cheFinckenstein, chakasainwa musi wa4 Chivabvu 1807, pasi pazvo France yakaziva zvirevo zvePersia kuGeorgia uye yakavimbisa rubatsiro mukudzidzisa nekushongedza uto rePersia. Mwedzi miviri chete gare gare, zvisinei, Napoleon naAlexander I vakabvumirana kuti vagadzirise hondo ndokusaina Chibvumirano cheTilsit 7 Chikunguru 1807, icho chakaita kuti zvibvumirano zveFrance kuPersia zvisagadzirisike, kunyangwe hazvo basa reFrance rakaramba richipa rubatsiro rwemauto uye rakaedza kuyananisa neRussia. Kuedza kweFrance kwakakundikana, zvichiita kuti Gudovich atangezve kukomba Erevan muna 1808. 