Question

A leader best known for fighting this empire was executed by it after being captured by a different power in the Siege of Anapa. A military campaign by this empire was launched to avenge the loss of some of its merchants in an attack by Hadji Dawud. A treaty heavily favoring this empire followed a conflict that ended with a Siege of Lankaran. The Treaty of (15[1])Ganja reversed the territorial (-5[1])gains that this empire acquired in a previous conflict. (15[1])(*) Erekle II made his country a protectorate of (10[1])this empire, which required this empire to belatedly respond to an invasion with the 1796 Siege of (10[1])Derbent. (-5[1])Though the drowning of a Persian princess is likely a fabrication, Baku was attacked by a rebel against this empire, (10[1])Stenka (10[1])Razin. (10[1])For 10 points, name this empire that competed with the Ottoman and Qajar Empires for influence over the Caucasus. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Russia [or Russian Empire, Imperial Russia, or Rossiyskaya Imperiya]
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%22%22%111.00

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Nick JensenThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubQuasicrystal Silence8610
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Cole HartungI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too12610
Conor Thompson[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?BHSU14610
Ned TagtmeierIn Search of Things PastHang et al., Robert Browning14610