The Bogatyr battalion (; ) was a battalion made up of deserters from the Russian army formed in 19th-century Iran, primarily during and for a time after the era of the Russo-Iranian Wars.
Notable Commanders Abbas Mirza Mohammad Shah Qajar Samson Makintsev Yevstafii Skryplev
Sources
Батальон богатырей // Б (Blanc) порох — Бомба. — СПб.; [М.] : Тип. т-ва Ivan Sytin, 1911. — С. 412. — (Военная энциклопедия : [в 18 т.] / Под ред. В. Ф. Новицкого [и др.]; т. 4).
Kibovskii, Aleksandr. BAGADERAN" - RUSSIAN DESERTERS IN THE PERSIAN ARMY, 1802-1839. (From Tseikhgauz, No. 5, 1996.)