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'Erivan Governorate' (Old Russian: ''Эриванская губернія'') was one of the ''guberniyas'' of the Russian Empire, with its centre in Erivan (present-day Yerevan). Its area was 29,929 sq. kilometres. ^[1]. It roughly corresponded to what is now most of central Armenia, the Iğdır Province of Turkey, and Azerbaijan's Nakhichevan exclave. By 1897, there were 918,800 inhabitants. ^[2]
In 1828, the khanates of Erivan and the Nakhchivan became part of the Russian Empire in accordance with the Treaty of Turkmenchay. They were included into a single administrative unit named Armenian oblast. In 1850, the oblast was reorganized into a governorate and by 1872 it consisted of 7 uyezds. In 1918, most of Erivan Governorate became part of the Democratic Republic of Armenia.

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Administrative division

Demographics

References

See also

Administrative division

Erivan Governorate consisted of the following uyezds:

★ Erivan

★ Alexandropol

★ Nakhichevan

★ Echmiadzin

★ Novobayazet

★ Surmali (also known as Surmalu)

★ Sharur-Daralagyoz

Demographics

According to the Russian census of 1897, the majority of the governorate's population were Armenians (53%) and Tatars (38%). ^[3] Tatars constituted ethnic majority in Erivan, Nakhichevan, Sharur-Daralagyoz, and Surmali , whereas the other three uyezds were predominantly Armenian. Ethnic minorities were made up of Kurds (5.9%) and Russians (2.1%).

References

1. http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/brokminor/article/17/17897.html?text=%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%20%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopædia - Erivan Governorate
2. http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/brokminor/article/17/17897.html?text=%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%20%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopædia
3. "53% of Armenians, 38% of Tatars", see http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/brokminor/article/17/17897.html?text=%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%20%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopædia

See also

★ Russian Armenia

★ Armenian oblast