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According to the Russian census of [[1897]], the majority of the governorate's population was [[Armenian]] (56%) and [[Azerbaijani people|Azeri Tartar]] (37.5%)<ref>[http://gatchina3000.ru/brockhaus-and-efron-encyclopedic-dictionary/119/119474.htm Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: Erivan Governorate]</ref>. The Azeri Tartars were in a majority in the Erivan, Nakhichevan, Sharur-Daralagyoz, and Surmali districts; the other three uyezds were predominantly Armenian. Other ethnic minorities included [[Kurdish people|Kurds]] (5.9%), [[Russians]] (2.1%), as well as smaller numbers of Greeks, Georgians, Jews and Gypsies.<ref name="ai"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 20:35, 18 April 2008
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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 27,830 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 829,556 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.
Administrative division
Erivan Governorate consisted of the following uyezds:
- Erivan
- Alexandropol
- Nakhichevan
- Echmiadzin
- Novobayazet
- Sardarabad
- Surmali (also known as Surmalu)
- Sharur-Daralagyoz
Demographics
According to the Russian census of 1897, the majority of the governorate's population was Armenian (56%) and Azeri Tartar (37.5%)[3]. The Azeri Tartars were in a majority in the Erivan, Nakhichevan, Sharur-Daralagyoz, and Surmali districts; the other three uyezds were predominantly Armenian. Other ethnic minorities included Kurds (5.9%), Russians (2.1%), as well as smaller numbers of Greeks, Georgians, Jews and Gypsies.[2]
References
- ^ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopædia. Erivan Governorate
- ^ a b Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopædia. Erivan Governorate – additional information to the article
- ^ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: Erivan Governorate