Erivan Governorate

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Erivan Governorate (English) Эриванская губерния (Modern Russian) Эриванская губернія (Pre-1918 Russian)

Coat of Arms
Coat of arms of the Erivan Governorate
Established	1850
Abolished	1917
Political status Region	Governorate Caucasus
Area
Area - Rank	27,830 verst² n/a
Population (1897 census)
Population - Rank - Density - Urban - Rural	829,556 inhabitants n/a 29.8 inhab. / verst² n/a n/a
Government
First Head Last Head	n/a n/a

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.

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 the 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.

1 Administrative division
2 Demographics
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Administrative division

Erivan Governorate consisted of the following uyezds:

[edit] Demographics

According to the Russian census of 1897, the Erivan Governorate had 829,556 inhabitants.^[2] and the majority of the governorate's population was Armenian (56%) or 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]