Elisavetpol Governorate

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former administrative territorial entity governorate of the Russian Empire

Elisavetpol Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire in the South Caucasus, centered around the city of Ganja in what is now western Azerbaijan.

Aliases (4)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative territorial entity → governorate of the Russian Empire →
administrativeCenter	Elisavetpol → Ganja →
borderedBy	Baku Governorate → Dagestan Oblast → Kars Oblast → Persia → Tiflis Governorate → Yerevan Governorate →
capital	Elisavetpol → Ganja →
contains	Aresh uezd → Elisavetpol uezd → Jebrail uezd → Jevanshir uezd → Kazakh uezd → Shusha uezd → Zangezur uezd →
country	Russian Empire →
dissolvedBy	Soviet authorities →
establishedBy	Russian Empire →
ethnicGroup	Armenians → Azerbaijanis → Kurds → Russians →
governedBy	governor appointed by the Tsar →
locatedIn	Caucasus Viceroyalty → South Caucasus →
locatedInPresentDay	Azerbaijan → western Azerbaijan →
namedAfter	Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna →
officialLanguage	Russian →
partOf	Imperial Russian administrative system → Transcaucasian region of the Russian Empire →
predecessor	Elisavetpol uezd of Baku Governorate →
presentDayCityInTerritory	Ganja → Shusha →
presentDayRegionInTerritory	Ganja region of Azerbaijan → Karabakh region → Zangezur region →
religion	Armenian Apostolic Church → Islam → Russian Orthodoxy → Shia Islam → Sunni Islam →
successor	Azerbaijan Democratic Republic administrative divisions → Azerbaijan SSR administrative divisions →
timePeriod	early 20th century → late 19th century →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Baku Governorate → Jevanshir uezd ("Elisavetpol uezd") → Novo-Bayazet uezd ("Elizavetpol Governorate") → Tiflis Governorate → Zakatal Okrug →	borderedBy
Jebrail uezd → Jevanshir uezd → Shusha uezd → Zangezur uezd ("Elisabethpol Governorate") →	partOf
Erivan Governorate →	borders
Elisavetpol Governorate ("Elisavetpol uezd") →	contains
Caucasus Viceroyalty →	hasPart
Jevanshir uezd →	higherAdministrativeUnit
Elisavetpol →	locatedIn
Elisavetpol Governorate ("Elisavetpol uezd of Baku Governorate") →	predecessor
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic ("Elisabethpol Governorate") →	territoryIncludes