Kars Oblast

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former administrative division oblast of the Russian Empire

Kars Oblast was a former administrative region of the Russian Empire in the South Caucasus, centered on the city of Kars in what is now northeastern Turkey.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Kars 3
Kars Province 1
Kars region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division ⓘ
oblast of the Russian Empire ⓘ
administrativeCenter Kars Oblast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kars
borderedBy Guria ⓘ
surface form: Batumi Oblast

Erivan Governorate ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Tiflis Governorate ⓘ
capital Kars Oblast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kars
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
establishedAfter Treaty of San Stefano ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of Berlin (1878)

Treaty of San Stefano ⓘ
ethnicComposition Armenians ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Russians ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
governingAuthority Imperial Russian administrative system ⓘ
surface form: Tsarist Russian administration
historicalRegion Kars Oblast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kars region
historyEvent annexation of Kars region by the Russian Empire in 1878 ⓘ
includedCity Kars Oblast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kars
includedTown Ardahan ⓘ
Kagizman ⓘ
Oltu ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Russian ⓘ
locatedInContinent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
locatedInPresentDayRegion northeastern Turkey ⓘ
locatedInPresentDayTerritory Turkey ⓘ
locatedInRegion South Caucasus ⓘ
militaryFeature fortified city of Kars ⓘ
partOf Caucasus Viceroyalty ⓘ
religiousCommunities Armenian Apostolic Christians ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Christians ⓘ
Sunni Muslims ⓘ
startTime 1878 ⓘ
strategicImportance border fortress region against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
successor Democratic Republic of Georgia control over parts of the territory ⓘ
First Republic of Armenia control over parts of the territory ⓘ
Turkish national movement control over parts of the territory ⓘ
timeZoneDuringExistence Saint Petersburg time (approximate) ⓘ
todayPartOf Ardahan ⓘ
surface form: Ardahan Province

Erzurum Province ⓘ
Kars Oblast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kars Province
usedAlphabetInAdministration Cyrillic script ⓘ
usedCurrency Russian ruble ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kars Oblast → administrativeCenter → Kars Oblast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kars
Alexandropol uezd → borderedBy → Kars Oblast ⓘ
Elisavetpol Governorate → borderedBy → Kars Oblast ⓘ
Erivan uezd → borderedBy → Kars Oblast ⓘ
Novo-Bayazet uezd → borderedBy → Kars Oblast ⓘ
Surmalu uezd → borderedBy → Kars Oblast ⓘ
Tiflis Governorate → borderedBy → Kars Oblast ⓘ
Erivan Governorate → borders → Kars Oblast ⓘ
Kars Oblast → capital → Kars Oblast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kars
Kagizman → countrySubdivision → Kars Oblast ⓘ
this entity surface form: province of Kars
Kagizman → formerAdministrativeUnit → Kars Oblast ⓘ
Caucasus Viceroyalty → hasPart → Kars Oblast ⓘ
Kars Oblast → historicalRegion → Kars Oblast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kars region
Kars Oblast → includedCity → Kars Oblast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kars
Kagizman → partOf → Kars Oblast ⓘ
this entity surface form: former Kars Oblast
Laz people → region → Kars Oblast ⓘ
this entity surface form: northeastern Turkey
Kars Oblast → todayPartOf → Kars Oblast self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kars Province