Armenian Oblast

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The Armenian Oblast was a 19th-century administrative region of the Russian Empire established after the Russo-Persian War, encompassing much of Eastern Armenia before its reorganization into the Erivan Governorate.


Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
oblast of the Russian Empire
administrativeCenter Erivan Governorate
surface form: "Erivan"
alternativeName Armenian Province
Armenian Oblast
surface form: "Armianskaia oblast"
borderedBy Ottoman Empire
Persia
surface form: "Persian Empire"
capital Erivan Governorate
surface form: "Erivan"
contains Alexandropol uezd
surface form: "Alexandropol region"

Erivan Governorate
surface form: "Erivan"

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
surface form: "Nakhichevan"
country Russian Empire
dissolvedIn 1840
endTime 1840
establishedAfter Russo-Persian War 1826–1828
surface form: "Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)"

Treaty of Turkmenchay
ethnicMajority Armenians
ethnicMinority Azərbaycanlılar
surface form: "Azeris"

Kurds
governingEmpire Russian Empire
hasGovernmentType imperial provincial administration
historicalEra 19th century
languageOfAdministration Armenian language
surface form: "Armenian"

Russian
legalBasis Treaty of Turkmenchay
locatedIn Armenian Oblast
surface form: "Eastern Armenia"

South Caucasus
South Caucasus
surface form: "Transcaucasia"
mapCaption Location of the Armenian Oblast within the Russian Empire
namedAfter Armenia
partOf Caucasus Viceroyalty
partOfConflictOutcome Russo-Persian War 1826–1828
surface form: "Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)"
partOfHistoricalRegion Armenia
precededBy Erivan Governorate
surface form: "Erivan Khanate"

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
surface form: "Nakhichevan Khanate"
presentInTerritoryOf Armenia
Azerbaijan
Turkey
religionMajority Armenian Apostolic Church
reorganizedInto Erivan Governorate
startTime 1828
succeededBy Erivan Governorate
timeZone UTC+3 (approximate historical)

Referenced by (8)

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

Armenian Oblast alternativeName Armenian Oblast
this entity surface form: "Armianskaia oblast"
Armenian Highlands ancientRegionIncludes Armenian Oblast
this entity surface form: "Armenia Major"
Surmalu uezd borderedBy Armenian Oblast
this entity surface form: "Etchmiadzin uezd"
Erivan uezd historicalRegion Armenian Oblast
this entity surface form: "Eastern Armenia"
Novo-Bayazet uezd historicalRegion Armenian Oblast
this entity surface form: "Eastern Armenia"
Armenian Oblast locatedIn Armenian Oblast
this entity surface form: "Eastern Armenia"
Lake Sevan locatedIn Armenian Oblast
this entity surface form: "eastern Armenia"
Erivan Governorate predecessor Armenian Oblast