Erivan Governorate

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

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Established1850
Abolished1917
Political status
Region 		Governorate
Caucasus
Area
Area
- Rank		 27,830 verst²
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Population (1897 census)
Population
- Rank
- Density
- Urban
- Rural		 829,556 inhabitants
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29.8 inhab. / verst²
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Government
First Head
Last Head 		n/a
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Erivan Governorate (Old Russian: Эриванская губернія; Armenian: Երևանի նահանգ) 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 Nakhchivan exclave. At the end of the 19th century it bordered with Persia, Ottoman Empire, Elisabethpol Governorate, Tiflis Governorate, and Kars Oblast.

In 1828, the khanates of Erivan and the Nakhchivan were annexed from Persia by 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. Louis Joseph Jérôme Napoléon (1864–1932), grandnephew of Napoleon I, was made governor in 1905 to help calm the governorate after the Armenian-Tatar conflicts.[2]

Administrative division

Erivan Governorate consisted of the following uyezds:

№ Uyezd Uyezd town Area, km2 Population (1897)
1 Alexandrapol Alexandrapol 3,759.8 168,435
2 Nakhichevan Nakhichevan 3,858.8 86,878
3 Novo-Bayazet Novo-Bayazet 6,123.8 112,111
4 Surmalu Igdir 3,245.0 88,844
5 Sharur-Daralagyoz Sharur 2,972.3 76,551
6 Erivan Erivan 3,032.0 127,072
7 Echmiadzin Echmiadzin 3,858.0 124,643

Demographics

According to the Russian census of 1897, the Erivan Governorate had 829,556 inhabitants.[3] 56% of the governorate's population was Armenian, 37.5% was Azerbaijanis (referred to as Azerbaijani Tatars in the 1897 census).[4] The Azerbaijanis 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.[3]

Ethnic groups in 1897

Ethnic groups in Erivan Governorate according to 1897 Russian census.[5]

Uyezd Armenians Azerbaijani Kurds Russians Assyrians
TOTAL 53,2% 37,8% 6,0% 1,6% ...
Alexandropol 85,5% 4,7% 3,0% 3,4% ...
Nakhichevan 34,4% 63,7% ... ... ...
Novo-Bayazet 66,3% 28,3% 2,4% 2,2% ...
Surmalu 30,4% 46,5% 21,4% ... ...
Sharur-Daralagyoz 27,1% 67,4% 4,9% ... ...
Erivan 38,5% 51,4% 5,4% 2,0% 1,5%
Etchmiadzin 62,4% 29,0% 7,8% ... ...

Governors

List of the governors of Erivan Governorate.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopædia. Erivan Governorate
  2. ↑ "La Famille impériale" (in French). Archived from the original on 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  3. 1 2 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopædia. Erivan Governorate – additional information to the article
  4. ↑ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: Erivan Governorate
  5. ↑ Демоскоп Weekly - Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам. Российской Империи кроме губерний Европейской России
  6. ↑ РЕСПУБЛИКА АРМЕНИЯ

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Coordinates: 40°11′00″N 44°31′00″E / 40.1833°N 44.5167°E / 40.1833; 44.5167

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