Erivan Governorate

Infobox Russian governorate
EnglishName=Erivan Governorate
RussianName=Эриванская губерния
RussianOldName=Эриванская губернія
Locator

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CoatOfArmsLink=Coat of arms of the Erivan Governorate
AdmCtrName=Erivan (Yerevan)
FoundationDate=1850
AbolishmentDate=1917
PoliticalStatus=Governorate
PoliticalStatusLink=Guberniya
Region=Caucasus
Area= 27830
Population=829556
CensusYear=1897
GovAsOf=1917
HeadTitle=Governor
HeadName=Governor of Erivan|

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 [ [http://gatchina3000.ru/brockhaus-and-efron-encyclopedic-dictionary/119/119474.htm Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopædia] . Erivan Governorate] . 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. Louis Joseph Jérôme Napoléon (1864-1932), grandnephew of Napoleon I, was made governor in 1905 to help calm Armenian-Tatar conflicts in the governoratefr icon cite web|url=http://www.napoleontrois.fr/site/index.php?Famille-imperiale|title=La Famille impériale|accessdate=2008-07-21] . In 1918 most of Erivan Governorate became part of the Democratic Republic of Armenia.

Administrative division

Erivan Governorate consisted of the following uyezds:
*Erivan
*Alexandropol
*Nakhichevan
*Echmiadzin
*Novobayazet
*Sardarabad
*Surmali (also known as Surmalu)
*Sharur-Daralagyoz

Demographics

According to the Russian census of 1897, the Erivan Governorate had 829,556 inhabitants. [http://www.peterlife.net/enc/ee/119475.html Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopædia] . Erivan Governorate – additional information to the article] and the majority of the governorate's population was Armenian (56%) or Azeri Tartar (37.5%) [ [http://gatchina3000.ru/brockhaus-and-efron-encyclopedic-dictionary/119/119474.htm Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary: Erivan Governorate] ] . 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.

References

ee also

*Russian Armenia
*Armenian oblast