Armenian Oblast
Armenian Oblast
Армянская область | |
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Oblast | |
Coat of arms of the Armenian Oblast | |
Map of the Armenian Oblast | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Established | 1828 |
| Abolished | 1840 |
| Capital | Erivan (Yerevan) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31,672 km2 (12,229 sq mi) |
| Population (1832) | |
| • Total | 164,500 |
| • Density | 5.2/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| History of Armenia |
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| Timeline • Origins • Etymology |
The Armenian Oblast was a province (oblast) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire that existed from 1828 to 1840. It corresponded to most of present-day central Armenia, the Iğdır Province of Turkey, and the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan. Its administrative center was Yerevan, referred to as Erivan (Эривань) in Russian.
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