Erivan Governorate
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| Established | 1850 | |
| Abolished | 1917 | |
| Political status | Governorate | |
| Region | Caucasus | |
| Area | 27,830 verst² | |
| Population (1897 census) | ||
| • Total | 829556 | |
| • Density | 29.8 inhab. / verst² | |
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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. 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.
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