Ordubad uezd explained

Ordubad uezd
Native Name:Ордубадский уезд
Native Name Lang:ru
Mapsize:220px
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1849
Extinct Title:Abolished
Extinct Date:1868
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russian Empire
Subdivision Type1:Viceroyalty
Subdivision Name1:Caucasus
Population Density Km2:auto
Settlement Type:Uezd
Seat:Ordubad
Subdivision Type2:Governorate
Subdivision Name2:Erivan
Seat Type:Capital
Total Type:Total

The Ordubad uezd was a county (uezd) of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire with its center in Ordubad from 1849 until 1868. It included the southern part of the Nakhichevan exclave of present-day Azerbaijan and the southern part of the Syunik Province of present-day Armenia, including Meghri.[1]

History

The territory of the uezd was part of the Nakhichevan Khanate of Iran until 1828, when according to the Treaty of Turkmenchay, it was annexed to the Russian Empire. It was administered as part of the Armenian Oblast from 1828 to 1840.[2] In 1844, the Caucasus Viceroyalty was re-established, in which the territory of the Ordubad uezd formed part of the Tiflis Governorate. In 1849, the Erivan Governorate was established, separate from the Tiflis Governorate. It was made up of the Erivan, Nakhchivan, Alexandropol, Nor Bayazet, and Ordubad uezds. The Ordubad uezd was abolished and incorporated into the Nakhichevan uezd and the Zangezur uezd of the Elizavetpol Governorate in 1868.[3]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Tsutsiev, Arthur. Nora Seligman Favorov. Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. 2014. Yale University Press. New Haven. 9780300153088. 24.
  2. Book: Bournoutian, George A.. George Bournoutian

    . George Bournoutian. The Khanate of Erevan Under Qajar Rule, 1795-1828. Mazda Publishers. Costa Mesa. 1992. 9780939214181. 26.

  3. Web site: Административно-территориальные реформы на Кавказе в середине и во второй половине XIX века. Administrative-territorial reforms in the Caucasus in the middle and second half of the 19th century. ru.