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In return for their service to the tsarist army, Armenians were rewarded with the gift of an “Ar-
menian province” in the lands of Azerbaijan, on the territories of the Nakhchivan and Iravan
khanates. In this way, Armenians created their own territory base in the South Caucasus under
the guardianship and help of Tsarist Russia. Following this, Armenians played an active role
in the implementation of the anti-Azerbaijan and anti-Turkey policy of Tsarist Russia and later
Soviet-Bolshevik Russia. Once the tsarist government had carried out its policy regarding the
invasion of the South Caucasus and the strengthening of its positions there, it eliminated the
“Armenian province” on April 10, 1840. Iravan and Nakhchivan provinces then became differ-
ent counties. These counties were subordinate to Georgia-Imereti province (Map 9). On June 9,
1849, the Iravan governorate was established on the invaded territories of western Azerbaijan.
Map 9
Source: Rusiya Dövlət Qədim Aktlar arxivi;
War against Azerbaijan.
Targeting Cultural Heritage. Baku, 2007
Western Azerbaijani Territory In 1847 Maps Of Caucasus
(Azerbaijani Lands In The Modern Armenian Republic)