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Yataghan.
Weaponry collections of the later Karabakh Khans.
Produced in Turkey.
Currently exhibited at the Azerbaijani National Museum
of History. XVIII century.
established the Armenian-Russian
colonial system in Karabakh. As a
result of the administrative reform
implemented on April 10, 1840, the
County of Shusha was created in
Karabakh and attached to the Caspian
Province (with its centre located in
Shemakha). As a result, Karabakh lost
its political significance and remained
only a geographical designation. Due
to a new administrative territorial
partition in 1846, the county of Shusha
became part of the newly established
province of Shemakha (which became
known as the province of Baku after
1859). The province of Shusha joined
the province of Yelizavetpol (Ganja)
when it was created in 1867. At that
time, the county of Shusha consisted
of the counties of Zangazur, Javanshir
and Jabrayil. Thus, the province of
Shusha lost its administrative-political
status. The conquest of northern
Azerbaijani territories by the Russian
Tsar went along with the increasing
number of Armenians settling in these
territories, particularly in Karabakh.
Following the Turkmenchay Treaty
signed in 1828 this situation became
more common. Item 15 of the
Treaty envisaged the settlement
of Armenians. On the basis of the
Edirne Treaty of 1829, Armenians of
the Ottoman Empire started to move
to the newly occupied territories,
including Karabakh. It became yet
another step to change the ethnic
panorama of the Karabakh population
in favor of Armenians. According
to the order of A.R. Yermolov, the
Commander-in-Chief of Russian
troops in the Caucasus (1816-1827),
the census of the population in the
province of Karabakh was conducted
in 1823 following the liquidation of
the Khanate of Karabakh. The results
of the census were as follows:
The total number of families was
20,095.
Of that number, 15,729 (78.3%)
were Azerbaijani families (1,111 in
towns and 14,618 in villages); 4,366
(21.7 %) were Armenian families (421
in towns and 3,945 in villages).
The mass migration of Armenians
toKarabakh ledto the formationof new
Armenian villages, such as Maragaly,
Janyatag, etc. (When Armenians laid
territorial claim against Azerbaijan in
the 20th century, they started hastily
to destroy and erase the monument
erected in honor of their move to these
lands to cause people to forget the
history). According to the official data,
during the years of 1828-1830, 90,000
Armenians moved from the Ottoman
Empire and 40,000 Armenians came
from Iran to northern Azerbaijan,
including Karabakh. Their number
exceeded 200,000 including all other
non-official Armenian settlers. The
move of Armenians continued further
in the coming years. According to the
Karabakh Khanate. XVIII – XIX centuries.
Azerbaijani carpets / KARABAKH GROUP