List of Armenian territories and states
Encyclopedia
This is a list of Armenian states, countries and regions throughout history
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It includes empire
s, countries
, states
, provinces, regions and territories that have or had in the past one of the following characteristics:
The Six Armenian vilayets
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- unrecognized state, de-jure Azerbaijan Republic
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
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It includes empire
Empire
The term empire derives from the Latin imperium . Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a monarch or an oligarchy....
s, countries
Country
A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...
, states
Sovereign state
A sovereign state, or simply, state, is a state with a defined territory on which it exercises internal and external sovereignty, a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states. It is also normally understood to be a state which is neither...
, provinces, regions and territories that have or had in the past one of the following characteristics:
- An ethnic ArmenianArmeniansArmenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
majority or significant portion of it - Armenians are an official, constitutional or titular nation
- Armenian Armenian languageThe Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora...
as an official languageOfficial languageAn official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically a nation's official language will be the one used in that nation's courts, parliament and administration. However, official status can also be used to give a...
or the native language of the majority - A Armenian ruling class or dynasty
Early
- Kingdom of Urartu (860 BC–590 BC)
- Orontid ArmeniaSatrapy of ArmeniaThe Satrapy of Armenia , also known as Orontid Armenia after the ruling Orontid Dynasty, was one of the satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC, which later became an independent kingdom...
(6th c. BC–2nd c. BC) - Kingdom of Armenia (331 BC–428 AD)
Medievial
- Emirate of ArmeniaEmirate of ArmeniaThe Emirate of Armenia , also called the Principality of Armenia, refers to an aristocratic regime in early medieval Armenia that flourished in the period of interregnum between the seventh and ninth centuries, following the Marzpanate Period when the leading political authority was exercised by a...
(637–884) - Bagratid Armenia (885–1045)
- Vaspurakan KingdomVaspurakan KingdomVaspurakan was the first and biggest province of Greater Armenia, which later became an independent kingdom during the Middle Ages, centered around Lake Van...
(908–1021) - Kingdom of LoriKingdom of LoriKingdom of Lori alternatively known as the Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget or Kingdom of Albania, was an Armenian kingdom formed during the breakup of Bagratuni Armenia. The kingdom encompassed territories of modern-day Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia....
(979–1118) - Armenian Kingdom of CiliciaArmenian Kingdom of CiliciaThe Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia , also known as the Cilician Armenia, Kingdom of Cilician Armenia or New Armenia, was an independent principality formed during the High Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia...
(1198–1375) - Zakarid ArmeniaZakarid ArmeniaThe Zakarids or Zakarid Armenia , is used to describe territories of Armenia given to the Zakarid-Mxargrzeli princes as a fief by Tamar, the queen of the Kingdom of Georgia.- History :...
(1201–1330s) - Principality of Khachen (11th century–1750)
Before 1864
- Erzurum EyaletErzurum EyaletThe Erzurum Eyalet was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. It was established in the 16th century, after the conquest of Western Armenia by the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was .-History:...
- Adana EyaletAdana EyaletThe Eyalet of Adana was an eyalets of the Ottoman Empire, established in 1608, when it was separated from the Eyalet of Aleppo. Its reported area in the 19th century was .-History:...
- Eyalet of Diyarbekir
- Kars Eyalet
- Eyalet of Childir
- Eyalet of VanEyalet of VanThe eyalet of Van was a eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. The capital was Van. It was formed in 1548 as the one of the Beylerbeyliks of the Ottoman Empire...
1864-1923
The Six Armenian vilayets
Six Armenian vilayets
The Six vilayets or Six provinces or the Six Armenian vilayets were the Armenian-populated vilayets of the Ottoman Empire:#Van#Erzurum#Mamuretülaziz#Bitlis#Diyarbekir#Sivas-The term:...
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- Bitlis VilayetBitlis VilayetBitlis Vilayet was one of the Six vilayets of the Ottoman Empire. Before the Russo-Turkish War it had been part of the Erzurum Vilayet, it was then made a separate vilayet by the Porte....
- Erzurum Vilayet
- Diyarbekir Vilayet
- Mamuretülaziz Vilayet
- Van Vilayet
- Sivas Vilayet
In the Russian Empire
- Armenian OblastArmenian OblastThe Armenian Oblast or Armenian Province ) was an oblast of the Russian Empire that existed from 1828 to 1840. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day central Armenia, the Iğdır Province of present-day Turkey, and present-day Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave...
(1828-1840) - Erivan GovernorateErivan GovernorateErivan Governorate was one of the guberniyas of the Russian Empire, with its centre in Erivan . 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...
(1850-1917) - Kars OblastKars OblastKars Oblast was one of Transcaucasian governorates of Russian Empire between 1878 and 1917. Its capital was in the city of Kars, presently in the Republic of Turkey. The governorate bordered with the Ottoman Empire, Batum Oblast, Tiflis Governorate, Erivan Governorate, and from 1883 to 1903 with...
(1878-1918)
World War I and later years
- Administration for Western ArmeniaAdministration for Western ArmeniaThe Administration for Western Armenia was an temporary Armenian provisional government between 1915 and 1918, with the autonomous region initially set up around Lake Van after the Siege of Van of the Caucasus Campaign, with the leadership of Aram Manukian of Armenian Revolutionary Federation. It...
(1915-1918) in the Armenian-inhabited areas of the Ottoman Empire occupied by the Russian Empire - Special Transcaucasian CommitteeSpecial Transcaucasian CommitteeSpecial Transcaucasian Committee was established on March 9, 1917, with Member of the State Duma V. A...
(1917) - Transcaucasian CommissariatTranscaucasian CommissariatThe Transcaucasian Commissariat was established at Tbilisi on November 11, 1917, as the first government of the independent Transcaucasia and following the Bolshevik seizure of power in St...
(1917-1918) - Transcaucasian Democratic Federative RepublicTranscaucasian Democratic Federative RepublicThe Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic , was a short-lived state composed of the modern-day countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia in the South Caucasus.-...
(1918) - Democratic Republic of ArmeniaDemocratic Republic of ArmeniaThe Democratic Republic of Armenia was the first modern establishment of an Armenian state...
(1918-1920) - Republic of Mountainous ArmeniaRepublic of Mountainous ArmeniaThe Republic of Mountainous Armenia was a short-lived and unrecognized state in the South Caucasus, roughly corresponding with the territory that is now the present-day Armenian provinces of Vayots Dzor and Syunik, and parts of the present-day Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.- Turkish–Armenian War :On...
(1921)
In Soviet Union
- Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1991)
- Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous OblastNagorno-Karabakh Autonomous OblastThe Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was an autonomous oblast within the borders of the Azerbaijan SSR, mostly inhabited by ethnic Armenians and created on July 7, 1923. According to Karl R. DeRouen it was created as an enclave so that a narrow strip of land would separate it from Armenia proper....
within Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1923-1991)
Present political entities
This is the list of the current states and regions where Armenians are in absolute or relative ethnic majority, are one of the constitutional or recognized peoples or Armenian language is official: Republic of Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh RepublicNagorno-Karabakh Republic
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , or Artsakh Republic is a de facto independent republic located in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia...
- unrecognized state, de-jure Azerbaijan Republic
See also
- United ArmeiaGreater Armenia (political concept)Greater Armenia or United Armenia refers to an irredentist concept of the territory claimed by some Armenian nationalist groups outside the Republic of Armenia which are considered part of national homeland by Armenians, based on the present-day and historical presence of Armenian...
, irrendentist claim to regions historically and currently populated by Armenians