Russian Armenia

Russian Armenia comprised eastern Armenian territories incorporated into the Russian Empire during the nineteenth century, in contrast to Ottoman-ruled Western Armenia.

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Treaty of Gulistan: A 1813 treaty ending the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813 and ceding territories in the Caucasus to Russia. It brought Karabakh and other eastern Caucasian territories under Russian control.
Erivan Governorate: An administrative province of the Russian Empire established in 1849, centered on Erivan. It organized much of Russian Armenia as a province.
Ivan Paskevich: A Russian field marshal who led campaigns against Persia and the Ottoman Empire in the Caucasus. His victories secured the 1828 territorial expansion that brought eastern Armenian lands under Russia.
Western Armenia: The Armenian-populated eastern regions of the Ottoman Empire, contrasted with Russian-ruled eastern Armenian territories. It was the Ottoman-ruled counterpart to Russian Armenia.
Treaty of Turkmenchay: A 1828 treaty that ended the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828 and transferred the Erivan and Nakhichevan khanates to Russia. Its cessions placed much of present-day Armenia under Russian rule.
Caucasus Viceroyalty: A Russian imperial administration governing the Caucasus through a viceroy based in Tiflis. The governorates of Russian Armenia answered to this regional authority.
Aram Manukian: An Armenian revolutionary and statesman who organized defense and administration in Van and later led the Republic of Armenia. His career linked Russian Armenian revolutionary networks with the political upheavals of 1917–1918.
Ottoman Empire: A transcontinental empire that ruled Anatolia and much of southeastern Europe and the Middle East until its dissolution after World War I. Its eastern provinces contained Western Armenia, beyond Russian Armenia’s imperial borders.
Erivan Khanate: A Muslim-ruled khanate centered on Erivan that became part of the Russian Empire in 1828. Its territory formed the core of the later Erivan Governorate.
Armenian Oblast: A Russian administrative territory created in 1828 from parts of the former Erivan and Nakhichevan khanates. It was an early, short-lived administrative form of Russian Armenia.