Echmiadzinsky Uyezd

Echmiadzinsky Uyezd (in English)
  • Эчмиадзинский уезд (Modern Russian)

Coat of Arms
Established 1849
Abolished 1918
Political status Uyezd
Region Caucasus
Area 3,390.1 verst²
Population (1897 census)
 • Total 124237
 • Density 36.6 inhab. / verst²
Government

The Echmiadzinsky Uyezd (Russian: Эчмиадзинский уезд; Armenian: Էջմիածնի գավառ) was a county of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the governorate's Aleksandropolsky Uyezd to the north, the Novobayazetsky and Erivansky Uyezds to the east, the Surmalinsky Uyezd to the south, and the Kars Oblast to the west. It included all of the Armavir Province and most of the Aragatsotn Province of present-day Armenia. Its administrative center was the village of Vagharshapat (also known as Echmiadzin), the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church.[1]

Demographics

According to the 1897 Russian Empire Census, the population of the district was 124,237, the majority of which were Armenians (62.4%). Minorities included Tatars (modern Azerbaijanis; 29%) and Kurds (8%).[2] The largest settlement in the district was Vagharshapat, which had a total population of 5,267, of which the overwhelming majority (95%) were Armenians.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780300153088.
  2. ↑ (in Russian) 1897 Census, Echmiadzinsky Uyezd Demoscope Weekly
  3. ↑ (in Russian) 1897 Census, Vagharshapat Village Demoscope Weekly

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