Armenian Oblast [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Armenian Oblast
The Armenian Oblast or Armenian Province (, ) was an oblast (province) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire that existed from 1828 to 1840. It corresponded to most of present-day central Armenia, the Iğdır Province of Turkey, and the Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan. Its administrative center was Erivan (Yerevan).
History.
The Armenian Oblast was created out of the territories of the former Erivan and Nakhichevan khanates, which were ceded to Russia by Persia under the Treaty of Turkmenchay after
the Armenian SSR. According to Audrey L. Altstadt, the borders of the "oblast" were drawn to include Armenian villages and to exclude Azerbaijani villages, so that the area would an Armenian majority.
Military conflict.
The conflict between the Armenians in the oblast and the government of the Azerbaijan SSR broke out in 1987. The fighting escalated into the Nagorno-Karabakh War by the end of 1991. On November 26, 1991, the parliament of the Azerbaijan SSR abolished the autonomous status of the oblast. Its internal