DOI: https://doi.org/10.36719/2706-6185/53/7-11
Elshan Aslanov
Baku State University
PhD in history
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3823-4350
elshanaslanov@bsu.edu.az
Administrative–Territorial Changes in the
Karabakh Region of Azerbaijan (1840–1900)
Abstract
This article examines the administrative-territorial changes carried out by the Russian Empire in the Karabakh region of Northern Azerbaijan between 1840 and 1900. The study demonstrates that after occupying Azerbaijani territories north of the Araz River, Tsarist Russia resorted to various means to strengthen its influence in the region. Russian ruling circles, initially favoring a policy of resettlement, later expanded these plans. From 1840 onward, preference was given not only to a resettlement policy but also to administrative-territorial changes. One of the regions of Northern Azerbaijan subject to administrative-territorial changes was the territory of the former Karabakh Khanate. This article examines these changes based on sources and historical literature of the period, revealing historical facts.
Keywords: Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Russia, administrative-territorial changes, Yelizavetpol, Zangezur, Javanshir