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Erivan Governorate
Erivan Governorate
(
Old Russian
:
Эриванская губернія
; ) was one of the
guberniyas
of the
Russian Empire
, with its centre in
Erivan
(present-day
Yerevan
). 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. At the end of the 19th century it bordered with
Persia
,
Ottoman Empire
,
Elisabethpol Governorate
,
Tiflis Governorate
, and
Kars Oblast
.
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