Echmiadzin Uyezd

The Echmiadzin 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 contiguous Alexandropol Uyezd to the north, the Novobayazet Uyezd to the east, Erivan Uyezd to the north, the Surmalu 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 town of Echmiadzin (Vagharshapat), the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the spiritual capital of Armenia.[1]

Echmiadzin Uyezd
Эчмиадзинский уезд
Coat of arms
CountryRussia
Political statusUyezd
RegionCaucasus
Established1849
Abolished1918
Area
 • Total3,858 km2 (1,490 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total167,786
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)

Administrative Divisions

The Echmiadzin Uyezd was split into 3 unnamed contiguous uchastki (subcounties):

  • 1-iy
  • 2-iy
  • 3-iy

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 Echmiadzin, which had a total population of 5,267, of which the overwhelming majority (95%) were Armenians.[3]

Caucasian Calendar of 1917

The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 167,786 residents in the Echmiadzin Uyezd, including 86,716 men and 81,070 women, 148,794 of whom were the permanent population, and 18,992 were temporary residents. The statistics indicated an overwhelmingly ethnic Armenian population with sizeable Azerbaijani, Kurdish and Yezidi minorities:[4]

Area Russians Armenians North Caucasians Kurds Other Asian Nationalities Gypsies Jews TOTAL
Muslim Yezidi Christian Shia Muslim
Echmiadzin Uyezd 41 115,026 50 9,653 1,118 186 41,310 410 42 167,786
0.0% 68.6% 0.0% 5.8% 0.7% 0.1% 24.6% 0.2% 0.0% 100.0%

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, Echmiadzin Uyezd Demoscope Weekly
  3. (in Russian) 1897 Census, Vagharshapat Village Demoscope Weekly
  4. Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). pp. 367–370.

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