>According to the 1829-1832 Russian surveys, on the eve of the Russian conquest, the total number of inhabitants of what was bound to become the Russian-administered Armenian Oblast (i.e., the combined number of people of the Erivan and Nakhichevan khanates), amounted to 99,411, of which 74,260 (75%) were Muslims and 25,151 were Armenians (25%).
After several years of Armenian relocation and resettlement of the land (many being repatriates):
>Bournoutian concludes that therefore, the total population of the Armenian Oblast in 1832 was 164,450, with Armenians forming 50.09% and Muslims 49.91%. Two centuries after their forced relocation by Safavid Shah Abbas the Great (r. 1588-1629), Armenians “had only achieved parity with the Muslims in part of their historical homeland”.
This should inform every Armenian of the pitiful and sorry state our nation was for around half a millennium. Armenia was quite literally a desolate and blighted land rife with invaders and colonists.
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Not just planned but definitely short-lived https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Oblast
Some important trivia as well:
>According to the 1829-1832 Russian surveys, on the eve of the Russian conquest, the total number of inhabitants of what was bound to become the Russian-administered Armenian Oblast (i.e., the combined number of people of the Erivan and Nakhichevan khanates), amounted to 99,411, of which 74,260 (75%) were Muslims and 25,151 were Armenians (25%).
After several years of Armenian relocation and resettlement of the land (many being repatriates):
>Bournoutian concludes that therefore, the total population of the Armenian Oblast in 1832 was 164,450, with Armenians forming 50.09% and Muslims 49.91%. Two centuries after their forced relocation by Safavid Shah Abbas the Great (r. 1588-1629), Armenians “had only achieved parity with the Muslims in part of their historical homeland”.
This should inform every Armenian of the pitiful and sorry state our nation was for around half a millennium. Armenia was quite literally a desolate and blighted land rife with invaders and colonists.