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Armenia and Imperial Decline - The Yerevan Province, 1900-1914 (Hardcover)
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Armenia and Imperial Decline - The Yerevan Province, 1900-1914 (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Advances in Armenian Studies
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This book seeks, for the first time, to examine the demography and
the social and economic conditions in the Yerevan Province during
the first decade of the twentieth century, before the great changes
that occurred during World War I and the seven decades of Soviet
rule. Unlike in Tiflis and Baku, the Armenian inhabitants of the
Yerevan Province were overwhelmingly peasants. They did not play a
major role in the political, intellectual or economic life of the
South Caucasus. The aim of the book is to prove conclusively that
the Armenians of the Yerevan Province not only benefited from
living under the umbrella of imperial security, but, as junior and
senior officials, they also acquired important administrative and
professional skills. The social and economic changes of the last
decade of Russian rule enabled the local Armenians to advance and,
following the collapse of the Russian Empire, to occupy posts
previously held by Russians. Thus, despite the absence of their
most talented individuals and the lack of experienced political
leaders, as well as the loss of half their territory to Turkish
attacks in 1918, the local Armenian administration, in the face of
terrible conditions and great odds, provided the foundation which
allowed the Armenian Republic to maintain its independence until
December of 1920. In fact, some of the survivors would assist in
the modernization and nation building of Soviet Armenia. Providing
a detailed overview of the history of the Yerevan Province in the
late imperial age, this book will be a valuable resource for
students and scholars interested in the History of Armenia, the
Russian Empire and the Caucasus.
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