{"id":6390,"date":"2020-12-15T20:15:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qarabag.com\/?p=6390"},"modified":"2021-09-08T17:16:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T13:16:59","slug":"the-history-of-administrative-and-territorial-structure-of-karabakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qarabag.com\/the-history-of-administrative-and-territorial-structure-of-karabakh\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Administrative and Territorial Structure of Karabakh"},"content":{"rendered":"
Qarabag.com<\/a> provides a reference on the history of administrative structure of the territory of Karabakh since the establishment of the Karabakh khanate. 27 official and academic sources were used in the preparation of this material.<\/strong><\/p>\n 1747<\/strong>: Panakh khan, whose family descended from Javanshir of Dizak from Saryjaly, founded Karabakh khanate on the territory of Karabakh vilayet of Persia, which was ruled by Afsharid dynasty. 1750-1755:<\/strong> Panakh khan added Zangezur to Karabakh khanate. 1805: <\/strong>Karabakh khanate recognized the supreme authority of the Russian Empire. 12.10.1813: <\/strong>According to the Gulistan Peace Treaty, Karabakh khanate passed into the possession of the Russian Empire. During the first years of Russian rule, Karabakh was divided into 14 magals (Magal <\/em>is a small administrative unit<\/em>\u00a0in the\u00a0Islamic<\/em> East<\/em>). 1835:<\/strong> Karabakh province added to Muslim Provinces of Transcaucasia of the Russian Empire. 1836:<\/strong> Karabakh province consisted of 23 magals and 2 minbashes.<\/p>\n The magals:<\/u><\/p>\n The minbashes<\/u> (small <\/em>administrative unit<\/em>):\u00a0<\/p>\n 1840: <\/strong>Karabakh province was incorporated into the newly formed Caspian region, all magals were renamed into districts, and provinces were renamed into uyezds (counties). Thus Karabakh province became an uyezd of the same name. 1846: <\/strong>Caspian region which included Karabakh district was renamed Shamakha province. In the same year, <\/strong>Karabakh uyezd was renamed Shusha uyezd. 1855: <\/strong>Shusha uyezd was divided into 5 districts and 1 pristavstvo (an administrative unit like county):<\/p>\n 1859: <\/strong>\u00a0Shamakha province was renamed Baku province. Shusha uyezd remained with the Baku Governorate.\u00a0 1868:<\/strong> According to “The transformation of the administration of the Caucasus and the Transcaucasus regions” dated 09.12.1867, Zangezur district was separated from Shusha uyezd and transformed into Zangezur uyezd.\u00a0 After that, the both uyezds were included into the Elisabethpol Governorate formed in the same year. 1873:<\/strong> As part of the Elisabethpol Governorate, among other uyezds there were also the 4 Karabakh uyezds:<\/p>\n 1905:<\/strong> The administrative center of Jabrayil uyezd was moved to the village\u00a0Karabulag, the village of Karabulag was renamed Karyagino, and the uyezd was renamed Karyagin (Karyaginskiy). 30.07.1918:<\/strong> By the decision of the Government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Karyagin uezd was returned to its former name \u2013 Jabrayil. 30.11.1920:<\/strong> By the decision of the Politburo and the Organization Bureau of the Central Committee of the Azerbaijani Communist Party (<\/em>the highest party authority of the republic<\/em>), Zangezur was ceded to Armenia. The remaining eastern part of Zangezur uyezd was transformed into Qubatli district. 04.07.1923:<\/strong> According to the Decree of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan\u00a0SSR (<\/em>the highest authority of state power in the Republic in 1922-1938<\/em>)<\/em>, the Autonomous Region of Nagorno-Karabakh with the center in Khankendi was created in the Nagorno Karabakh. 21.07.1923:<\/strong> According to the Decree of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan\u00a0SSR (<\/em>the highest state authority in the Republic in 1922-1938<\/em>)<\/em> and the Council of People’s Commissars of the Azerbaijan SSR (the Government of the Republic)<\/em>, the city of Shusha was incorporated into Nagorno-Karabakh. At the lowlands of Karabakh, two uyezds were formed – Agdam and Jabrayil. The Kurdistan uyezd was formed from the territory occupied by kurds. The Autonomous Region of Nagorno-Karabakh was formed from the parts of Shusha, Javanshir, Karyagin and Qubadli uyezds. It Included:<\/p>\n After its formation the Autonomous Region of Nagorno-Karabakh was divided into:<\/p>\n 06.08.1923:<\/strong> Due to the separation of the mountainous part of Karabakh into an autonomous region, from the rest of Karabakh:<\/p>\n 1929-1930: <\/strong>Agdam, Jabrayil and Kurdistan uyezds were abolished. Districts were created on their territory, the list of which is given in\u201d Census of Azerbaijan in 1931″.<\/p>\n The Autonomous Region of Nagorno-Karabakh, consisted of:<\/p>\n 1937:<\/strong> According to the new Constitution of the Azerbaijan SSR, the Autonomous Region of Nagorno-Karabakh was renamed the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region (NKAR). 04.01.1964: <\/strong>According to the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR (the highest state authority in the\u00a0 Azerbaijan SSR in 1938-1994) the following administrative units were abolished:<\/p>\n Thus, on the territory of Karabakh, there were formed:<\/p>\n As well as the districts of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region:<\/p>\n 01.01.1977: <\/strong>The territory of Karabakh included:<\/p>\n As well as the districts of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region:<\/p>\n 26.11.1991:<\/strong> According to the decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR, the Nagorny Karabakh Autonomous Region was abolished. However, on 27.11.1991,<\/strong> the State Council of the USSR canceled this resolution. 26.12.1991:<\/strong> With the collapse of the USSR, the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region (NKAR) ceased to exist.<\/p>\n 13.10.1992:<\/strong> According to the decision of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Agderi (Mardakert) district was abolished and its territory was divided between Agdam, Kelbajar and Terter districts. 2020:<\/strong> According to the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the territory of the former NKAR and adjacent districts are the following:<\/p>\n
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