ON THE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, SHED THE LIGHT ON THE HIDDEN SIDE OF RUSSIA AND IRAN IN TURKMENCHAY TREATY IN 1828
RUSYA VE İRAN ARASINDA 1828 YILINDA TÜRKMENÇAY ANLAŞMASININ GİZLİ TARAFLARINA IŞIK TUTAN TARİHİ BELGELER ÜZERİNE

Author : Zaur ALİYEV
Number of pages : 324-331

Abstract

On February 10th (22nd), 1828 Russian and Iran signed the Treaty of Turkmenchay putting the end to second Russian-Iranian (Russian-Persian) war of 1826-1828. The Treaty included 16 articles and proclaimed peace between Russian and Iran (Persia). The Article 1 said: “Henceforth and forever should remain the peace, friendship and the complete accord between His Majesty the all-Russian emperor and His Majesty the Persian shah, their heirs and successors, their countries and subjects”.The new border between Russia and Persia was now established along the river Araks. Russia was given the Erivan and Nakhchivan khanates (the East Armenia). The government of Iran was obliged not to prevent Armenians from moving to the Armenian region created in the territory of these khanates which contributed to the unification of the Armenian people within the Russian Empire.The fortress Abbas-Abad along with the adjacent territory was also given over to Russia. Russia obtained the full right to navigate al

Keywords

Caucasus, Azerbaijan, Osmanli, İran, Russia, Turkmenchay, the armenians, azerbaijanis

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