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	The '''Armenian oblast''' was an ] (province) of the ] from ] to ], roughly corresponding to most of present-day central ], the ] of ], and ]'s ] exclave. It was created by the Russians on the territory of the former ] and ]s which were ceded by the ] in the ] after the ]. ], the ]-born military leader was made ] of the oblast in the year of its creation. This oblast's name was renamed as Erivan oblast in 1840.		The '''Armenian oblast''' was an ] (province) of the ] from ] to ], roughly corresponding to most of present-day central ], and ]'s ] exclave. It was created by the Russians on the territory of the former ] and ]s which were ceded by the ] in the ] after the ]. ], the ]-born military leader was made ] of the oblast in the year of its creation. This oblast's name was renamed as Erivan oblast in 1840. the ] of ] was added to oblast after ] in 1878.

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The Armenian oblast was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire from 1828 to 1840, roughly corresponding to most of present-day central Armenia, and Azerbaijan's Nakhichevan exclave. It was created by the Russians on the territory of the former Erivan and Nakhichevan khanates which were ceded by the Persian Empire in the Treaty of Turkamanchai after the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828). Ivan Paskevich, the Ukrainian-born military leader was made count of the oblast in the year of its creation. This oblast's name was renamed as Erivan oblast in 1840. the Iğdır Province of Turkey was added to oblast after Berlin Treaty in 1878.