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Full Description
This collection of documents and maps provides scholars with an independent research publication whose primary aim is to illustrate key events, using material from British government archives, as markers in defining Armenian territory. These seventy years are crucial in the formation of the boundaries of what now constitutes the state of Armenia. The 'Armenian Question' came under international scrutiny with the rise of modern nationalism in the Armenian communities living in the Ottoman and Russian empires. Borders had always shifted to and fro on the territory inhabited by Armenians. What changed from the nineteenth century onwards was that the Armenians - despite now tried to set a political agenda of their own, ultimately, the creation of an independent Armenian state encompassing a large part of what they considered to be their historical homeland, and to gain the maximum from the rivalry of the Great Powers in Anatolia and the Transcaucasus.
Contents
1. Historical overview of key events, 1828-83; 2. Ethnic displacement, voluntary emigration, review of population figures, expulsion of Armenians from Sassoon area and Bitlis vilayet, and international pressure to allow their return, 1890-1905; 3. Negotiations for reform measures and settlement of frontier disputes, 1912-14; 4. Armenian protests, further massacres of Armenians by Turks, and mass exodus, 1915; 5. State of Armenia in 1918: ethnic distribution, the effect of the armistice with Turkey, calls for self-determination and territorial policy; 6. Delegation of the Republic of Armenia to the League of Nations, 1919-20: statements of claims with particular reference to Karabagh, definition of constituent parts of Armenia; 7. Post-war international treaties and agreements affecting and further defining Armenia, 1920-21; 8. Frontier definitions, claims and conflicts surrounding Armenian territory, 1920-21; 9. The problem of refugee re-settlement, and attempts to secure a 'national home for Armenians', 1921-24; 10. Status of Armenia, and international recognition of independence, 1924; 11. Boundary adjustments and population shifts, 1930-32; 12. Post-war Soviet claims to Armenia, 1945-48.
