From Iranian rule to Russian rule Culture of Azerbaijan
the region of aran had been under subsequent persian-based empires since millennia, last 1 being qajar dynasty. following defeat imperial russia, qajar persia forced sign treaty of gulistan in 1813, acknowledged loss of territory of aran (today known country of azerbaijan), dagestan, , georgia russia. local khanates either abolished (like in baku or ganja) or accepted russian patronage. russo-persian war in 1826-28, while starting off loss russians, resulted in final crushing defeat iranian army. russians dictated final settlement per treaty of turkmenchay, resulted in qajars of persia officially ceding caucasian territories in 1828. treaty established current borders of tsarist russia , iran. , divided azerbaijani people between 2 nations; iran , azerbaijan. until 1918, region still known aran, until mussavatis, renamed region azerbaijan, resembling historical name of iranian province of azarbaijan. in russian-controlled territories, 2 provinces established later constituted bulk of modern republic - elisavetpol (ganja) province in west, , shamakha province in east.
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