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Explore treaties and diplomatic records concerning Armenian territories and communities before the First Republic. Browse the available documents by century.

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Mar 3, 1918Agreement

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (1918)

Article IV addresses Russian withdrawal from eastern Anatolia and the districts of Ardahan, Kars and Batum.

Before the First RepublicYale Law School, Avalon Project (historical English transcription)Historical treatiesText in the archiveEnglish · Armenian · Russian

May 24, 1915Declaration

Allied declaration on the massacres of Armenians

Joint Allied communication condemning the massacres and declaring the personal responsibility of Ottoman officials involved.

Before the First RepublicUS Department of State, Office of the HistorianHistorical recordsSource record

Feb 8, 1914Agreement

Agreement on Armenian reforms

Provided for two foreign inspectors-general overseeing administration, justice and security in seven Ottoman provinces, alongside language, education and representation provisions.

Before the First RepublicHistorical Materials — published diplomatic document transcriptionHistorical treatiesText in the archiveRussian · English · Armenian

May 11, 1895Diplomatic record

Joint reform project for Armenian-inhabited provinces

Diplomatic reform proposal submitted jointly by France, Britain and Russia concerning Ottoman provinces inhabited by Armenians.

Before the First RepublicUK Parliament, Historic HansardHistorical recordsSource record

Jul 13, 1878Agreement

Treaty of Berlin

Seven-power postwar settlement with territorial provisions in Asia and Article 61 commitments concerning reforms and security for Armenians.

Before the First RepublicUS Department of State, Office of the HistorianHistorical treatiesText in the archiveEnglish · Armenian · Russian

Jul 1, 1878Agreement

Annex to the Cyprus Convention

Supplementary arrangements for Cyprus; Article VI connects withdrawal from the island with Russia’s restoration of Kars and its other Armenian conquests.

Before the First RepublicUS Department of State, Office of the HistorianHistorical treatiesText in the archiveEnglish · Armenian · Russian

Jun 4, 1878Agreement

Cyprus Convention between Britain and the Ottoman Empire

Convention concerning British support for the Ottoman Empire in Asia, reforms for Christian subjects and British occupation and administration of Cyprus.

Before the First RepublicUS Department of State, Office of the HistorianHistorical treatiesText in the archiveEnglish · Armenian · Russian

Mar 3, 1878Agreement

Preliminary Treaty of San Stefano

Preliminary Russo-Ottoman peace treaty containing Armenian reform and security provisions and territorial clauses later revised at Berlin.

Before the First RepublicUS Department of State, Office of the HistorianHistorical treatiesText in the archiveEnglish · Armenian · Russian

Mar 30, 1856Agreement

General Treaty of Peace, Paris

Multilateral treaty ending the Crimean War, forming part of the background to later diplomacy over Ottoman reforms.

Before the First RepublicInstitute of Advanced Legal Studies, FLARE Index to TreatiesHistorical treatiesText in the archiveEnglish · Armenian · Russian

Sep 14, 1829Agreement

Treaty of Adrianople (Edirne)

Russo-Ottoman peace treaty defining the frontier in Asia after Turkmenchay, restoring occupied towns and regulating amnesty, property and migration.

Before the First RepublicVostlit: published archival treaty textHistorical treatiesMain treaty textRussian · English · Armenian

Feb 22, 1828Agreement

Treaty of Turkmenchay

Peace settlement ceding the Erivan and Nakhichevan khanates to Russia, defining a Russo-Persian frontier and regulating movement and property.

Before the First RepublicMoscow State University, History FacultyHistorical treatiesMain treaty textRussian · English · Armenian

Oct 24, 1813Agreement

Treaty of Gulistan

Russo-Persian peace treaty with frontier and territorial provisions concerning the South Caucasus, including Karabakh and Shuragel.

Before the First RepublicBritish Library / Qatar Digital LibraryHistorical treatiesMain treaty textRussian · English · Armenian

May 26, 1805Agreement

Treaty of Kurekchay

Agreement defining the Karabakh khan’s submission to the Russian emperor and reciprocal obligations.

Before the First RepublicPresidential Library of Azerbaijan, documentary collectionHistorical treatiesText in the archiveRussian · English · Armenian

1639Agreement

Peace of Zuhab (Qasr-e Shirin): historical documentary witness

A historical English documentary witness of the Ottoman–Safavid peace, with Armenian and Russian working translations of every passage.

Before the First RepublicBritish & Foreign State Papers; NUS Historical Texts ArchiveHistorical treatiesText in the archiveEnglish · Armenian · Russian

1555Agreement

Peace of Amasya: associated diplomatic letter

An associated diplomatic letter to Shah Tahmasp, with complete English, Armenian and Russian working readings of the later printed witness.

Before the First RepublicFeridun Ahmed Bey, printed diplomatic collection; Google Books facsimileHistorical treatiesText in the archiveEnglish · Armenian · Russian