Category: History

Excerpt on the Arrival of Priest Antoniy, Kevkha Chelebi, and Priest Petr from Astrakhan In a report dated May 17 of this […]

Official Document from the Foreign Affairs Collegium to M. Matyushkin Regarding the Dispatch of Ivan Karapet to Persia with a Message for […]

June 3, 1723 On June 3, 1723, His Imperial Majesty, while present in the Foreign Affairs College apartments and in the presence […]

On June 3, 1723, His Imperial Majesty, in his high office at the Foreign Affairs Collegium, in the presence of (in addition […]

On March 14, 1717, the Armenian vardapet Minas appeared at the State Embassy Office and reported on behalf of the Armenian Patriarch […]

Karabakh during the Periods of Persian Marzpanate, Arab Conquest, Seljuk Invasion, Tatar-Mongol Raids, and Tamerlane’s Incursion Strabo (circa 64 BCE – circa […]

History often turns on the actions of a few, and the story of Khustup Mountain and Garegin Nzhdeh is a shining example […]

The late eleventh century marked the beginning of the decline of the centralized Seljuk Empire. Under the reign of Melik Shah, son […]

The Cilician fleet was a formidable naval force that played a crucial role in the defense and economic prosperity of the Cilician […]

Throughout its millennia-long history, Karabakh has been known by different names. In Urartian cuneiform inscriptions, it is referred to as Urtekh-Urtekhini, which […]