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| George A. Bournoutian |
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| Armenians and Russia,1626-1796 |
| A Documentary Record |
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| Annotated Translation, Introduction, and Commentary |
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Archival evidence of Russia’s relations with the Armenians begins during the reign of Tsar Alexei (1613-1645), the founder of the Romanov dynasty. The study includes some 400 documents from the archives of Russia, Georgia, and Armenia focusing the Russian political and economic interest into Transcaucasia and northern Iran. The period begins with the important trading agreements by the Armenian Company of New Julfa with the Russian State in the mid-seventeenth century. Documents detail the various commercial aspects and the items imported and exported by the Armenians during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Peter the Great’s invasion of the region during the siege of Isfahan by the Afghans; the Ottoman invasion of eastern Armenia and Georgia; the Russo-Ottoman treaty partitioning Transcaucasia; Empress Anna’s agreements with Nader Shah and the withdrawal of Russian troops; revival of Russian interest in the region during the reign of Catherine the Great; the Russo-Georgian treaty; the Russo-Ottoman wars of the eighteenth century and its effect on the Armenians in the Caucasus and Russia; Aga Mohammad Khan’s invasion of the region and the Russian response. Like its companion, Russia and the Armenians of Transcaucasia, 1797-1889 (Mazda Publishers, 1998), this volume is an important collection of primary sources on a crucial period of Russian, Persian, Ottoman, Armenian, and Georgian history.
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 | George A. Bournoutian
George A. Bournoutian is Professor of East European and Middle Eastern Studies at Iona College, New York. He has taught Iranian history at UCLA and Armenian History at Columbia University, New York University, University of Connecticut, Tufts University, Rutgers University, Ramapo College, and Glendale Community College. He is the author of eleven books, including The Khanate of Erevan Under Qajar Rule and A Concise History of the Armenian People. His translations of primary sources such as The Chronicle of Abraham of Crete; Abraham of Erevan’s History of the Wars: 1721-1738 and documents such as Armenians and Russia, A Documentary Record,1626-1796, Russia and the Armenians of Transcaucasia, A Documentary Record, 1797-1889, have received laudatory reviews in TLS, BSOAS and other important publications.
Professor Bournoutian is a member of the Society for Iranian Studies and a member of the Society for Armenian Studies. He is also a frequent contributor to encyclopedias, various scholarly journals, and collections. His work has been cited in major publications and he is considered a world authority on the history of eastern Armenia and Transcaucasia in the Modem Period (1400-1900). South Asia, Central Asia, Russia, Australia, and South America.
Professor Boumoutian was born in Isfahan and grew up in Iran. He received his High school diploma from the well-known Andisheh (Don Bosco) institution in Tehran. His B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. are from UCLA where he studied with Drs. Richard G. Hovannisian and Amin Banani. Professor Boumoutian has given numerous academic lectures on Armenia and Eastern Europe and has lectured at virtually every Armenian community center in the United States, Canada, and Australia. He is fluent in Armenian, Persian, Russian, and Polish and has a reading command of French and Azeri. He is also very involved in studying and writing on classical music (piano repertoire) and the world of cinema. Professor Boumoutian accompanies his senior and graduate students on annual trips to Armenia and Transcaucasia, Middle East and Iran, Africa, Southeast Asia. |
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