Armenia & The Armenians
OTTOMAN RULE
After the death of the Mongol leader Tamerlane in 1405, Armenia
was divided between the Ottoman Turkish Empire and Persia.
By the year 1515 most of Ancient Armenia was overrun by Sultan
Slim and the bulk of the Armenians were thus placed under Turkish rule.
In 1827-28 north-eastern Armenia was ceded by Persia to Russia,
thereby becoming a Russian province. Following the Russo-Turkish war of
1878, Armenia was partitioned into what is generally known as Turkish
Armenia and Russian Armenia, only a proportion of the latter being the
existing Republic Of Armenia today.
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