Vanand
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Vanand (Armenian: Վանանդ) is the area of historic Armenia that roughly corresponds to the Kars Province of present-day Turkey. Named after the Armenian family of Vanandi (derived from the Bulgar chieftain Vund), it was a principality of the Kingdom of Armenia and a later province of the Democratic Republic of Armenia. Its historic capital was the city of Kars.[citation needed]
The region fell to numerous invaders including the Assyrians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Mongols, Persians, and the Ottoman Turks.[citation needed] After the 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War, the Russian Empire acquired the region at the Congress of Berlin.[citation needed] The area still retained a substantial Armenian population, but after World War I, most of it was decimated during the Turkish-Armenian War in 1920.[citation needed]
This region was passed to Turkish control by the Treaty of Alexandropol and the Treaty of Kars.[1]'[a]
Princes of Vanand
[edit]- Until 451: Aravand Vanandi[citation needed]
- 451: Tathul Vanandi[citation needed]
- 480: Vren Vanandi[citation needed]
Citations
[edit]- ↑ "Treaty of Alexandropol, December 2, 1920" (PDF). de:Deutsch-Armenische Gesellschaft. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2025-08-03. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
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