Armenia Jurisdictions

Armenia (post 1995)
Modern Armenia is split between ten provinces and the city of Yerevan.

Each province (Մարզ) contains municipalities which in turn contains several towns or villages.

Soviet Armenia
Place names and boundaries changed dramatically during the Soviet era.

For a full list of place name changes as of 1988, see FHL book 947.56 E3h Հայկական ՍՍՀ Վարչա-տերիտորիալ Բաժանումը

For more information about the policies and types of place name changes that occurred, see the following article: The Alteration of Place Names and Construction of National Identity in Soviet Armenia

Soviet era provinces

Armenia within the Russian Empire
Each province (губерния) contained several districts. Each district (уeзд) then contained towns and villages.

The bulk of what is now Armenia was part of the Russian Empire province of Ėrivan. Ėrivan province was split into seven districts (as of 1872):

Southern parts of Tiflis province and western areas of Elisavetpol' province are also included within the borders of modern Armenia.