Armenia Jurisdictions

The following romanization/transliteration table was used to create the English version of place names in the FamilySearch Catalog based on their Armenian names -- ALA-LC Romanization Table for Armenian

Note: English place names referring to Armenian cities during the Russian Empire time-period were typically created based on the Russian version of the name. See the ALA-LC Romanization table for Russian.

Republic of Armenia / Հայաստան (1991-current)
As of 1995 Armenia has been split between ten provinces and the city of Yerevan.

Each province (Մարզ) contains municipalities which in turn contains several towns or villages. Click on the links below, then open "places within" to see towns within each province in the Family History Library Catalog.

The law on the Administrative-Territorial Division of the Republic of Armenia put in place in 1995 has been amended several times since it was enacted. The law and its subsequent amendments can be viewed here.

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic / Հայկական Սովետական Սոցիալիստական Հանրապետություն (1936-1991)
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 1988 Հայկական ՍՍՀ Վարչա-Տերիտորիալ Բաժանումը / Армянская ССР Административно-Территориальное Деление (Territorial divisions of the Armenian SSR)

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

Click on the links below, then open "places within" to see towns within each province in the Family History Library Catalog.

Armenia within the Russian Empire (1813-1917)
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. [The district of Surmali is now part of Turkey. Nakhichevan and part of the Sharur-Daralagez districts are now part of Azerbaijan.] Ėrivan province was created in 1850 and was split into the following seven districts (as of 1872): Click on the links below, then open "places within" to see towns within each district in the Family History Library Catalog.

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