was invaded by Turkish forces; this time under the command of General Kâzım Karabekir. The outcome of the war was Armenia's formal loss of Nakhichevan as the district became an autonomous protectorate of Soviet Azerbaijan, as confirmed by the treaties of Kars and Moscow in 1921. The Nakhichevan uezd was combined with the Sharur subdistrict of the Sharur-Daralayaz uezd and organized into the Nakhichevan ASSR. The south-easternmost parts of the uezd, Karchevan and part of the Zaritap Municipality (part of the Syunik and Vayots Dzor provinces, respectively), were transferred to Soviet Armenia in 1929–1934 whilst within the Transcaucasian SFSR. Demographics According to the Russian Empire Census, the Nakhichevan uezd had a population of 100,771 on , including 52,984 men and 47,787 women. The majority of the population indicated Tatar to be their mother tongue, with a significant Armenian speaking minority: According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Nakhichevan uezd had a population of 136,859 on , including 74,081 men and 62,778 women, 133,343 of whom were the permanent population, and 3,516 were temporary residents: Settlements According to the 1897 census, there were 67 settlements in the Nakhichevan uezd with a population over 500 inhabitants. The religious composition of the settlements was as follows: Notes References Bibliography Geographic history of Azerbaijan History of Nakhchivan Uezds of Erivan Governorate