July 1919 until the Sovietization of Armenia. After the establishment of Soviet power on 3 December 1920, most of the uezd formed part of the Armenian SSR, the center Erivan (Yerevan) serving as the new government's capital. The southernmost parts of the uezd corresponding to the locality of Sadarak became the northernmost section of the new Nakhichevan ASSR of the Azerbaijan SSR and the outer southwestern strip of the uezd, corresponding to the Aras corridor on the west bank of the Aras river, was ceded to Turkey in accordance with the treaties of Moscow and Kars. Administrative divisions The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Erivan uezd in 1913 were as follows: Demographics Russian Empire Census According to the Russian Empire Census, the Erivan uezd had a population of 150,879 on , including 82,899 men and 67,980 women. The majority of the population indicated Tatar to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Kurdish speaking minorities. Kavkazskiy kalendar According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Erivan uezd had a population of 205,617 on , including 108,228 men and 97,389 women, 157,100 of whom were the permanent population, and 48,517 were temporary residents. The statistics indicated an overwhelmingly Armenian population in the capital Erivan, with a significant Shia Muslim population, conversely, in the rural peripheries of the district, the population had a Shia Muslim plurality with a significant Armenian minority: Settlements According to the 1897 census, there were 82 settlements in the Erivan uezd with a population over 500 inhabitants. The religious composition of the settlements was as follows: Notes References Bibliography History of Yerevan Ararat Province Kotayk Province Uezds of Erivan Governorate