
The Russian author of XIX c. S. Glinka: «Resettlement of the Armenians of Adderbijan to the borders of Russia» (Pereseleniye armyan adderbidzhanskix v predeli Rossii) Moscow 1831, Baku 1990 p. 93 (in Russian), under name «Adderbijan» the author means the South (Iranian) Azerbaijan;
: «...increase of the resettled related Christian people [in Azerbaijan] can place a reliable stronghold in the borders of Russia for repulse of the hostile actions of the neighboring peoples, particularly, of the Turks, Persians, and the mountaineers»1.
Sergei Glinka: “On migration of Adderbidzhanian Armenians to Russian territories”, Moscow, 1831, Enclosure II) Extract from the order issued by Chief Military Commissar :“Re: preparation of migration of Christians... You must send immediately field-officers and senior officers to the districts most populated with Armenians and other Christians, in the first place - to Maraga. Our troops will start not later than on 8-th of March, hence migrants must move immediately .....”
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