Nakhichevan-on-Don

The Russian Empire sought to strengthen Novorossiya, which was vital in completely absorbing the Crimea.

[1] Empress Catherine the Great granted some 86,000 ha of land to the Armenians by a November 14, 1779 decree.

The Armenian Apostolic population was estimated at 18,895 (58.7%), Orthodox at 10,965 (34.1%), others (Jews, Old Believers, Muslims, Catholics, Protestants) at 2,314 (7.1%).

East Slavic-speakers (Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians) made up around two-thirds of the population (19,224), while Armenians (8,277) comprised a significant minority (29.1%).

[6] In 1929, the area was redesignated as the Proletarsky raion (Пролетарский район), Rostov's largest district.

The coat of arms of Nakhichevan-on-Don, adopted in 1811, depicts bees and a beehive—symbolizing hardworking Armenians. [ 1 ]
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Monument to Catherine the Great and the Gregory the Illuminator cathedral on the city's main square
Nakhichevan-on-Don Vladikavkaz Railway Administration, between 1890 and 1917