Ricardolindo
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Let's say that in the late 18th century, Russia decides that expanding south of the Caucasus is not worth it. What would have happened to the Ottoman Empire, to Qajar Iran and to the Georgian Kingdoms? Keeping what's now Azerbaijan and Armenia would definitely benefit Iran. Azerbaijan has oil, Azeris are Shia and Armenia would be majority Muslim without Russian rule and the Armenian Genocide. Iran doesn't really benefit from Kartli-Kakheti, though, with its overwhelmingly Christian population.
Without the Russian conquest of Persian Armenia, an Armenian ethnostate would almost certainly never have formed. However, this also almost certainly butterflies away the Armenian Genocide.
Without the Russian conquest of Persian Armenia, an Armenian ethnostate would almost certainly never have formed. However, this also almost certainly butterflies away the Armenian Genocide.
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