 Soviets also sprang up throughout the area and, in time, organized an influential Regional Center at Tiflis using the loyalty of the Russian Armenians.Hakob Zavriev was instrumental in having Ozakom issue a decree about the administration of the occupied territories.This region was officially identified as ""the land of Turkish Armenia"" and transferred to a civilian rule under Zavriev, who oversaw districts Trebizon, Erzurum, Bitlis, and Van.