 At the beginning of the 19th century, many territories of southern Armenia including the region of Sisakan/Gharakilisa, became part of the Russian Empire as a result of the Treaty of Gulistan signed on 24 October 1813, between Russia and Qajar Iran following the Russo-Persian War of 1804–13.In 1828-30, many Armenian families from the Iranian cities of Khoy and Salmast have migrated to the region.In 1868, Sisakan/Gharakilisa became part of the Zangezursky Uyezd, within the Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire.