 In 1813, Syunik (including Dastakert) became part of the Russian Empire as a result of the Russo-Persian War of 1804–13 and the signing of the Treaty of Gulistan, between Russia and Qajar Persia.In 1868, it became part of the Zangezursky Uyezd, within the Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire.With the establishment of the Republic of Armenia in 1918, Dastakert was included within the Zangezur region of the newly-founded republic.