Let's start by sharing maps of the largest land mass claimed by Armenia.
Oh and how would this affect the future of the Ottoman Empire?
How Assyrians?
Greater Armenia is too abstract a concept. Cilicia could be included within it, and that no European power would allow to go to Russia.
I wonder if Russia would make noises about seizing Pontus. That would be the next logical step minus of course the historical obsession with Istanbul
Is there potential for a combined Greek (Pontus), Armenian and Assyrian state?
Surrounded by Kurds, Turks, Arabs, Persians and Azerbajainies would be a tough row to hoe divided. Perhaps together they might survive.
I wonder how they'd get along as I'm not sure there is any actual biologican links between these people (and Georgians) other than being Orthodox.
Neither Armenians nor Assyrians are Orthodox......
How are the Kurds affected by this if arias is seizes all of greater Armenia (which overlaps Kurdish territory)?
Is there potential for a combined Greek (Pontus), Armenian and Assyrian state?
Surrounded by Kurds, Turks, Arabs, Persians and Azerbajainies would be a tough row to hoe divided. Perhaps together they might survive.
I wonder how they'd get along as I'm not sure there is any actual biologican links between these people (and Georgians) other than being Orthodox.
Mass exodus/ethnic cleansing
Here are some OTL exemples:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhacir
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing_of_Circassians
I think there'd be some kind of Population Exchange clause in the peacedeal, since Russia is not really interested in more Muslims inside their borders, and the Ottoman government did not really trust theor christian minorities. So I could see both government signing a population transfer clause where the Russians expel most Muslims from the newly conquered territory and the Ottomans expel Anatolian christians, who are welcomed by the Russians.
Ethnic cleansing is ugly, but they'd probably do it.
I'd suggest a predominately Armenian state, with fellow Christians accepted, would be more viable than trying to juggle the three peoples equally.
If either Empress did just a little better in the late eighteenth century, I'd think they could get some Armenia territory. One year of campaigning was harder for the Russians by an unusually droughty summer, and things might indeed have gone differently otherwise.
As snerfuplz says, the Russians would do better with the chorus 'Trebizond/Not Constantinople.' That's probably the unlikeliest part.
I think there'd be some kind of Population Exchange clause in the peacedeal, since Russia is not really interested in more Muslims inside their borders, and the Ottoman government did not really trust theor christian minorities. So I could see both government signing a population transfer clause where the Russians expel most Muslims from the newly conquered territory and the Ottomans expel Anatolian christians, who are welcomed by the Russians.
Ethnic cleansing is ugly, but they'd probably do it.
Would the Kurds resist because they would be kicked out of their own homeland....