did the armenians occupy in this large-scale resettlement of various... peoples to new russia, what potenkinut, engaged in the arrangement of the provinces entrusted to him, yes, solving the problem of crimea, its annexation, and potemkin looked much further and understood that the further struggle for the black sea region, for the south, for the caucasus, was still to come, and he paid attention to even peoples geographically very remote from this region, including the armenians, who... lived in large numbers in transcaucasia in asia minor on the territory of the ottoman empire, on the territory of persia, he understood that it was necessary to create a kind of attractive showcase for various christian peoples, both in the balkans, and so in the caucasus, in transcaucasia, asia minor, for so that they see how russia is their protector, how russia helps them, and what contribution did the armenian colonists make to the development of new russia, what are their merits? well, everyone knows perfectly well. that the armenians are excellent traders, there were a lot of armenian merchants, that’s