In the monograph, based on multilingual written monuments and a number of studies by domestic and foreign authors, for the first time in oriental studies, a comprehensive history of Armenia, Kartli (Eastern Georgia) and (Caucasian) Albania is presented under the conditions of Byzantine-Iranian and Arab rule (VI-IX centuries BC). ). The work examines in detail the military-political, administrative-political, socio-economic, religious and ideological situation in Armenia and the countries of the South Caucasus in the early Middle Ages. The problems of the genesis and development of Armenian self-government under foreign rule have been studied. The book is intended for historians, as well as those interested in the early medieval history of the countries of Western Asia.

Contents: Introduction. Sources and literature. Armenia and the countries of the South Caucasus under Byzantine-Iranian rule in the VI-VII centuries: the formation of Armenian autonomy and sovereignty. Armenia and the countries of the South Caucasus as part of the Byzantine Empire and Sasanian Iran in the second third of the 6th - 7th first third of the century. Armenia and the countries of the South Caucasus during the period of early Arab conquests in the Byzantine Empire and Sasanian Iran (633-655). Armenia and countries of the South Caucasus between the Arab Caliphate, the Byzantine Empire and the Khazar Khaganate in the second half of the 7th century. Socio-political system and economy. Religious and ideological relations. The genesis of the institution of "Ishkhan of Armenia" and the Armenian principality of the 7th century. Armenia and the countries of the South Caucasus in the conditions Arab power in the 8th-9th centuries: the elimination of Armenian sovereignty, the preservation and expansion of internal autonomy. Armenia and Arminiya as part of the Umayyad Caliphate in the first half of the 8th century. Armenia and Arminiya as part of the Abassid Caliphate in the second first half of the 8th and early 9th centuries. Armenia and Arminiya during the formation of autonomous hereditary principalities in the first half of the 9th century. Dissolution of the Arab province of Arminiya and the sovereignization of autonomous hereditary principalities in the second half of the 10th century. Administrative policy and governance system of the Arab Caliphate in Armenia and Arminiya. National (migration) and religious policies of the Arab caliphate in Armenia and Arminiya. Socio-political system and economy. Genesis of the institution of "ishkhan of Armenia" and the autonomous Grand Duchy of Armenia of the 9th century. Conclusion.Conclusion.Appendices. Viceroys of the caliphs in the northern provinces. Rulers of the province of Arminiya. List of abbreviations. List of sources used and literature.Medieval local monuments.Medieval foreign language monuments.Literature in Russian.Literature in foreign languages.Author maps.Information about the author.