| Total population | Lebanon 150,000 | Iran 120,000 | Germany 90,000–110,000 | Syria 100,000 |
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| Federal subject | Moscow Oblast | 1979 | 7,549 | 1989 | 9,245 | 2002 | 39,660 | 2010 | 63,306 |
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The Armenians, an Indo-European people , first appear in history shortly after the end... Linguists classify Armenian as an independent branch of the Indo-European language family. The majority of Armenians belong to the Armenian Apostolic (Orthodox) Church.
Crypto Armenians are Armenians who are legally identified as Turks and are either Christian and openly recognize their identity, hide their identity and either practice Crypto-Christianity or Islam, Openly identify as Armenian but are Muslim, or don’t know about their ethnicity at all.
Armenia is one of the oldest countries in the world with a recorded history of about 3500 years . The oldest known ancestors of modern Armenians, the Hayasa-Azzi tribes, also known as Proto-Armenians, were indigenous to the Armenian Highland in Eastern Anatolia.
| Republic of Armenia Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն (Armenian) Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun | Religion Christianity (Armenian Apostolic Church) | Demonym(s) Armenian |
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Armenian Catholic Church , an Eastern-rite member of the Roman Catholic church. The Armenians embraced Christianity about ad 300 and were the first people to do so as a nation.
The portion of Armenia lying within the former Russian Empire declared independence on May 28, 1918, but in 1920 it was invaded by forces from Turkey and Soviet Russia.
| Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Հայկական Սովետական Սոցիալիստական Հանրապետություն (Armenian) Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian) | • Independence referendum 21 September 1991 | • Independence completed 26 December 1991 | Area | 1989 29,800 km 2 (11,500 sq mi) |
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The Armenian presence in Jerusalem dates back to the 4th century AD, when Armenia adopted Christianity as a national religion and Armenian monks settled in Jerusalem . ... Though formally separate from Greek Orthodox and Latin (Catholic) Christians, the Armenians consider their quarter to be part of the Christian Quarter.
1 : a member of a people dwelling chiefly in Armenia and neighboring areas (such as Turkey or Azerbaijan) 2 : the Indo-European language of the Armenians — see Indo-European Languages Table. 3 : a member of the Armenian church established by St.
The original Armenian name for the country was Hayk, later Hayastan (Armenian: Հայաստան) , translated as ‘the land of Hayk’, derived from Hayk and the Persian suffix ‘-stan’ (“land”).
Zoroastrianism in Armenia dates back to the 5th century B.C. during the Achaemenian and Parthian periods and was divided between Persia and the Roman Empire. Until Armenia’s conversion to Christianity, it was predominantly Zoroastrian.
* There are an estimated 1.5 million to 2 million Americans with Armenian heritage and many grew up hearing horrific stories of the massacres. Nowhere is Armenian influence more visible than in Glendale, California, a city of 200,000 near Los Angeles where 40% of the population is Armenian.
Poverty Data: Armenia. In Armenia, 26.4% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2019 . In Armenia, the proportion of employed population below $1.90 purchasing power parity a day in 2019 was 0.3%.
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