a country in the Caucasus, formerly a part of the Soviet Union.

a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors

an ancient country, where its kings fought against Assyria, Persia, Rome and Byzantium

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Ancient Christian civilisation in Transcaucasia; divided between the Ottoman and Russian empires in 1914. The Armenian population in Ottoman Turkey was subject to mass killings and deportations by the Turkish government between 1915 and 1918, in which at least one million people were killed. Armenia took up arms against Turkey, and Russian Armenia declared itself independent on 28 May 1918. In the autumn of 1920, however, Turkish and Bolshevik forces over-ran the region and signed the Treaty of Moscow (March 1921), which ended dreams of an independent Armenian state until the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1991.

Ancient home of the Armenians. Adjancent to the Caucasus and Turkey