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Armenia (/ ɑːr ˈ m iː n i ə / ⓘ ar-MEE-nee-ə), [14] [a] officially the Republic of Armenia, [b] is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. [15] [16] It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. [17]
The treaty included a clause on Armenia: it made all parties signing the treaty recognize Armenia as a free and independent state. The drawing of definite borders was, however, left to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and the United States State Department, and was only presented to Armenia on 22 November 1920. The new borders gave Armenia access ...
Turkey. Georgia. The First Republic of Armenia, officially known at the time of its existence as the Republic of Armenia, [ b ] was an independent Armenian state that existed from May (28th de jure, 30th de facto) 1918 to 2 December 1920 in the Armenian-populated territories of the former Russian Empire known as Eastern or Russian Armenia.
An independence referendum was held in the Armenia SSR on 21 September 1991 to determine whether to secede from the Soviet Union. [1] It followed a declaration of independence on 23 August 1990. [2] 99.5% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 95%. [3] The country officially became an independent state on 23 September 1991.
The first Arab invasion under the leadership of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah devastates the region of Taron. 642. Arabs storm the city of Dvin killing 12,000 its inhabitants and taking 35,000 into slavery. 645. Theodorus Rshtuni and other Armenian nakharars accepted Muslim rule over Armenia. 650.
Commonwealth of Independent States. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) [a] is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and is its legal successor. It covers an area of 20,368,759 km 2 (7,864,422 sq mi) and has an estimated population of 239,796,010.
Recent studies have shown that Armenians are indigenous to the Armenian Highlands and form a distinct genetic isolate in the region. [5] Analyses of mitochondrial ancient DNA of skeletons from Armenia and Artsakh spanning 7,800 years, including DNA from Neolithic, Bronze Age, Urartian, classical and medieval Armenian skeletons, [6] have revealed that modern Armenians have the least genetic ...
Foreign relations. Armenia is a member of more than 70 different international organizations, including the following: Asian Development Bank. Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Council of Europe. The EU 's Eastern Partnership and the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.