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Armenian SSR
Origins
In December 1920, with Turkish forces in the west and the Red Army in the east, the government of the First Republic of Armenia ceded power to the Bolsheviks. After a brief anti-Bolshevik revolt in 1921, the Armenian SSR was established, joined the Transcaucasian SFSR in 1922 and became a full union republic in 1936.
Rule and society
Soviet rule brought industry, hydroelectric power at Lake Sevan, universities and the growth of Yerevan to a planned capital designed by Alexander Tamanian. Tens of thousands of diaspora Armenians resettled there after 1946. The church was repressed, and Stalin's purges struck the intelligentsia. In 1965 mass demonstrations marked the 50th anniversary of the genocide.
Decline and legacy
From 1988 the Karabakh movement mobilised Armenians to demand Nagorno-Karabakh, while the Spitak earthquake killed about 25,000 people. Armenia voted for independence in September 1991, becoming the Republic of Armenia.
Lineage
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- Republic of Mountainous Armenia was conquered by Armenian SSR1921 CE
- Armenian SSR was part of Transcaucasian SFSR1922 CE – 1936 CE
- Armenian SSR was part of Soviet Union1936 CE – 1991 CE
Cite this page
- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Armenian SSR. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/armenian-ssr
- MLA
- “Armenian SSR.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/armenian-ssr. Accessed .
- Chicago
- The Epoch Institute. “Armenian SSR.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/armenian-ssr.
- Harvard
- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Armenian SSR’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/armenian-ssr (Accessed: ).
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