Timeline_of_modern_Armenian_history

Timeline of modern Armenian history

Timeline of modern Armenian history

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Ottoman rule and transition from Iranian to Russian rule (1804–1914)

Capture of Erivan in 1827 by the Russian forces marked the transition of Persian rule to Russian rule of Eastern Armenia
Hamidian massacres
Armenia was divided between Russian and Ottoman empires in the early 20th century.
Armenian national liberation movement

Armenian national liberation movement

Armed movement (1889–1907)

Second Constitution Era (1908–1914)

World War I and Armenian genocide (1914–1918)

Map of massacre locations and deportation and extermination centers during the Armenian genocide
About 1.5 million Armenians were killed during the Armenian genocide in 1915–1918.

First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)

The flag and the coat of arms of the Republic of Armenia.

Soviet Armenia and the Armenian diaspora (1920–1991)

The flag and the coat of arms of Soviet Armenia.
Armenian Communist leader Aghasi Khanjian and "the main poet of the 20th century" Yeghishe Charents were among those who fell victim to the Great Purge.[1]

Interwar period (1920–1938)

Armenian generals of the Soviet Army during WWII: Marshal Ivan Bagramyan, Chief of Staff of the Navy Ivan Isakov, Chief Marshal of the Mechanized Forces Hamazasp Babadzhanian, Marshal of Aviation Sergei Khudyakov.

World War II (1939–1945)

Cold War (1946–1987)

Tsitsernakaberd
The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia carried out a number of armed attacks on Turkish embassies around the world in the 1980s.

Karabakh conflict and independence of Armenia (1987–present)

The 1994 ceasefire ended the First Nagorno-Karabakh War with the Armenian forces establishing de facto control on the disputed area
The flag and the coat of arms of the Republic of Armenia.
Levon Ter-Petrosyan
Vazgen Sargsyan led the Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh war
  • 1987 September: the Union for National Self-Determination, the first non-Communist party, founded in Yerevan by Paruyr Hayrikyan.
  • 1987 October 18: A minor rally on Freedom Square, Yerevan for the unification of Karabakh with Armenia.[6]
  • 1988 February 12: First protests in Stepanakert.
  • 1988 February 18–26: Major demonstrations held in Yerevan demanding the unification of Karabakh with Armenia.[7][8]
  • 1988 February 20: NKAO Supreme Council issued a request to transfer the region to Soviet Armenia.[9]
  • 1988 February 22–23: Local Armenians and Azerbaijanis clash in Askeran, resulting in several deaths.
  • 1988 February 27–29: Sumgait pogrom starts, Armenians of Azerbaijani start to leave in large numbers[10]
  • 1988 March 9: Gorbachev meets with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Karen Demirchyan and Kamran Baghirov in Moscow to discuss the public demands of unification of Armenia and Karabakh.[11]
  • 1988 March 22: Over 100,000 people discontented with the tendencies demonstrate in Yerevan.[12]
  • 1988 March 23: The Soviet Supreme Soviet rejects the demand of NKAO Regional Party. On March 25 Gorbachev rejects Armenian claims, forbade demonstrations in Yerevan.[12]
  • 1988 March 26: Despite not being authorized by the Moscow government, tens of thousands demonstrate in Yerevan.[13]
  • 1988 March 30: NKAO Communist Party adopts a resolution demanding unification.[13]
  • 1988 May 21: Karen Demirchyan resigns.
  • 1988 May 28: Flag of Armenia first raised in front of Matenadaran.[14]
  • 1988 June 15: Soviet Armenian Supreme Council votes in favor of the unification of NKAO.[14]
  • 1988 June 17: Soviet Azerbaijani Supreme Council opposes the transfer of NKAO to Armenia.[14]
  • 1988 June 28–29: Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union disapproves Armenian claims to NKAO.[14]
  • 1988 July 5: Soviet troops confronted by protesters in Zvartnots Airport, one man left dead, tens injured.[15]
  • 1988 July 12: NKAO Soviet Council votes in favor of unification with Armenia.[15]
  • 1988 July 18: Soviet Supreme Council refuses Armenian claims.[15]
  • 1988 July 21: Paruyr Hayrikyan deported to Ethiopia.[15]
  • 1988 fall: Around 150,000 Azerbaijanis of Armenia start to leave in large numbers.
  • 1988 September: State of emergency declared in Stepanakert after Armenian and Azerbaijanis clash.
  • 1988 November: Kirovabad pogrom
  • 1988 November 22: Soviet Armenian Supreme Council recognizes the Armenian genocide.[16]
  • 1988 November 24: State of emergency declared in Yerevan.[16]
  • 1988 December 7: Spitak earthquake.
  • 1988 December 10: Karabakh Committee members arrested, sent to Moscow.[17]
  • 1989 March 16: Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant shut down.
  • 1989 May 31: Karabakh Committee members freed.
  • 1989 December 1: Soviet Armenian Supreme Council and NKAO Supreme Council declare the unification of the two entities
  • 1990 January 13–19: Pogrom of Armenians in Baku.
  • 1990 May 20: 1990 Armenian parliamentary election, pro-independence members form majority.
  • 1990 August 4: Levon Ter-Petrosyan elected chairman of the Supreme Council, de facto leader of Armenia.
  • 1990 August 23: Soviet Armenian Supreme Council declares sovereignty.
  • 1991 April 30 – May 15: Soviet and Azeri forces deport thousands of Armenian from Shahumyan during Operation Ring.
  • 1991 August 19–21: 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt in Moscow
  • 1991 September 2: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic proclaimed in Stepanakert.
  • 1991 September 21: Armenians vote in favor of independence from the Soviet Union.
  • 1991 September 23: Armenian Supreme Council proclaims independence

Levon Ter-Petrosyan presidency (1991–1998)

Robert Kocharyan presidency (1998–2008)

Robert Kocharyan
Ten people were killed during the anti-government protests on March 1, 2008.

Serzh Sargsyan presidency (2008–2018)

Serzh Sargsyan
Protests on 14 April 2018 against Serzh Sargsyan

Nikol Pashinyan premiership (2018–present)

Nikol Pashinyan
Map of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war

Predicted and scheduled events

See also


References

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