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[[Image:Proposed Armenian state in Asia Minor.png|thumb|December 4, 1918, the proposed Armenian state to [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919]]<ref>"Asia: Journal of the American Asiatic Association" ,1919, Published by Asia Pub. Co., Volume.19 page 327</ref>]] |
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After World War I and the Armenian Genocide, President [[Woodrow Wilson]] supported a [[Wilsonian Armenia|proposed American mandate]] over these territories.<ref>"[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D15FE3F5E1B728DDDAC0A94DD405B808EF1D3 President Wilson sends a special message to Congress]," ''New York Times''</ref> |
After World War I and the Armenian Genocide, President [[Woodrow Wilson]] supported a [[Wilsonian Armenia|proposed American mandate]] over these territories.<ref>"[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D15FE3F5E1B728DDDAC0A94DD405B808EF1D3 President Wilson sends a special message to Congress]," ''New York Times''</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:23, 11 December 2009
Greater Armenia (Armenian: Միացյալ Հայաստան, or United Armenia) is an Armenian irredentist political goal aimed at uniting with Armenia most of the Armenian Highland, the historical homeland of the Armenians since antiquity up until the Armenian Genocide when they were massacred and forcefully expelled by the Ottoman Turkish government.
History
After World War I and the Armenian Genocide, President Woodrow Wilson supported a proposed American mandate over these territories.[1]
The Paris Peace Conference meeting in January 1919, witnessed the formation of pertinent decisions pertaining to the future of the Ottoman Empire. This Conference also witnessed the emergence of new partners, desiring to acquire shares from the Ottoman territories. These new partners did not hesitate to pronounce their desires to the Allies, albeit the clashes in their zones of interest. The surprised Allies, viewing these demands soon noted that regions such as Cilicia, Marash and the six Eastern provinces as well as Trabzon, demanded by the Armenians, was partially also a matter of interest for the Greeks. The Greek interests laid particularly in the Trabzon region to fulfill their intention of forming a Pontus Republic in the Black Sea. Hence, during the discussions of the Paris Peace Conference as Boghos Nubar Pasha claimed to pursue good relations with the Armenians, Eleftherios Venizelos persisted on preserving affirmative contacts with the Greeks.
This research is designed to analytically evaluate through archival documents as well, the January 1920 discussions in Erivan and Tiflis between the Greeks and Armenians for a possible confederation, attempted following the failure of the search of the Trabzon Metropolit Hrisantos pursued in Europe with the anticipation of finding support for the foundation of an independent Pontus.
Current use
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/First_republic_of_Armenia-west_borders_by_Woodrow_Wilson.png/250px-First_republic_of_Armenia-west_borders_by_Woodrow_Wilson.png)
The modern use of this term by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation[2] encompass the following areas:
Region | Location | Area (km²) | Capital (administrative center) |
---|---|---|---|
Republic of Armenia | ![]() |
29,800 | Yerevan |
Western Armenia | ![]() |
103,599 [3] | Erzurum (Karin) |
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic | ![]() |
11,458.38 (de-facto contolled) | Stepanakert |
Northern Artsakh | ![]() |
10,000 (approximate) | Gandzak |
Nakhijevan | ![]() |
5,363 | Nakhijevan |
Javakhk | ![]() |
5,474.9 | Akhalkalaki |
Population
Ethnic groups
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Proportions_des_populations_en_Asie_Mineure_statistique_officielle_d1914.png/175px-Proportions_des_populations_en_Asie_Mineure_statistique_officielle_d1914.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Six_Vilayets_ethnic_groups.png/175px-Six_Vilayets_ethnic_groups.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Comparison_table_of_armenian_azeri_kurdish_population_of_armenia.jpg/175px-Comparison_table_of_armenian_azeri_kurdish_population_of_armenia.jpg)
Presently in these territories live many other ethnic groups such as the Kurds and Turks (in Western Armenia), Georgians (in Javakhk) and Azerbaijanis (in Nakhijevan and Northern Artsakh). Armenians form majority in the Republic of Armenia, Nagorno-Karabkh and Javakhk. There are no Armenians left currently in Western Armenia after the Armenian Genocide had occurred.
In Nakhijevan, because of the Azerbaijani and later Soviet Azerbaijani Anti-Armenian policy, most of the Armenians of the region left their homes.[4] The remaining approximately 2,000 Armenians were expelled by Azerbaijani forces during the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh as part of the forceful exchange of population between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Region | Total population | Main ethnic groups (largest in bold) |
Armenians (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Western Armenia | ~6,000,000 | Kurds (60%), Turks (35%), Azerbaijanis | 39,000-44,000 [5] |
Republic of Armenia | 3,213,011 | Armenians, Yezidis, Russians, Assyrians | 3,145,354 (97.9 %) [6] |
Northern Artsakh | 1,325,000 | Azerbaijanis, Turks | 119 (0.01%) [7] |
Nakhijevan | 354,072 | Azerbaijanis, Kurds, Russians | 17 (0.005%) [8] |
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic | 137,737 | Armenians, Russians | 137,380 (99.7%) [9] |
Javakhk | 175,312 | Armenians, Georgians, Greeks and Russians | 121,009 (69%) [10] |
Greater Armenia | 11,300,000 | Armenians, Kurds, Turks, Russians, Azerbaijanis | 3,500,000 (30%) |
Cities
The biggest city in the area is Yerevan, the capital of Republic of Armenia.
Rank | Name | Armenian name | Country | Population | Main ethnic group(s) (largest in bold) |
Year |
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1 | Yerevan | Երևան / Yerevan | ![]() |
1,103,488 | Armenians | 2001 |
2 | Erzurum | Կարին / Karin | ![]() |
358,344 | Kurds, Turks | 2009 |
3 | Van | Վան / Van | ![]() |
352,292 | Kurds, Turks | 2009 |
4 | Ganja | Գանձակ / Gandzak | ![]() |
313,000 | Azerbaijanis, Russians | 2009 |
5 | Trabzon | Տրապիզոն / Trapizon | ![]() |
283,233 | Turks | 2009 |
6 | Gyumri | Գյումրի / Gyumri | ![]() |
150,917 | Armenians | 2001 |
7 | Vanadzor | Վանաձոր / Vanadzor | ![]() |
107,394 | Armenians | 2001 |
8 | Rize | Ռիզե / Rize | ![]() |
89,008 | Turks | 2009 |
9 | Ağrı | Կարաքիլիսե / Karakilise | ![]() |
85,795 | Kurds, Azerbaijanis, Turks | 2009 |
10 | Erzincan | Երզնկա / Yerznka | ![]() |
85,323 | Kurds, Turks | 2009 |
See also
- Armenian Highland
- Wilsonian Armenia
- Foreign relations of Armenia
- Cilicia
- Other irredentist ideas:
References
- ^ "President Wilson sends a special message to Congress," New York Times
- ^ "Goals of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation". Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ^ Legal Bases for Armenian Claims by Ara Papyan
- ^ "Армянское Косово," 'НИРА Аксакал
- ^ 1975 yılı köy nüfusu kayıtlarına göre anadili Ermenice 24.000, Türkçe olan 15-20.000 Müslüman Hemşinli bulunmaktadır. P. A. Andrews, Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey, Reichert, Wiesbaden, 1989, s. 130
- ^ National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
- ^ The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. See figures for Agstafa, Dashkasan, Gadabay, Gazakh, Khanlar, Samukh, Shamkir, Tovuz, and Ganja
- ^ The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- ^ THE NATIONAL STATISTICAL SERVICE OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH REPUBLIC
- ^ Statistics Georgia