Armenian SSR
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Socialist Soviet Republic of Armenia
(1920–22)
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
(1936-90)
Republic of Armenia
(1990-95)
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Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-22. 1936-91) Constituent part of the Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-36) De facto sovereign entity (1990–91) Sovereign state (1991-95) |
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Motto Պրոլետարներ բոլոր երկրների, միացե՜ք (Armenian) Proletarner bolor erkrneri, miac’ek’ (transliteration) "Proletarians of all countries, unite!" |
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Anthem Հայկական Սովետական Սոցիալիստական Հանրապետություն օրհներգ Haykakan Sovetakan Soc'ialistakan Hanrapetut'yun "Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic" (1944-92) Մեր Հայրենիք Mer Hayrenik "Our Fatherland" (1992-95) |
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 Location of Armenia (red) within the Soviet Union.
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| Capital | Yerevan | |||||||||||||||
| Languages |
Official languages: Armenian · Russian Minority languages: Assyrian · Kurdish · Greek |
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| Demonym |
Armenian Soviet |
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| Government |
Unitary Marxist-Leninist one party Soviet socialist republic (until 1990) Unitary semi-presidential republic (after 1990) |
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| First Secretary | ||||||||||||||||
| • | 1920–1921 | Gevork Alikhanyan | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1991 | Aram Gaspar Sargsyan | ||||||||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | ||||||||||||||||
| • | 1946–1947 | Aghasi Sargsyan | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1990–1991 | Vazgen Manukyan | ||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| • | Republic proclaimed | 2 December 1920 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Admitted to the USSR | 30 December 1922 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Formation | 5 December 1936 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh | 20 February 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Sovereignty declared | 23 August 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Independence proclaimed | 21 September 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Independence recognized | 26 December 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| • | Adoption of the New Armenian Constitution | 5 July 1995 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||||||||
| • | 1989 | 29,800 km² (11,506 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||||||||
| • | 1989 est. | 3,287,700 | ||||||||||||||
| Density | 110.3 /km² (285.7 /sq mi) | |||||||||||||||
| Currency |
Armenian ruble (1920-23) Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR) (1936-91) Russian ruble (RUB) (1991-93) Armenian dram (դր.) (AMD) (1993-95) |
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| Calling code | +7 885 | |||||||||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Armenia
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Armenia (
i/ɑːrˈmiːniə/, /-ˈmiːnjə/;Armenian: Հայաստան, tr. Hayastan, IPA: [hɑjɑsˈtɑn]; Russian: Армения; Armeniya), officially the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic; (Armenian SSR; Armenian: Haykakan Sovetakan Soc'ialistakan Hanrapetut'yun; Russian: Армя́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialističeskaya Respublika) and the Republic of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն, tr. Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun; Russian: Республика Армения; Respublika Armeniya) also commonly referred to as Soviet Armenia was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union in December 1922 located in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia and an sovereign state from 1991 to 1995. It was established in December 1920, when the Soviets took over control of the short-lived First Republic of Armenia and lasted until 1991. It is sometimes called the Second Republic of Armenia, following the First Republic of Armenia's demise.
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