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The Armenians occupy a nation-state called Armenia. It was founded in 4th century BC and was the first state to adopt Christianity. Currently, 90% of the population is Armenian. The modern Republic of Armenia is independent; however, it was not always that way.

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Starting the 1820s, Eastern Armenia was under the control of the Russian Empire while Eastern Armenia was under the control of the Ottoman Empire since the 15th century.

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Turkey and Russia shared an unstable border during the 19th century. Suspicions grew among the Turkish because they thought that the Armenians would be more loyal to other Christian countries, namely Russia.

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The Turkish military sacked Armenian cities and villages between 1894 and 1896 in response to civil rights movements by the Armenians. Between 80,000 and 300,000 Armenians were massacred.

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During WWI, Turkey sided with the Axis Powers. Suspicions grew again because military leaders thought that the Armenians would be likely to side with the Allies in return for their independence. On April 24, 1915, the Turkish government arrested and executed several hundred Armenians. Killing Squads were then created out of murderers and ex-convicts. Twenty-five concentration camps were set up by the Ottoman government and there were death marches in the desert.

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WWI ended in 1918 and in 1920, Armenia was granted independence in the Treaty of Sevres. While the treaty was signed by the Ottoman Empire, Turkey never did. This led to the continuation of the genocide until 1922. More than 1.5 million Armenians were killed with only 388,00 remaining in the Ottoman Empire.

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Then in the same year that their independence was declared, Turkey invaded. Then, months after being conquered to the Turkish, they fell to the Soviet Union.

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The Soviet Union discouraged nationalism under communism. Even though, thousands of Armenians demonstrated on April 24th, 1965 in honor of their ancestors and the genocide. This was the largest public demonstration that included nationality in the Soviet Union.

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In the late 1980s, Armenians started to demonstrate on the USSR's lack of fixing ecological problems. With this, some Armenians started to want statehood. Support grew until in August 23rd, 1991, Armenia declared independence and became a nation-state as it is today.

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https://www.history.com/topics/armenian-genocide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamidian_massacres#Death_toll
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Armenia
https://history.state.gov/countries/armenia

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