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Armenia

Chiefs of Kapan (Ghapan)
(in rebellion, against Persian and Ottoman rule)
1722 - May 1728 Davit Bek (b. 1669 - d. 1728)
1728 - 1730 Mkhitar Bek (d. 1730)
Khans of Īravān ( Erivan)
1747 � 1752 Mir Mekhti Khan
1752 - 1755 Khalil Khan
1755 - 1759 Hasan `Ali Khan (d. 1759)
1759 - 1783 Huseyn `Ali Khan (d. 1783)
1783 - 1784 Qulam `Ali Khan (d. 1784)
1784 - 1805 Muhammad Khan
1805 - 1806 Mekhti Qulu Khan
1806 - Oct 1806 Ahmad Khan (b. 1742 - d. 1806)
1806 - 26 Oct 1827 Huseyn Qulu Khan (b. 1740 - d. 1831)
Russian Administrators (title Nachal�nik)
1827 - 1828 Afanasiy Ivanovich Krasovskiy (b. 1781 - d. 1843)
(chairman of provisional administration)
1828 - 1830 Knyaz' Aleksandr Garsevanovich (b. 1786 - d. 1846)
Chavchavadze
1830 - 1838 Knyaz' Vasiliy Osipovich Bebutov (b. 1791 - d. 1858)
(= Barsegh Behbutyan)
1838 - 1839 Andrey Grigoryevich Patsovskiy (b. 1788 - d. 1839)
1840 - 1849 part of Georgia-Imeretia governorate Military Governors and Administrators of Civil Affairs of Yerevan Governorate
1849 - 1858 Ivan Ivanovich Nazorov (d. 1859)
1858 - 1860 Nikolay Petrovich Kolyubakin (b. 1810 - d. 1868)
1861 - 1864 Osip Antonovich Shcherbov- (b. 1803 � d. 1865)
Nefedovich
1864 - 1869 Mikhail Ivanovich Astafyev (b. 1821 - d. 1884)
Governors of Yerevan Governorate
20 May 1869 - 26 Jun 1873 Nikolay Nikolayevich Karmalin (b. 1824 - d. 1900)
Jun 1873 - 1880 Mikhail Ivanovich Roslavlev (b. 1822 - d. 1887)
3 Apr 1880 - 3 Jan 1891 Mikhail Yakovlevich Shalikov (b. 1831 - d. 1909)
14 Feb 1891 - 28 Nov 1895 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Freze (b. 1840 - d. 1918)
3 Mar 1896 - 1916 Graf Vladimir Fyodorovich fon (b. 1844 - d. 1919)
Tizengauzen
1916 - Mar 1917 Arkadiy Yevgenyevich Strel'bitskiy (b. 18.. - d. 1926)
Commissar of Yerevan Governorate
c.Feb 1918 Sahak Torosyan (b. 1885 - d. 1940) HHD
Chairman of the Armenian National Council
26 Oct 1917 - 1 Aug 1918 Avetis Arakeli Aharonyan (b. 1866 - d. 1949) HHD
(in Tiflis, Georgia to 19 Jul 1918)
26 Oct 1917 - 19 Jul 1918 Aram Haroutyouni Manoukyan (b. 1879 � d. 1919) HHD
(special representative, in Yerevan acting for Aharonyan)
Chairman of the Council of Armenia
(Council was adjourned sine die 4 Jun 1919 and was superseded by the Parliament)
1 Aug 1918 - 1 Aug 1919 Avetik Hovhannesi Sahakyan (b. 1863 - d. 1933) HHD
4 Jun 1919 - 1 Aug 1919 authority of the Council transferred to Cabinet of Ministers
Presidents of Parliament
1 Aug 1919 - 5 Aug 1919 Avetik Hovhannesi Sahakyan (acting)(s.a.) HHD
5 Aug 1919 - 4 Nov 1920 Avetis ArakeliAharonyan (s.a.) HHD
(exercised functions of diplomatic representation abroad)
- vice presidents of the Parliament acting for the absent president -
5 Aug 1919 - 10 Aug 1919 Sarkis Shahnazari Araratyan (b. 1886 - d. 1943) HHD
5 Aug 1919 - 4 Nov 1920 Levon Seghbosi Shant (b. 1869 - d. 1951) HHD
(absent from Armenia to 8 Dec 1919)
10 Aug 1919 - 16 Sep 1919 Hovsep Hovhannesi Arghutyan (b. 1862 - d. 1925) HHD
(acting)
16 Sep 1919 - 4 Nov 1919 Sirakan Fadeyi Tigranyan (b. 1875 - d. 1947) HHD
6 Nov 1919 - 4 Nov 1920 Avetik Hovhannesi Sahakyan (s.a.) HHD
President of Parliament
4 Nov 1920 - 2 Dec 1920 Hovhannes Roubeni Kajaznuni (b. 1868 - d. 1937) HHD
(Kachaznuni)
Chairman of the Military Revolutionary Committee
10 May 1920 - 14 May 1920 Avetis (Akop) Sogomonovich (b. 1896 - d. 1937) RKP
Nuridzhanyan
(in rebellion in Alexandropol [Gymri])
Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces
2 Dec 1920 - 4 Dec 1920 Drastamat "Dro" Martirosi Kanayan (b. 1884 - d. 1956) Mil/HHD
**Chairman of the Committee for the Salvation of the Fatherland 18 Feb 1921 - 21 Apr 1921 Simeon Nazari Vratsyan (b. 1882 - d. 1969) HHD
(in Yerevan to 2 Apr 1921, then in dissidence in Zangezur)
Chairman of the Government of Armenia
21 Apr 1921 - 9 Jul 1921 Simeon Nazari Vratsyan (s.a.) HHD
(in dissidence, in Zangezur)
Chairman of the Supreme Council
4 Aug 1990 - 11 Nov 1991 Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan (b. 1945) HHSh
Presidents
11 Nov 1991 - 4 Feb 1998 Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan (s.a.) Non-party
4 Feb 1998 - 9 Apr 2008 Robert Sedraki Kocharyan (b. 1954) Non-party
(acting to 9 Apr 1998)
9 Apr 2008 - 9 Apr 2018 Serzh Azati Sargsyan (b. 1954) HHK
9 Apr 2018 - 1 Feb 2022 Armen Vardani Sargsyan (b. 1953) Non-party
1 Feb 2022 - 13 Mar 2022 Alen Roberti Simonyan (acting) (b. 1980) KP
13 Mar 2022 - Vahagn Garrniki Khachaturyan (b. 1959) Non-party

Prime Ministers (literally Chief Ministers)
7 Jun 1918 - 7 Aug 1919 Hovhannes Roubeni Kajaznuni (s.a.) HHD
(Kachaznuni)(in Tiflis, Georgia to
19 Jul 1918; abroad on a diplomatic
mission from 28 May 1919)
28 May 1919 - 5 May 1920 Aleksandr Hovhannesi Khatisyan (b. 1876 - d. 1945) HHD
(acting for Kachaznuni to 7 Aug 1919)
5 May 1920 - 23 Nov 1920 Hamazasp Ohandjanyan (Ohandzhanyan)(b. 1873 - d. 1947) HHD
23 Nov 1920 - 2 Dec 1920 Simeon Nazari Vratsyan (b. 1882 - d. 1969) HHD
Chairman of the Committee for the Salvation of Fatherland 18 Feb 1921 - 21 Apr 1921 Simeon Nazari Vratsyan (s.a.) HHD
Chairman of the Government of Armenia 21 Apr 1921 - Jul 1921 Simeon Nazari Vratsyan (s.a.) HHD
(in opposition to the authorities of Armenia Soviet
Republic, on the territory of modern Syunik province)
Prime ministers
13 Aug 1990 - 25 Sep 1991 Vazgen Mikayeli Manukyan (b. 1946) HHSh;1991 AZhM
26 Sep 1991 - 22 Nov 1992 Hrant Ararati Bagratyan (b. 1958) HHSh
(1st time)(acting)
22 Nov 1991 - 30 Jul 1992 Gagik Garushi Harutyunyan (b. 1948) Non-party
30 Jul 1992 - 2 Feb 1993 Khosrov Meliki Harutyunyan (b. 1948) Non-party
2 Feb 1993 - 4 Nov 1996 Hrant Ararati Bagratyan (s.a.) HHSh
(2nd time)(acting to 12 Feb 1993)
4 Nov 1996 - 20 Mar 1997 Armen Vardani Sargsyan (s.a.) Non-party
20 Mar 1997 - 10 Apr 1998 Robert Sedraki Kocharyan (s.a.) Non-party
(1st time)
10 Apr 1998 - 11 Jun 1999 Armen Razmiki Darbinyan (b. 1965) Non-party
11 Jun 1999 - 27 Oct 1999 Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan (b. 1959 - d. 1999) HHK
29 Oct 1999 - 3 Nov 1999 Robert Sedraki Kocharyan (s.a.) Non-party
(2nd time) (acting)
3 Nov 1999 - 2 May 2000 AramZaveni Sargsyan (b. 1961) HHK
2 May 2000 - 12 May 2000 Robert Sedraki Kocharyan (s.a.) Non-party
(3rd time) (acting)
12 May 2000 - 25 Mar 2007 Andranik Nahapeti Margaryan (b. 1951 - d. 2007) HHK
26 Mar 2007 - 9 Apr 2008 Serzh Azati Sargsyan (s.a.) HHK
(acting to 4 Apr 2007)
9 Apr 2008 - 13 Apr 2014 Tigran Sureni Sargsyan (b. 1960) HHK
13 Apr 2014 - 13 Sep 2016 Hovik Argami Abrahamyan (b. 1958) HHK
13 Sep 2016 - 17 Apr 2018 Karen VilhelmiKarapetyan (b. 1963) HHK
(1st time) (acting from 9 Apr 2018)
17 Apr 2018 - 23 Apr 2018 Serzh Azati Sargsyan (s.a.) HHK
23 Apr 2018 - 8 May 2018 Karen Vilhelmi Karapetyan (s.a.) HHK
(2nd time) (acting)
8 May 2018 - Nikol Vovayi Pashinyan (b. 1975) KP
(acting 16 Oct 2018 - 14 Jan 2019)
26 Nov 2018 - 5 Dec 2018 Ararat Samveli Mirzoyan (b. 1979) KP
(acting for Pashinyan)

Allied Occupation

**Allied High Commissioner to Armenia 5 Jul 1919 - 1 Aug 1920 William Nafew Haskell, Jr. (U.S.) (b. 1878 - d. 1952) Mil
British Military Representatives, Erevan (Yerevan)
1 Feb 1919 - 2 Mar 1919 Verney Asser (b. 1873 - d. 1944) Mil
2 Mar 1919 - 28 Apr 1919 Clive Errington Temperley (b. 1893? - d. 1956) Mil
28 Apr 1919 - 12 Jun 1919 Keith Maitland Davie (b. 1868 - d. 1940) Mil
12 Jun 1919 - 28 Aug 1919 John Chicheley Plowden (b. 1891 - d. 1963) Mil

British Commissioner-general of Lori Neutral Zone (at Manes [Alaverdi])
1 Jan 1919 - Aug 1919 Archibald Sholto George Douglas (b. 1896 - d. 1981) Mil
(acting to 27 Jan 1919)

Territorial Disputes : Local border forces struggle to control the illegal transit of goods and people across the porous, undemarcated Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian borders; Georgians restrict Armenian access into Samtse-Javakheti ethnic Armenian areas. Armenia has made no claims to the region; residents have evacuated the former Soviet-era small ethnic enclaves in Armenia and Azerbaijan; In 2009, Swiss mediators facilitated an accord reestablishing diplomatic ties between Armenia and Turkey, but neither side has ratified the agreement and the rapprochement effort has faltered, in part due to resistance from Azerbaijan. The border has been closed since 1993, and no diplomatic relations established after Armenian independence. In 2022, Turkey and Armenia have agreed to move forward with efforts to normalize relations. Turkish authorities have complained that blasting from quarries in Armenia might be damaging the ruins of Ani, an ancient city on the high ridge overlooking the Arpa�ay valley on the opposite shore; in Oct 2023, Baku and Yerevan began preliminary discussions on a peace treaty, the demarcation of borders, and full normalization of relations; nevertheless, concerns persist in Armenia that Azerbaijan could invade in order to force the establishment of a transit corridor to the exclave of Naxicvan (Nakhichevan); On 16 May 2024, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed on the demarcation of 12.7 kilometers (almost seven miles) of their border that returned the villages of Baghanis Ayrum (Baghanis Ayr), Asagi Askipara (Nerkin Voskepar), Xeyrimli (Khermlu), and Qizilhacili to Azerbaijan effective 24 May 2024.

Party abbreviations: AZhM = Azgayin Zhoghovrdavarakan Miutyun (National Democratic Union Armenia, centrist, split from HHSh, est.1991);HHD = Hay Heghapokhakan Dashnaktsutyun (Armenian Revolutionary Federation, "Dashnak", democratic socialist, Armenian nationalist, anti-communist, est.1890, banned 1920-90 and 1994-98, in exile 1920-1990); HHK = Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun (Republican Party of Armenia, national conservative, republican, nationalist, est.2 Apr 1990); HKK = Hayastani Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun/ Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Armenii (Armenian Communist Party, Marxist-Leninist communist, 1920-1990 state party,to 13 Oct 1952 named Communist Party [Bolsheviks] of Armenia, Nov 1990 split from Communist Party of Soviet Union, 1920-1991, re-est.29 Jul 1991); KP = Kaghakatsiakan Paymanagir (Civil Contract, centerist,liberal, pro-European, civil movement from 9 Dec 2013, HHK and Serzh Sarkisyan opposition, est.30 May 2015); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: HHSh = Hayots Hamazgayin Sharzhum (Pan-Armenian National Movement, liberal, liberal nationalist, centrist, anti-communist, 20 Feb 1988-23 Feb 2013); RKP = Rossiyskaya Kommunisticheskaya Partiya (Bol'shevikov)(Russian Communist Party [Bolsheviks], Marxist-Leninistcommunist, state party, former RSDRP-B, 8 Mar 1918-31 Dec 1925, renamed VKP)

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic

29 Nov 1920 Socialist Soviet Republic of Armenia (Hayastani Soc'ialistakan
Xorhrdayin Hanrapetout'youn /Sotsialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika Armeniya) proclaimed (in rebellion).
2 Dec 1920 Republic of Armenia government resigned by agreement, on 4 Dec 1920
the Soviet Russian troops entered Yerevan.
18 Feb 1921 - 2 Apr 1921 Anti-Soviet rebels (see above) occupied Yerevan.
16 Mar 1921 Kars region restoration to Turkey confirmed by the Treaty of Moscow
(confirmed on 13 Oct 1921 by the Treaty of Kars).
30 Nov 1921 Union Treaty with the Russian S.F.S.R.
12 Mar 1922 - 13 Dec 1922 Part of the Soviet Socialist Republics of Transcaucasia
(see under Georgia).
13 Dec 1922 - 5 Dec 1936 Part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet
Republic (see under Georgia).
3 Apr 1927? Armenian Socialist Soviet Republic (Haykakan Soc'ialistakan Xorhrdayin Hanrapetout'youn /Armyanskaya Sotsialisticheskaya
Sovetskaya Respublika).
5 Dec 1936 Accession individually to the Soviet Union (see under Russia).
5 Dec 1936 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (Haykakan Xorhrdayin Soc'ialistakan Hanrapetout'youn; 1940: Haykakan Sovetakan Soc'ialistakan Ṙespoublika; 1966: Haykakan Sovetakan Soc'ialistakan Hanrapetout'youn; 25 Jun 1989: Haykakan Xorhrdayin Soc'ialistakan Hanrapetout'youn/ Armyanskaya Sovetskaya
Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika).
1 Dec 1989 Unification of the Armenian S.S.R. and the Nagorno-Karabakh
Autonomous Oblast is proclaimed by a joint session
of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian S.S.R. and the National
Council of Nagorno-Karabakh (see under Azerbaijan)(not recognized
by Azerbaijan S.S.R. or Soviet Union, not effected).
23 Aug 1990 Republic of Armenia

Executive Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Armenia (HHK)
10 Sep 1920 - 19 May 1921 Gevork Sarkisovich Alikhanyan (b. 1897 - d. 1938)
19 May 1921 - 29 Apr 1922 Sergey Lukyanovich Lukashin (b. 1885 - d. 1937)
(Sarkis Srapionyan)
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Armenia (HHK)
29 Apr 1922 - Mar 1923 Askanaz Artemyemvich Mravyan (b. 1886 - d. 1929)
First Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Armenia (HHK)(from 13 Oct 1952, Armenian Communist Party) Mar 1923 - 6 Jul 1927 Ashot Gareginovich Hovhannisyan (b. 1887 - d. 1972)
6 Jul 1927 - 8 Apr 1928 Haik Aleksandrovich Osepyan (b. 1891 - d. 1937)
8 Apr 1928 - 7 May 1930 Aykaz Arkadyevich (Arshakovich) (b. 1897 - d. 1938)
Kostanyan
7 May 1930 - 9 Jul 1936 Agasi Gevondovich Khandzhan (b. 1901 - d. 1936)
13 Jul 1936 - 21 Sep 1937 Amatuni Semyonovich Vartapetyan (b. 1900 - d. 1938)
(Amatuni Semyonovich Amatouni)
24 Sep 1937 - 12 Mar 1953 Grigoriy Artyomovich Arutyunov (b. 1900 - d. 1957)
(Arutyunyan)
(acting to 6 Jun 1938)
12 Mar 1953 - 28 Dec 1960 Suren Akopovich Tovmasyan (b. 1910 - d. 1980)
28 Dec 1960 - 5 Feb 1966 Yakov Nikitovich Zarobyan (b. 1903 - d. 1980)
5 Feb 1966 - 27 Nov 1974 Anton Ervandovich Kochinyan (b. 1913 - d. 1989)
27 Nov 1974 - 21 May 1988 Karen Serobovich Demirchyan (b. 1932 - d. 1999)
21 May 1988 - 6 Apr 1990 Suren Gurgenovich Arutyunyan (b. 1939 - d. 2019)
6 Apr 1990 - 30 Nov 1990 Vladimir Migranovich Movsisyan (b. 1933 - d. 2014)
30 Nov 1990 - 14 May 1991 Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan (b. 1932 - d. 2012)
14 May 1991 - 7 Sep 1991 Aram Gasparovich Sarkisyan (b. 1949)
(moves to multi-party elections May 1990)

Chairmen of the Military Revolutionary Committee
29 Nov 1920 - 5? May 1921 Sarkis Ivanovich Kasyan (b. 1876 - d. 1937) HKK
(at Dilijan to 4 Dec 1920, at Ararat Feb 1921 - Apr 1921)
5? May 1921 - 21 May 1921 Aleksandr Fyodorovich Miasnikyan (b. 1886 - d. 1925) HKK
21 May 1921 - 2 Feb 1922 authority of the Committee transferred to the Council of People's Commissars
Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee
2 Feb 1922 - 23 Jun 1925 Sarkis Saakovich Ambartsumyan (b. 1870 - d. 1944) HKK
23 Jun 1925 - 7 Jul 1928 Artashes Balasyevich Karinyan (b. 1886 - d. 1982) HKK
7 Jul 1928 - 18 Feb 1931 Sarkis Ivanovich Kasyan (s.a.) HKK
18 Feb 1931 - 23 Apr 1933 Armenek Artyomovich Ananyan (b. 1896 - d. 1958) HKK
23 Apr 1933 - 17 Nov 1936 Sergo Nikolayevich Martikyan (b. 1874 - d. 1957) HKK
17 Nov 1936 - 29 Jul 1937 Gevorg Saribekovich Anesoglyan (b. 1891 - d. 1938) HKK
29 Jul 1937 - 6 Oct 1937 Bakhshi Arshakovich Nersesyan (b. 1898 - d. 1959) HKK
(acting)
6 Oct 1937 - 12 Jul 1938 Matsak Petrosovich Papyan (acting) (b. 1901 - d. 1962) HKK
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
12 Jul 1938 - 13 Jul 1938 Khachik Misakovich Akopdzhanyan (b. 1902 - d. 1944) HKK
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
13 Jul 1938 - 1 Apr 1954 Matsak Petrosovich Papyan (s.a.) HKK
1 Apr 1954 - 3 Apr 1963 Shmalon Minasovich Arushanyan (b. 1903 - d. 1982) HKK
3 Apr 1963 - 3 Jul 1975 Nagush Khachaturovich Arutyunyan (b. 1912 - d. 1993) HKK
3 Jul 1975 - 6 Dec 1985 Babken Yesayevich Sarkisov (b. 1913 - d. 1999) HKK
6 Dec 1985 - 4 Aug 1990 Grant Mushegovich Voskanyan (b. 1924 - d. 2005) HKK
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
4 Aug 1990 - 11 Nov 1991 Levon Akopovich Ter-Petrosyan (b. 1945) HHSh

Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
21 May 1921 - 21 May 1922 Aleksandr Fyodorovich Miasnikyan (s.a.) HKK
21 May 1922 - 24 Jun 1925 Sergey Lukyanovich Lukashin (s.a.) HKK
(Sarkis Srapionyan)
24 Jun 1925 - 22 Mar 1928 Sarkis Saakovich Ambartsumyan (s.a.) HKK
(1st time)
22 Mar 1928 - 10 Feb 1935 Sahak Mirzoyevich Ter-Gabrielyan (b. 1886 - d. 1937) HKK
10 Feb 1935 - Feb 1937 Abram Abramovich Guloyan (b. 1893 - d. 1938) HKK
Mar 1937 - May 1937 Sarkis Saakovich Ambartsumyan (s.a.) HKK
(2nd time)
May 1937 - 21 Sep 1937 Stepan Yegorovich Akopov (Akopyan) (b. 1897 - d. 1938) HKK
23 Nov 1937 - 8 Nov 1943 Aram Sergeyevich Piruzyan (b. 1907 - d. 1996) HKK
8 Nov 1943 - 1946 Agasi Solomonovich Sarkisyan (b. 1905 - d. 1985) HKK
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
1946 - 29 Mar 1947 Agasi Solomonovich Sarkisyan (s.a.) HKK
29 Mar 1947 - Nov 1952 Saak Karapetovich Karapetyan (b. 1906 - d. 1987) HKK
20 Nov 1952 - 5 Feb 1966 Anton Ervandovich Kochinyan (s.a.) HKK
5 Feb 1966 - 21 Nov 1972 Badal Amayakovich Muradyan (b. 1915 - d. 1991) HKK
21 Nov 1972 - 28 Nov 1976 Grigoriy Agafonovich Arzumanyan (b. 1919 - d. 1976) HKK
28 Nov 1976 - 17 Jan 1977 Gerasim Aramaisovich Martirosyan (b. 1926 - d. 1993) HKK
(acting)
17 Jan 1977 - 16 Jan 1989 Fadey Tachatovich Sarkisyan (b. 1923 - d. 2010) HKK
16 Jan 1989 - 13 Aug 1990 Vladimir Surenovich Markaryants (b. 1934 - d. 2000) HHK
13 Aug 1990 - 25 Sep 1991 Vazgen Mikayelovich Manukyan (b. 1946) HHSh;1991
AZhM

Party abbreviations: AZhM = Azgayin Zhoghovrdavarakan Miutyun (National Democratic Union Armenia, centrist, split from HHSh, est.1991); HKK = Hayastani Komunistakan Kusaktsutyun/ Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Armenii (Armenian Communist Party, Marxist-Leninist communist, 1920-1990 state party, to 13 Oct 1952 named Communist Party [Bolsheviks] of Armenia, Nov 1990 split from Communist Party of Soviet Union, 1920-1991, re-est.29 Jul 1991); H HSh = Hayots Hamazgayin Sharzhum (Pan-Armenian National Movement, liberal, liberal nationalist, centrist, anti-communist, 20 Feb 1988-23 Feb 2013)

Nagorno-Karabakh: see under Azerbaijan

Zangezur (Syunik)

Jul 1918 - 1 Jun 1921

1722 - 1730 Polity of Kapan (Ghapan) established (see under Armenia).
1747 - 1822 Part of the Khanate of Qarabagh (Karabakh)(see under Azerbaijan).
4 Jun 1918 Zangezur (Syunik) part of Azerbaijan by the Treaty of Batum.
Jul 1918 Local Armenian administration established, originally independent
of Republic of Armenia, in opposition to the Ottoman-Azerbaijani
forces.
23 Nov 1919 Treaty of Tiflis failed to establish a boundary between Armenia and
Azerbaijan, but sanctioned the effective status quo control.
10 Aug 1920 Armenia and Soviet Russia signed an agreement under which Soviet
Russian troops (occupied Goris on 5 Jul 1920) were allowed to
keep Zangezur.
25 Aug 1920 A dictatorship proclaimed by local Armenians, in rebellion against
Soviet Russian-Azerbaijani troops.
2 Dec 1920 Azerbaijan S.S.R. recognizes Zangezur as part of Armenian S.S.R.
(not effected at that time).
25 Dec 1920 Autonomous Government of Syunik proclaimed at Tatev by anti-Soviet
Armenian forces, which was declared "autonomous within Republic
of Armenia."
26 Apr 1921 Mountainous Armenia proclaimed independent by 2nd Pan-Zangezurian
Congress, held in Tatev (in rebellion against Soviet rule).
1 Jun 1921 Mountainous Armenia merges itself into the Republic of Armenia,
autonomy continues de facto.
5 Jul 1921 Boundary between Azerbaijan S.S.R. and Armenian S.S.R. established,
Zangezur recognized as part of Armenia.
13 Jul 1921 Soviet occupation of Zangezur completed (Goris taken on 2 Jul
1921).

Chairmen of Zangezur Armenian National Council (at Goris)
Jul 1918 - Mar 1919 Smbat Melik-Stepanyan (b. 1879 - d. 1940) Non-party
Mar 1919 - Jul 1919 Mushegh Zakharyan (d. af.1927) Non-party
Jul 1919 - Nov 1919 Arshak Shirinyan (b. 1883 - d. 1920) HHD
Provincial Commissars of the Republic of Armenia in Zangezur and (nominally) Karabakh (at Goris)
6 Mar 1919 - Nov 1919 Arsen Shakhmazyan (interim) (b. 1883 - d.af.1935)Mil
Nov 1919 - Jul? 1920 Sarkis (Sergey) Melik-Yolchyan (d. af.1925) HHD
Dictator and commander (title:Sparapet)(at Kapan, except Sep 1920 - Oct 1920)
25 Aug 1920 - 27 Dec 1920 Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan (b. 1886 - d. 1955) Mil
"Garegin Nzhdeh"
Head of Autonomous Government of Syunik (at Goris)
27 Dec 1920 - Feb/Apr 1921 Gedeon Ter-Minasyan (b. 1865 - d. 1937)
Chief minister (varch�apet) of Mountainous Armenia (at Goris)
27 Apr 1921 - 1 Jun 1921 Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan (s.a.) Mil
"Garegin Nzhdeh"
(continues de facto to Jul 1921) **Party abbreviations: HHD = Hay Heghapokhakan Dashnaktsutyun (Armenian Revolutionary Federation, "Dashnak", democratic socialist, Armenian nationalist, anti-communist, est.1890, banned 1920-90 and 1994-98,in exile 1920-1990); Mil = Military

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