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The '''Armenian National Congress''' ({{lang-hy|Հայոց Ազգային Խորհուրդ}}) was a political assembly established in 1917 to provide representation for [[Russian Armenia|Armenians of the Russian Empire]].<ref>Adalian p.76</ref><ref name=Herzig>{{cite book|last=Herzig|first=edited by Edmund|title=The Armenians : past and present in the making of national identity|year=2005|publisher=RoutledgeCurzon|location=London [u.a.]|isbn=9780700706396|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kEVR88DKpGgC&dq|edition=1. publ.|coauthors=Kurkchiyan, Marina|accessdate=9 February 2013|page=95}}</ref> It first met at the Artistic Theatre in [[Tbilisi]] on 11 October of that year.<ref>Hovannisian ''Armenia on the Road to Independence'', p.87</ref><ref name=Uras>{{cite book|last=Uras|first=Esat|title=The Armenians in history and the Armenian question|year=1988|publisher=Documentary Publications|location=Ankara|isbn=9789757555001|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5AhuAAAAMAAJ&q|edition=English translation of the rev. and expanded 2. ed.|accessdate=9 February 2013|page=905}}</ref> Its formation was prompted by the opportunities the Russian Revolution provided towards for [[Armenians]] by the end of [[World War One]].<ref name=Herzig />
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The Armenian National Congress (Armenian: Հայոց Ազգային Խորհուրդ) was a political assembly established in 1917 to provide representation for Armenians of the Russian Empire.[1][2] It first met at the Artistic Theatre in Tbilisi on 11 October of that year.[3][4] Its formation was prompted by the opportunities the Russian Revolution provided towards for Armenians by the end of World War One.[2]
The congress included more than 200 members from all over the Russian Empire, with only Armenian Bolsheviks refusing to take part for ideological reasons.[5] It was dominated by the Dashnak Party, who had 113 representatives.[6][7]
Since a real government did not exist in the Yerevan province of Armenia, the Armenian National Congress served as a government for the province.[8] According to Richard Hovannisian, the Congress was "the most comprehensive Eastern Armenian gathering since the Russian conquest of Transcaucasia".[9] The immediate objectives of the Congress was to devise a strategy for the war effort, provide relief for refugees, and provide local autonomy for various Armenian runned institutions throughout the Caucausus.[2] The Congress also called for the militarization of the Caucasus front.[10] The Armenian National Congress supported the policies of the Russian Provisional Government concerning the war, and also suggested redrawing provincial boundaries along ethnic lines.[11] The Congress was instrumental in the secularization of Armenian schools and the nationalization of secondary Armenian schools.[10]
It created an executive body called the Armenian National Council, headed by Avetis Aharonian.[12][13][14] This council eventually declared independence for Russian Armenia in May 1918.[15][2]
References
- ^ Adalian p.76
- ^ a b c d Herzig, edited by Edmund (2005). The Armenians : past and present in the making of national identity (1. publ. ed.). London [u.a.]: RoutledgeCurzon. p. 95. ISBN 9780700706396. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
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- ^ Uras, Esat (1988). The Armenians in history and the Armenian question (English translation of the rev. and expanded 2. ed. ed.). Ankara: Documentary Publications. p. 905. ISBN 9789757555001. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
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- ^ Hovannisian Armenia on the Road to Independence, p.87
- ^ Kurkjian, Vahan M. (2008). A history of Armenia. Los Angeles, CA: Indo-European Publishing. ISBN 9781604440126.
- ^ Teghtsoonian, Oksen Teghtsoonian ; Robert (2003). From Van to Toronto : a life in two worlds. New York: IUniverse, Inc. ISBN 9780595274154.
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- ^ a b Marshall, Alex (2008). The Caucasus under Soviet rule (1. publ. ed.). London: Routledge. p. 86. ISBN 9780415410120. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
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- ^ Derogy, Jacques (1990). Resistance and Revenge: The Armenian Assassination of the Turkish Leaders Responsible for the 1915 Massacres and Deportations. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 9781412833165.
- ^ Bardakjian, Kevork B. (2000). A reference guide to modern Armenian literature, 1500-1920 : with an introductory history. Detroit: Wayne State Univ. Press. p. 263-264. ISBN 9780814327470. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
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- ^ Adalian p.76
Sources
- Richard G. Hovannisian Armenia on the Road to Independence (University of California, 1967)
- Richard G. Hovanissian The Republic of Armenia: The First Year 1918-19 (University of California, 1971)
- Rouben Paul Adalian Historical Dictionary of Armenia (Scarecrow Press, 2010)