List of Armenian territories and states
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This is a list of Armenian states, countries and regions throughout history. It includes empires, countries, states, provinces, regions and territories that have or had in the past one of the following characteristics:
- An ethnic Armenian majority or significant portion of it
- Armenians are an official, constitutional or titular nation
- Armenian as an official language or the native language of the majority
- An Armenian ruling class or dynasty
Historical political entities
Early
- Kingdom of Urartu (860 BC–590 BC)
- Orontid Armenia (6th century BC – 2nd century BC)
Kingdom of Armenia (331 BC–428 AD)- Kingdom of Sophene (3rd century – 94 BC)
- Kingdom of Commagene (163 BC – 72 AD)
Medieval
- Emirate of Armenia (637–884)
Bagratid Armenia (885–1045)- Vaspurakan Kingdom (908–1021) - a regional kingdom in Vaspurakan region
- Kingdom of Vanand (963–1064) - a regional kingdom in Kars region
- Kingdom of Lori (979–1118) - a regional kingdom in Lori region
- Kingdom of Syunik (987–1170) - a regional kingdom in Syunik region
- Kingdom of Artsakh (1000–1261) - a regional kingdom in Artsakh region
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1198–1375)- Zakarid Armenia (1201–1330s)
Principality of Khachen (11th century – 1750)
Modern political entities
Ottoman Empire
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Russian Empire
Armenian Oblast (1828–1840) – about half of the population
Erivan Governorate (1850–1917) – 3/5 of the population
Kars Oblast (1878–1918) – about 1/3 of the population, plurality
Elizavetpol Governorate (1868–1917) – about 1/3 of the population; majority in the Shusha uezd, significant part of the population of the Kazakh and Zangezur uezds
Tiflis Governorate (1847–1917) – more than 1/4 of the population; majority in the Akhalkalaki uezd, plurality in the Borchaly uezd, second ethnic group in the Akhaltsikhe uezd
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World War I and later years
- Republic of Van (1915–1918) in the Armenian-inhabited areas of the Ottoman Empire occupied by the Russian Empire
- Special Transcaucasian Committee (1917) included the Armenian inhabited regions of the Russian Empire
- Transcaucasian Commissariat (1917–1918) included the Armenian inhabited regions of the Russian Empire
- Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (1918) included the Armenian inhabited regions of the Russian Empire
First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920) was first-ever modern Armenian state- Republic of Mountainous Armenia (1921) was formed in Syunik, Vayots Dzor and some parts of Nagorno-Karabakh
Soviet Union
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1920–1991)- Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast within Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1923–1991) – about 3/4 of the total population
Post-Soviet states
Republic of Artsakh (1991–2023) - unrecognized state, de jure part of Azerbaijan Republic
