Armenians in Belarus

Armenians in Belarus
Total population
8,512 (2009)-25,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Minsk and the surrounding region
Languages
Armenian, Russian
Religion
Armenian Apostolic Church
Related ethnic groups
Armenians in the Baltic states
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Armenians in Belarus refers to ethnic Armenians living in Belarus. They numbered 8,512 as of the 2009 census and mainly live in Minsk.

History

The settlement of Armenians in Belarus in the 20th century was episodic and due mainly to the needs of trade. The most important of these transpired in the latter part of the 1980s when the Armenian population began to increase. In 1989, the census figures revealed that the ethnic group reached 4,933, accounting for 0.04 percent of the Belarusian population.[2] A decade later, this population more than doubled, reaching 10,191 or 0.1 percent of the country's population.[3] The increase was not surprising partly because half of this population had settled in Belarus under the Soviet regime, which had no boundaries and specialists were often distributed or directed to other regions. The uptick in the number of Armenians, however, has led to the consolidation and the emergence of an organized Armenian diaspora in the country.[2]

Particularly, the Armenian community has been characterized by high activity for the benefit of the state. Over the past decade, from among the Armenian diaspora came a large number of prominent scientific and creative intellectuals, government officials and business leaders.

One notable characteristic of Armenians in Belarus in comparison to the Armenians living in other countries is that they are perceived to be allied with Russians.[4] This is not the case with Armenians liking in countries like Ukraine, Moldova, and Kazakhstan where Armenians are perceived to side with titulars and hostile towards the Russians.[4]

The Chairman of the Armenian diaspora in Belarus is Eghiazaryan George Anushavanovich.

Notable people

Many Armenians took part in the territory of Belarus during the establishment of Soviet power and the fighting in the Eastern Front of 1941-1945. Sons of the Armenian people fought valiantly for their country and many of them were awarded the highest awards. Suffice it to mention such names as:

Some streets of the city of Minsk, the hero is named after our compatriots who have left the heroic contributions to the history of Belarus - Myasnikov, Yalibekova, Gaya, Yavakyana. In the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1989 there were 4,933 Armenians.[5] The second wave of Armenian immigrants appeared in Belarus after the tragic events of 1988 in the Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia and Azerbaijan, the 1988 Spitak earthquake and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. During the ten years from 1989 to 1999, the number of Armenians in Belarus doubled.

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. ↑ ArmenianDiaspora website Archived 2012-08-19 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 1 2 Siekierski, Konrad; Troebst, Stefan (2016). Armenians in Post-Socialist Europe. Koln: Bohlau Verlag Koln Weimar. p. 113. ISBN 9783412501556.
  3. ↑ National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus: NATIONAL COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS, 1999 Archived February 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. 1 2 Hagendoorn, Louk (2001). Intergroup Relations in States of the Former Soviet Union: The Perception of Russians. Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press. p. 167. ISBN 9781134951864.
  5. ↑ Demoscope Weekly: All-Union census of 1989. National composition of population in the republics of the USSR
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