List of Armenian territories and states

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

Prehistoric Armenia

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)

Medievial

Emirate of Armenia (637–884)
Bagratid Armenia (885–1045)
Vaspurakan Kingdom (908–1021) - a regional kingdom in Vaspurakan region
Kingdom of Lori (979–1118) - a regional kingdom in Lori region
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1198–1375)
Zakarid Armenia (1201–1330s)
Principality of Khachen (11th century – 1750)

Modern political entities

Early 20th century: Western (Ottoman) and Eastern (Russian) Armenias.

Ottoman Empire

Before 1864

1864-1923

Six Armenian vilayets

Russian Empire

Armenian Oblast (1828-1840) - about half of the population
Erivan Governorate (1850-1917) - a little more than half of the population
Kars Oblast (1878-1918) - about 1/4 of the population, plurality
Elisabethpol Governorate (1868-1917) - about 1/3 of the population; majority in Shusha uyezd, significant part of Kazakh and Zangezur uyezds population
Tiflis Governorate (1847-1917) - about 1/5 of the population; majority in Akhalkalaki uyezd, plurality in Borchali uyezds, second ethnic group in Akhaltsikhe uyezd

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
Democratic 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 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

Present political entities

This is the list of the current states and regions where Armenians are in absolute or relative ethnic majority, are one of the constitutional or recognized peoples or Armenian language is official:

Republic of Armenia
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic - unrecognized state, de jure part of Azerbaijan Republic