The Greeks in Armenia (Armenian: Հույները Հայաստանում, romanized: Huynery Hayastanum; Greek: Έλληνες
Total population | |
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900[1] (2011, census) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Languages | |
Religion | |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Greek diaspora |
Modern edit
Several villages with a large proportion of ethnic Greek Armenians are found in areas along Armenia's northern border with Georgia, in the northern part of the Lori marz (province). The largest communities can be found in Alaverdi and Yerevan,[2] followed by Vanadzor, Gyumri, Stepanavan, Hankavan and Noyemberyan. Ethnic Greeks in Armenia numbered around 1,800 to over 4,000.[3] Their numbers have been greatly reduced since the end of the Soviet Union due to emigration for economic reasons to other former Soviet republics and to Greece. Greeks and Armenians also live together in mixed communities north of the Armenian border in Georgia - but there too numbers have been greatly reduced due to emigration. Yaghdan in Lori Province has been described as the last remaining Greek village in Armenia.[4]
Armenia's Greeks, as in the whole of Transcaucasia, speak the Pontic dialect, an extension of the Ionic dialect of the ancient Greek language. A certain layer is occupied by the migrants from Trabzon and Kars region in the 19th – 20th century. (endoethnonym: Romeyus). All Armenia's Greeks are fluent in both Armenian and Russian. The Greek population in Armenia today is about 6,000.[5]
Demographics edit
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1926 | 2,980 | — |
1939 | 4,181 | +40.3% |
1959 | 4,976 | +19.0% |
1970 | 5,690 | +14.3% |
1979 | 5,653 | −0.7% |
1989 | 4,650 | −17.7% |
2011 | 900 | −80.6% |
Sources:[6][7][8][9][10][11][1] |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b 2011 Armenian Census
- ^ Hellenic Republic Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- ^ "Papoulias concludes state visit to Armenia". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
- ^ "Visiting Yaghdan: The last Greek village in Armenia". Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ The Ethnic Minorities of Armenia, Garnik Asatryan, Victoria Arakelova.
- ^ "Закавказская СФСР / ССР Армении". Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Армянская ССР (1939)". Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Армянская ССР (1959)". Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Армянская ССР (1970)". Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Армянская ССР (1979)". Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Армянская ССР (1989)". Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved 11 January 2024.