Back شتات أرمني Arabic Erməni diasporu Azerbaijani Армянская дыяспара Byelorussian Арменска диаспора Bulgarian Diàspora armènia Catalan Armenische Diaspora German Αρμενική διασπορά Greek Armena diasporo Esperanto Diáspora armenia Spanish Armeenia diasporaa Estonian
The Armenian diaspora refers to the communities of Armenians outside Armenia and other locations where Armenians are considered an indigenous population. Since antiquity, Armenians have established communities in many regions throughout the world. However, the modern Armenian diaspora was largely formed as a result of World War I, when the genocide which was committed by the Ottoman Empire forced Armenians who were living in their homeland to flee from it or risk being killed.[1][2] Another wave of emigration started during the energy crisis and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.[3][4][5]
The High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs established in 2019 is in charge of coordinating and developing Armenia's relations with the diaspora.
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According to the U.N. Development Program, 676,000 people—or about one fifth of the population—left during this period, mainly settling in Russia, the United States, or Israel.
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Roughly calculated, this wave can be determined from 1991 until 1995. According to CRRC (the Caucasus Research Resource Centres)...more than 17% of Armenia's population migrated between the years of 1991-1995...
- ^ Jerry L. Johnson (2000). Crossing Borders--confronting History Intercultural Adjustment in a Post-Cold War World. University Press of America. ISBN 0-7618-1536-8.
The destabilizing exodus of some 800,000 educated and resourceful Armenians, mostly young people, occurred at a time when they were needed the most for nation-building.