Ukrainians in Armenia
Encyclopedia
The Ukrainians in Armenia are people of full or partial ethnic Ukrainian
origin who reside in Armenia
.
in Armenia
came in the mid 19th century after the migration to Transcaucasia
by “the Cossack
s from Minor Russia
” to seal the Empire’s Southern borders. The main activity of the migrants was agriculture and livestock.
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
origin who reside in Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
.
Origins
The first UkrainiansUkrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
in Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
came in the mid 19th century after the migration to Transcaucasia
South Caucasus
The South Caucasus is a geopolitical region located on the border of Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia also referred to as Transcaucasia, or The Trans-Caucasus...
by “the Cossack
Cossack
Cossacks are a group of predominantly East Slavic people who originally were members of democratic, semi-military communities in what is today Ukraine and Southern Russia inhabiting sparsely populated areas and islands in the lower Dnieper and Don basins and who played an important role in the...
s from Minor Russia
Little Russia
Little Russia , sometimes Little or Lesser Rus’ , is a historical political and geographical term in the Russian language referring to most of the territory of modern-day Ukraine before the 20th century. It is similar to the Polish term Małopolska of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
” to seal the Empire’s Southern borders. The main activity of the migrants was agriculture and livestock.
Ukrainian community organisations
- Federation of Ukrainians of Armenia "Ukraine" , which publishes a Ukrainian-Armenian language newspaper Dnipro-Slavutych .
- Vocal and dance ensembles: "Dnipro", "Dzvinochok", "Verbychenka", "Malyatko"
- "Ukraina" Benevolent Fund
See also
- Ukrainian diasporaUkrainian diasporaThe Ukrainian diaspora is the global community of ethnic Ukrainians, especially those who maintain some kind of connection, even if ephemeral, to the land of their ancestors and maintain their feeling of Ukrainian national identity within their own local community.-1608 To 1880:After the loss...
- Census in Armenia
- Ethnic minorities in Armenia
- Demographics of ArmeniaDemographics of ArmeniaThe Demographics of Armenia is about the demographic features of the population of Armenia, including population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population....
- Anatoly ZinevichAnatoly ZinevichAnatoly Vladimirovich Zinevich was a General-Lieutenant of Ukrainian origin, for whom "Armenia became the second homeland", one of the commanders of Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army....