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Armenians in Belarus refers to ethnic Armenians living in Belarus. They number around 25,000[1] and mainly live in Minsk.
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History
The settlement of Armenians in Belarus, in the old century, was of an episodic nature and was due mainly to the needs of trade. History Armenian origin, now living in Belarus, mainly occurs in 20th century.
In Belarus, in 1999, according to official census population of 10,191 Armenians [2] - 0.1% of the population of the republic. Half of this population settled in Belarus under the Soviet regime, when the Soviet Union there were no boundaries, were distributed to the direction of specialists in other regions.
It is natural to assume that the Armenian community in Belarus are not the sort of foreign body in the socio-economic structures of the country, on the contrary, their activities are characterized by high activity and is the benefit of the state. Over the past decade, from among the Armenian diaspora came a large number of prominent representatives of scientific and creative intellectuals, government officials and business leaders.
Chairman of the Armenian diaspora in Belarus Eghiazaryan George Anushavanovich.
Notable people
Many Armenians took part but the territory of Belarus in 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 kok:
- Aleksandr Myasnikyan - one of the leaders of the struggle for Soviet power on the western front, the first chairman of the Central Election Commission of Belarus.
- Hamazasp Babadzhanian. Chief Marshal of Armored Forces. Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Gayk Bzhishkyan. The Soviet military leader, hero of the Civil War. Member of the liberation of Belarus.
- Ivan Yalibekov - one of the leaders of the struggle for Soviet power in Belarus.
- Hovhannes Bagramyan - Marshall, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, the commander of the 1st Baltic and 3rd Belorussian fronts.
- Sergey Sardarov. Colonel General of aviation. Commander of the 2 nd Army Air Defense separate. He lived and died in Minsk.
- Nvokyan Gozoros. Hero of the Soviet Union, made famous in battle during the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders.
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.[3] 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 these ten years the number of Armenians in Belarus doubled.
