Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic

Flag of Armenian SSR

The Armenian SSR or Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia, came into being on 29 November 1920. On 1 December 1920, the Prime Minister Simon Vratsian handed over control of the country to the Communist Party of Armenia. The name was later changed to the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Borders of Armenian SSR during period of June 3 and July 4 1921

The modern Republic of Armenia became independent in 1991 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Media

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  Emblem of the Armenian SSR, with a fixed Hammer and Sickle under the star to the prior always used one.

• Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (Instrumental)

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  Lenin Monument on Yerevan's Lenin Square (today Republic Square)

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  First Secretary Aghasi Khanjian, a native of Van, was killed in 1936 by Lavrentiy Beria

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  Great Patriotic War memorial near Kapan

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  1945 decree signed by Stalin on the repatriation of Armenian diaspora to Soviet Armenia

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  The statues of Mesrop Mashtots and his disciple Koryun at the Matenadaran by Ghukas Chubaryan (1962)

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  Youth House

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  Armenians demonstrating for the unification of the republic with Nagorno-Karabakh at Opera Square in Yerevan in the summer of 1988