Hayastan (Hayk), (Armenia)
c. 2107-331 BC Kingdom of Armenia
301 AD Christianity adopted
331-401 Annexed by Persia
401-200 Kingdom of Armenia
200-189 Annexed by Syria
189 BC - 175 AD Kingdom of Armenia
175-215 Annexed by Roman Empire
215-428 Kingdom of Armenia
428-628 Annexed by Byzantine Empire
628-782 Principality of Armenia
628-806 Annexed by Islamic Caliphate (Arminyah)
806-1045 Principality of Armenia
1045-1245 Annexed by Sultanate of Rum
1080-1199 Lordship of Lesser Armenia (Cilicia)
1199-1375 Kingdom of Lesser Armenia (Cilicia)
1245 - 1639 Part of Persia
1639 - 1827 Divided between Persia and Ottoman Empire
1722 - 1730 Armenian principality at Kapan (in rebellion)
1722 - 01 Oct 1827 Khanate of Yerevan (under Persia)
22 Feb 1828 Yerevan and Nakhichevan khanates ceded to
Russian Empire by Treaty of Turkmenchay
1828 - 1849 Armenian province of the Russian Empire
1849 Armenian governorate renamed Yerevan
24 Apr 1915 - 1923 Ottoman-Muslim genocide of ethnic Armenians
16 May 1915 - 07 Apr 1918 Russian occupation of Western Armenia,
under Transcaucasia occupation
22 Apr 1918 Part of the Transcaucasia (with Azerbaijan and Georgia)
30 May 1918 Independence declared (Republic of Armenia)
Jul 1918 - 13 Jul 1921 Syunik region under Armenian administration (anti-Soviet rebellion)
01 Jan - 28 Aug 1919 Yerevan garrisoned by British forces
28 Apr 1919 Kars oblast transferred to Armenia by Britain
28 May 1919 Act of United and Independent Armenia, Kars and Ottoman
Western Armenian (nominally) declared incorporated into Armenia
10 Aug 1920 Independence recognised by Soviet Russia
29 Nov 1920 Soviet occupation of Armenia
02 Dec 1920 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic declar
09 Dec 1920 Former Ottoman Western Armenia ceded to Turkey by Soviet Russia
16 Mar 1921 Kars and Ardahan ceded to Turkey by Soviet Russia
23 Aug 1990 Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun (Republic of Armenia)
23 Sep 1991 Independence declared, effective 31 Dec 1991
06 Jan 1992 Artsakh Republic declares independence from Azerbaijan,
supported but not recognised by Armenia
02 Jan 2015 Accession to the Eurasian Union
Ancient Armenia
Monarchs
2107-2026 Haykazuni, Hayk
2026-1980 Haykazuni, Armenak
1980-1940 Haykazuni, Aramaiyis
1940-1908 Haykazuni, Amasia
1908-1858 Haykazuni, Gegham
1858 Haykazuni, Sisak
1858-1827 Haykazuni, Arma
1827-1769 Haykazuni, Arm
1769-1743 Haykazuni, Aray
1743-1725 Haykazuni, Kardos
1725-1662 Haykazuni, Anushavan Sosanwer
1662-1612 Haykazuni, Paret
1612-1568 Haykazuni, Arbak
1568-1531 Haykazuni, Zawan
1531-1478 Haykazuni, Parnak
1478-1433 Haykazuni, Sur
1433-1403 Haykazuni, Honak
1403-1381 Haykazuni, Vashtak
1381-1363 Haykazuni, Haykaka
1363-1349 Haykazuni, Ambak I
1349-1332 Haykazuni, Arnak
1332-1326 Haykazuni, Shawarsh I
1326-1302 Haykazuni, Norayr
1302-1289 Haykazuni, Vstam
1289-1285 Haykazuni, Kar
1285-1267 Haykazuni, Gorak
1267-1242 Haykazuni, Hrant
1242-1227 Haykazuni, Yndzak
1227-1197 Haykazuni, Glak
1197-1194 Haykazuni, Horoy
1194-1180 Haykazuni, Zarmayr
1180-1137 Haykazuni, Shawarsh II
1137-1102 Haykazuni, Perch I
1102-1075 Haykazuni, Arbun
1075-1035 Haykazuni, Perch II
1035-985 Haykazuni, Bazuk
985-941 Haykazuni, Hoy
941-911 Haykazuni, Husak
911-883 Haykazuni, Ambak II
883-838 Haykazuni, Kaypak
838-805 Haykazuni, Parnawaz
805-765 Haykazuni, Pharnak II
765-748 Haykazuni, Skayordi
748-700 Haykazuni, Paroyr
700-678 Haykazuni, Hracheay
678-665 Haykazuni, Pharnawaz
665-630 Haykazuni, Pachoych
630-622 Haykazuni, Kornak
622-605 Haykazuni, Pharos
605-570 Haykazuni, Haykak II
570-560 Haykazuni, Orontes I Sakavakyats
560-535 Haykazuni, Tigranes I Orontes
535-493 Haykazuni, Vahagan I
...-... Hidarnes I
...-... Hidarnes II
...-... Hidarnes III
...-... Ardashir I
...-... Sarduris I
...-... Menuas I
401-334 Ervanduni, Ervard I
336-325 Ervanduni, Ervand II
325-312 Ervabduni, Mithranis I
312-260 Ervanduni, Orontes I
260 Ervanduni, Samus I
260-230 Ervanduni, Arsames I
230-212 Ervanduni, Zerzes I
212 Ervanduni, Orontes II
212-200 Ervanduni, Ervand III
200-159 Artaxiad, Arshes I The Conqueror
159-123 Artaxiad, Artavazd I
123-95 Artaxiad, Tiran I
95-55 Artaxiad, Tiran II
55-33 Artaxiad, Artasvad II
33-20 Artaxiad, Artaxes I
20-08 Artaxiad, Tiran III
08-01 Artaxiad, Tiran IV
01-02 Artaxiad, Erato
01-02 Artaxiad, Artasvad III
02-04 Atropatinid, Ariobazanes I
04-06 Atropatinid, Artasvades IV
04-06 Artaxiad, Artavazd IV
06-11 Herodian, Tiran V
11-16 Arsacid, Vonones I
16-18 Arsacid, Orodes I
18-34 Ponyian, Artashes I
34-36 Arsacid, Arshark I
36-51 Iberian, Mithridates I
51-60 Arsacid, Trdat I
(1st Time63-75)
60-63 Cappadocian, Tigranes VI
63-75 Arsacid, Trdat I
(2nd Time)
75-100 Arsacid, Sanatruk I
100-113 Arsacid, Axideris I
113-115 Arsacid, Parthamasiris I
115-117 Arsacid, Parthamasires I
117-138 Arsacid, Valarsh I
138-142 Arsacid, Trdat II
142-161 Arsacid, Tigranes VII
161 Emesa, Sohamus I
(1st Time)
161-163 Arsacid, Aurelius Pacorus I
163-175 Emesa, Sohamus I
(2nd Time)
175-191 Arsacid, Vologases II "The Great"
191-198 Arsacid, Kotak I "The Brave"
(1st Time)
198-212 Arsacid, Sanatruk II
212-216 Arsacid, Kotak I "The Brave"
(2nd Time)
216-222 Arsacid, Trdat III
(1st Time)
222-228 Arsacid, Arsaces II
228-252 Arsacid, Trdat III
(2nd Time)
252-261 Arsacid, Artavazdes V
261-272 Sassanid, Hormazd I
272-293 Sassanid, Nerseh I
279-287 Arsacid, Kotak II "The Valiant"
287-298 Arsacid, Trdat IV
298-330 Arsacid, Trdat III "The Great"
330-338 Arsacid, Kotak II
338-350 Arsacid, Tiran VI
350-368 Arsacid, Arshark III
368-374 Arsacid, Pap I
374-380 Arsacid, Varazdat I
380-390 Arsacid, Arshark III
380-394 Arsacid, Valarshak I
384-389 Arsacid, Kotak IV
389-417 Arsacid, Varamshapur I
417-422 Sassanid, Shapur
422-428 Arsacid, Artashes IV
Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia
Emirs
640 - 641 Iyad ibn Ganm
642 - 643 Huzayfa ibn al-Yaman al-Abasi (1st Time)
643 - 644 Salman ibn Rabia al-Bahili
644 - 655 Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri
655 - 656 Huzayfa ibn al-Yaman al-Abasi (2nd Time)
657 - 661 Abu Muhammed Ma'dikarib ibn Qays ibn Ma'dikarib (al-Ash'ath)
6.. - 6.. Abu Sa'id al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra al-Azdi
693 - 701 Muhammed ibn Merwan ibn al-Hakam
701 - 703 Abu Shayh ibn Abdallah
703 - 704 Uthman ibn al-Walid ibn Uqba
705 Qasim
706 - 709 Abd al-Aziz ibn Hatim al-Bahili
709 - 721 Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (1st Time)
721 - 725 Abu Uqba al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Halami (1st Time)
725 - 729 Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (2nd Time)
729 - 730 Abu Uqba al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Halami (2nd Time)
730 - 732 Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (3rd Time)
732 - 733 Marwan II ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakim (1st Time)
733 - 735 Sa'id ibn Amr al-Harashi
735 - 744 Marwan II ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakim (2nd Time)
744 - 750 Ishaq ibn Muslim ibn Rabi'a ibn Asim al-Uqayli
Princes
628-636 Bagratuni, Varaz-Tirots
628-635 Gnuni, Mzez I
635-638 Saharuni, David
638-643 Rshtuni, Toros I
(1st Time)
643-645 Bagratuni, Varaz I
645-654 Rshtuni, Toros I
(2nd Time)
654-655 Mamikonian, Mushegh I
655-658 Mamikonian, Hamazasp I
658-685 Mamikonian, Gregory I
685-690 Bagratuni, Ashot II
690-691 Kamsaran, Nerseh I
691-711 Bagratuni, Smbat VI
732-748 Bagratuni, Ashot III
748-750 Mamikonian, Gregory II
750-755 Mamikonian, Mushegh II
755-761 Bagratuni, Sahak III
761-775 Bagratuni, Smbat VII
780-782 Andzewatsi, Tachat I
806-826 Bagratuni, Ashot IV "Msaker"
826-855 Bagratuni, Smbat VIII
830-852 Bagratuni, Bagarat II
855-890 Artsruni, Ashot V
890-914 Artsruni, Smbat IX
914-928 Artsruni, Ashot VI
928-951 Artsruni, Abas I
951-977 Artsruni, Ashot VII
977-989 Artsruni, Smbat X
989-1019 Artsruni, Gagik I
1019-1041 Artsruni, Smbat XI
1020-1040 Artsruni, Ashot VIII
1041-1045 Artsruni, Gagik II
Yerevan Governorate
1501 Eastern Armenia part of Persia
1582 - 1604 Ottoman occupation
17 May 1639 Armenia divided between Ottoman and Persian empires
1724 - 1739 Ottoman occupation
1747 Khanate of Yerevan under Persia
26 Oct 1827 Occupied by Russian empire
22 Feb 1828 Yerevan Khanate annexed by Russia by Treaty of Turkmenchay
21 Mar 1828 Armenian province formed from former Yerevan Khanate and
Khanate of Nakhichevan (withing Georgian governorate)
1828 - 1918 Part of the Transcaucasian viceroyalty
10 Apr 1840 - 14 Dec 1846 Part of the Georgian-Imeretian governorate
09 Jun 1849 Re-named Yerevan governorate
1917 - 1918 Under Armenian National Council
28 May 1918 Part of independent Armenia
Persian Governors
1501 - 15.. Qaracheh-Elyas Beybordlu
1509 - 15.. Amir Beg Mowsellu Torkman
1514 - 15.. Hamzeh Beg
1516 - 1527 Div Sultan Rumlu
1527 Soleyman Beg Rumlu
1549 - 1550 Hoseyn Khan Soltan Rumlu
1551 - 1568 Shahqoli Soltan Ustajlu
1568 - 1575 Mohammed Tokhmaq Khan Ustajlu (1st Time)
1575 - 1576 Anu Torab Soltan
1576 - 1577 Khalil Khan Afshar
1578 - 1583 Mohammed Tokhmaq Khan Ustajlu (2nd Time)
1604 - 1625 Amir Guneh Khan Aghcheh-Qoyunlu Qajar
1625 - 1635 Tahmasp Ali Khan Aghcheh-Qoyunlu Qajar
1636 - 1639 Kalb Ali Khan Afshar
1639 - 1648 Mohammedqoli Khan Chaghatay
1648 - 1653 Kaykhosrow Khan Cherkes
1654 - 1656 Mohammedqoli Khan Laleh
1656 - 1663 Najafqoli Khan Cherkes
1666 - 1674 Safiqoli Khan Lezgi (Alqas Mirza)
1674 Saru Khan Beg
1674 - 1679 Safiqoli Khan
1679 - 1688 Zal Khan
1690 - 1693 Mohammedqoli Khan
1693 Farz Ali Khan (1st Time)
1693 - 1698 Allahqoli Khan
1700 Farz Ali Khan (2nd Time)
1704 Mohammed Khan
1705 Abd ol-Masud Khan
17.. - 1716 Mohammed Ali Khan
1716 - 1719 Mohammed Ali Khan (son)
1719 - 1723 Mehr-Ali Khan
1723 Prince Konstantin Bagrationi (Mahmud Quli Beg)
1747 - 1748 Mehdi-Khan Qasemlu
1748 - 1750 Hasan Ali Khan
1750 - 1752 Hoseyn-Ali Khan
1752 - 1755 Khalil Khan Uzbek
1755 - 1762 Hasan Ali Khan Qajar
1762 - 1783 Hoseyn Ali Khan
1783 - 1784 Gholam-Ali Khan
1784 - 1805 Mohammed Khan Qajar
1805 - 1806 Mehdi Qoli Khan Qajar
1806 - 1807 Ahmad Khan Moqqaddam
1807 - 26 Oct 1827 Hossein Qoli Khan Qajar
Governors of Armenia
15 Oct 1827 - 25 May 1829 Prince Aleksandr Garzevanis Chavchavadze . 1786-1846
25 May 1829 - 06 Jan 1830 Prince Moisei Zakharovich Argutinsky
-Dolgoruky ............................... 1797-1855
06 Jan 1830 - 30 May 1838 Maj-Gen. Prince Vasily Osipovich Bebutov . 1791-1858
30 May 1838 - Mar 1839 Maj-Gen. Andrey Grigoryevich Patsovsky ... 1788-1839
Mar 1839 - 21 Jun 1849 Prince Mikhail Luarsabis Sumatashvili .... 1822-1886
Governors of Yerevan
21 Jun - 13 Dec 1849 Lev L'vovich Albrandt .................... 1804-1849
15 Feb 1850 - 17 Apr 1858 Maj-Gen. Ivan Ivanovich Nazarov
17 Apr 1858 - 06 Apr 1861 Maj-Gen. Nikolay Nikolayevich Kolyubakin
01 Dec 1861 - 07 Jan 1864 Maj-Gen. Osip Antonovich Shcherbov
-Nefedovich ............................. 1803-1865
24 Mar 1864 - 08 May 1869 Maj-Gen. Mikhail Ivanovich Astafev ....... 1821-1884
20 May 1869 - 26 Jun 1873 Maj-Gen. Nikolay Nikolayevich Karmalin ... 1824-1900
30 Jun 1873 - 11 Mar 1880 Maj-Gen. Mikhail Ivanovich Roslavlev ..... 18..-1887
22 Mar 1880 - 22 Dec 1890 Lt-Gen. Mikhail Yakovlevich Shalikov ..... 1831-1909
02 Feb 1890 - 16 Nov 1895 Lt-Gen. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Frese ... 1840-1918
20 Feb 1896 - 1914 Count Vladimir Thiodorovich Tiesenhausen . 1844-19..
1914 - 1917 Arkady Evgenyevich Strel'bitskiy ......... 18..-1926
14 Mar - Nov 1917 Vladimir A. Kharlamov
1917 Avetis Agaryan
Commissar for the Erivan Governorate
1917 - 1918 Sokrat Tyurosyan
Armenia 1918-1920
Presidents of the National Council
30 May - 01 Aug 1918 Avetis Arakel Aharonyan .................. 1866-1949
(in Tiblisi, Georgia)
28 May - 19 Jul 1918 Aram Haroutyoumi Manoukyan ............... 1879-1919
(acting for Aharonyan)
Chairman of the Council of Armenia
01 Aug 1918 - 04 Jun 1919 Avetik Hovhannesi Sahakyan ............... 1863-1933
Chairman of the Parliament
05 Aug 1919 - 30 Nov 1920 Avetis Arakel Aharonyan .................. s.a
(abroad on a diplomatic mission)
05 Aug - 10 Aug 1919 Sarkis Shahnazuri Araratyan .............. 1886-1943
(acting for Aharonyan)
10 Aug - 16 Sep 1919 Hovsep Hovhannesi Arghutian .............. 1862-1925
(acting for Aharonyan)
16 Sep - 06 Nov 1919 Sirakan Fadeyi Tigranyan ................. 1875-1935
(acting for Aharonyan)
06 Nov 1919 - 04 Nov 1920 Avetik Hovhannesi Sahakyan ............... s.a
(acting for Aharonyan)
04 Nov - 02 Dec 1920 Hovhannes Roubeni Kachaznuni ............. 1868-1937
Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces
02 Dec - 04 Dec 1920 Drastamat Martirosi Kanyan ............... 1884-1956
Chairman of the Committee for National Salvation
18 Feb - Jun 1921 Simeon Nazari Vratsyan ................... 1882-1969
Prime Ministers
30 Jun 1918 - 07 Aug 1919 Hovhannes Roubeni Kachaznuni ............. s.a
(abroad from 28 May 1919)
28 May 1919 - 05 May 1920 Aleksandr Levoni Khatisyan ............... 1876-1945
(acting to 07 Aug 1919)
05 May - 25 Nov 1920 Hamazasp Ohandzhanyan .................... 1873-1947
25 Nov - 02 Dec 1920 Simeon Nazari Vratsyan ................... 1882-1969
Republic of Armenia
Government: Parliamentary republic.
Capital: Yerevan.
Language: Armenian, Russian.
Religion: Armenian Apostolic, Protestant, Armenian Catholic, Yezidi, Islam.
National Anthem: "Mer Hayrenik" ("Our Fatherland").
National Emblem: Mount Ararat and Noah's Ark, eagle and lion.
National Day: 21 September, Independence Day (1991).
National Motto: Mek Azg, Mek Mshakouyt (One nation, one culture).
Currency: Armenian Dram.
Presidents
23 Sep 1991 - 03 Feb 1998 Levan Akobi Ter-Petrosyan ................ 1945-
04 Feb 1998 - 09 Apr 2008 Robert Sedraki Kocharyan ................. 1954-
09 Apr 2008 - 09 Apr 2018 Serzh Azati Sargsyan ..................... 1954-
09 Apr 2018 - 01 Feb 2022 Armen Vardani Sarkisyan .................. 1953-
01 Feb - 13 Mar 2022 Alen Roberti Simonyan .................... 1980-
(acting)
13 Mar 2022 - Vahang Garrniki Khachaturyan ............. 1959-
Prime Ministers
13 Aug 1990 - 22 Nov 1991 Hrant Ararati Bagratyan (1st Time) ....... 1958-
22 Nov 1991 - 30 Jul 1992 Gagik Garushi Arutyunyan ................. 1948-
30 Jul 1992 - 02 Feb 1993 Khosrov Meliki Arutyunyan ................ 1948-
02 Nov 1993 - 04 Nov 1996 Hrant Ararati Bagratyan (2nd Time)
04 Nov 1996 - 20 Mar 1997 Armen Vartani Sarkisyan .................. 1953-
20 Mar 1997 - 10 Apr 1998 Robert Sedraki Kocharyan ................. s.a
10 Apr 1998 - 11 May 1999 Armen Razmi Darbinyan .................... 1965-
11 May - 27 Oct 1999 Vazgen Saveni Sarkisyan .................. 1959-1999
27 Oct 1999 - 12 May 2000 Aram Saveni Sarkisyan .................... 1961-
12 May 2000 - 25 Mar 2007 Andranik Nakhapeti Markaryan ............. 1951-2007
25 Mar 2007 - 09 Apr 2008 Serzh Azati Sargsyan ..................... s.a
09 Apr 2008 - 13 Apr 2014 Tigran Sureni Sargsyan ................... 1960-
13 Apr 2014 - 13 Sep 2016 Hovik Agrami Abrahamyan .................. 1958-
13 Sep 2016 - 18 Apr 2018 Karen Vilhelmi Karapetyan ................ 1963-
(1st Time)
18 Apr - 23 Apr 2018 Serzh Azati Sarkisyan .................... s.a
23 Apr - 08 May 2018 Karen Vilhelmi Karapetyan
(2nd Time, acting)
08 May 2018 - Nikol Vovayi Pashinyan ................... 1975-
Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)
c. 189 BC Artsakh a province of the Kingdom of Armenia
387 AD To the Kingdom of Arran (Caucasian Albania)
c.880 - 1045 Part of Armenia
1000 - 1261 Kingdom of Artsakh
1261 - 1603 Melikdom of Khachen
1501 Part of Persia
1588 - 1606 Part of Ottoman Empire
1606 Five Armenian Melikdoms of Mountainous Karabakh established
1723 - 1735 Ottoman occupation
1722 - 1822 Part of Persian Karabakh Khanate
14 May 1806 Annexed by Russian Empire
Oct 1822 Khanate abolished by Russia
04 Jun 1918 Karabakh recognised as part of independent Azerbaijan by Treaty of Batum
26 Jul 1918 Pro-Armenian People's Government of Karabakh formed in oppostion
to Ottoman-Azerbaijani troops
16 Sep 1918 Armenian government recognises 'temporary' authority of the Azerbaijan
25 Sep - Nov 1918 Ottoman occupation
Nov 1918 Declared part of independent Armenia
22 Aug 1919 Nagorno-Karabakh agrees to be 'provisionally' within the boarders of
Azerbaijan with autonomy
22 Apr 1920 Incorporation in to Armenia declared
02 Dec 1920 Azerbaizhan S.S.R declares Karabakh part of its territory
25 Dec 1920 Syunik Autonomous Republic proclaimed by Armenia
02 Apr 1921 Independence declared
03 Jun 1921 Recognised as part of Armenian S.S.R
05 Jul 1921 Transfered to Azerbaijan S.S.R by Soviet government
07 Jul 1923 Autonomous oblast of Nagorno-Karabakh
05 Dec 1936 Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous oblast
20 Feb 1988 Votes to join Armenian S.S.R, the motion is rejected
by the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R but ratified by Armenia
20 Feb 1988 - 16 May 1994 Nagorno-Karabakh War
12 Jan 1989 - 23 Aug 1991 Direct rule from Moscow imposed
01 Sep 1989 - 18 May 1992 Economic blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia by Azerbaijan
01 Dec 1989 Incorporation in to Armenian S.S.R declared
27 Aug 1990 Autonomy revoked by Azerbaijan S.S.R
03 Sep 1991 Armenian Republic of Artsakh declared
26 Nov 1991 Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast abolished by Azerbaijan
06 Jan 1992 Independence declared (not recognised)
12 May 1994 - 27 Sep 2020 Cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan
10 Dec 2006 Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh
10 Mar 2017 Republic of Artsakh
27 Sep - 10 Nov 2020 Second Nagorno-Karabakh war, Azerbaijan takes Shusha
(7 Nov), Russian mediation ends the conflict with
Armenia agreeing to return all Azerbaijan territory
while retaining unoccupied Artsakh which is to be
monitered by Russian peacekeepers.
12 Dec 2022 - 28 Sep 2023 Under blockade by Azerbaijan
20 Sep 2023 - Under Azerbaijani occupation
31 Dec 2023 Republic of Artsakh formally dissolved by Azerbaijan
following decree on 28 Sep 2023 (declared void by
exiled Armenian authorities in Armenia on 22 Dec 2023)
First Secretaries of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Committee of the
Communist Party of Azerbaijan
07 Jul - Dec 1923 Sero V. Manutsyan
Dec 1923 - Apr 1924 Akop Mikael Bendzhanyan .................. 1885-1930
Apr - Oct 1924 Nikolay Sarkis
Oct 1924 - Nov 1925 Hayk Hachatur Silanyan ................... 18..-1938
Nov 1925 - Dec 1929 Artvazd Aleksandur Saakyants ............. 1895-1939
Dec 1929 - May 1930 Ashot Abram Karamyan ..................... 1898-193.
May 1930 - 1931 Khoren Varunts
1931 - 1933 Karapet Shamir Grigoryan ................. 1899-1938
1933 - 1934 Bagrat S. Batikyan
1934 - 1937 Pyotr A. Pogosov
Jul 1937 - Jan 1940 Mikael Sergey Manukyants (1st Time) ...... 1909-1968
Jan 1940 - Jan 1942 Aleksandur Mikhail Avanes ................ 1901-1942
Jan - 13 Mar 1942 Stepan Aleksandrovich Zamarayev
(acting)
13 Mar 1942 - 1946 Yegishe Petros Grigoryan (1st Time) ...... 1902-19..
1946 - 1948 Mikael Sergey Manukyants (2nd Time)
1948 - 1949 Tigran Grigory Grigoryan ................. 1899-1983
1949 - 1952 Dedrak Karapet Abram ..................... 1900-19..
1952 - Dec 1958 Yegishe Petros Grigoryan (2nd Time)
Dec 1958 - Oct 1962 Nikolay Samson Shakhnazar ................ 1908-19..
Oct 1962 - Jun 1973 Gurgen Allakhver Melkumyan ............... 1915-1985
Jun 1973 - 24 Feb 1988 Boris Sarkis Kevork ...................... 1932-1999
24 Feb 1988 - 26 Nov 1991 Genrikh Andrey Pogosyan .................. 1931-2000
Armenian Melikdoms (under the Persian Karabakh Khanate)
Dizak
1716-1744 Yeghanian, Melik Yeghan
1744-1745 Yeghanian, Melik Aram
1745-1780 Yeghanian, Melik Yesai
Dzheraberd
1687-1710 Israelian, Melik Yesai
1710-1730 Israelian, Melik Allakuli Sultan
1730-1760 Israelian, Melik Mirza Khan
1760-1790 Israelian, Melik Allaverdi
1814-1848 Atabekian, Melik Vani
Gulistan
1610-1632 Beglarian, Kara Yuzbashi Abov
1632-1650 Beglarian, Melik Beklar
1650-1690 Beglarian, Melik Abov I
1690-1730 Beglarian, Melik Yesai
1730-1760 Beglarian, Melik Tamraz
1760-1790 Beglarian, Melik Abov II
Varanda
1540-1560 Metz-Ishxans, Mirza Khan
1560-1570 Metz-Ishxans, Melik Pap
1570-1590 Metz-Ishxans, Melik Avan
1590-1603 Metz-Ishxans, Melik Adam
1603-1630 Shahnazarian, Mirza Bed
1630-1670 Shahnazarian, Mirza Bagi
1670-1695 Shahnazarian, Melik Shahnazar I
1695-1725 Shahnazarian, Melik Bagir
1725-1736 Shahnazarian, Melik Hossein
1736-1740 Shahnazarian, Melik Shahnazar II
1740-1780 Shahnazarian, Melik
1780-1799 Shahnazarian, Melik Jamshid
1799-1809 Shahnazarian, Melik Jahanbaxshi
Khans of Karabakh
1722 - 1728 Dawud Khan
1728 - 1730 Makhithar
1730 - 1738 Ughurlu II Khan Ziyad Oghlu
1738 - 1743 Khan Chemskeseka
1747 - 1761 Panah `Ali Khan
1759 - 1763 Mehr `Ali Bey
(regent)
1761 - 1806 Ibrahim Khalil Khan
10 Sep 1806 - Oct 1822 Mahdi Quli Khan Muzaffar (1st Time)
1826 Mahdi Quli Khan Muzaffar (2nd Time)
President of the Karabakh Sovereignty Committee
1917 - Sep 1918 Lyuftali-bek Byebut
President of the Karabakh Armenian National Council
Sep 1918 - 15 Jan 1919 Yeghishe Ishkhanyan ...................... 1886-1975
Governor
15 Jan 1919 - May 1920 Khosrov bey Sultan
Presidents
Apr - 1920 Arsen Ogannesyan
1920 - 1921 Sako Ambartsumyan
Apr - Jul 1921 Geregin Egish Ter-Arutyunian ............. 1886-1955
Chairman of the Executive Committee
Jul 1923 - Dec 1929 Armenak Mkrtychevich Karakoz ............. 1890-1937
Dec 1929 - Dec 1931 Islam Abdulla oglu Hadzhiev .............. 1889-1938
1931 - 1935 ...
1935 - 1937 Suren Mirzi Badamyan ..................... 1895-1980
Dec 1937 - Dec 1940 Hayk Avetis Karkaryan .................... 1904-1988
Dec 1940 - Oct 1944 Grigory Sergey Petrosyan
Oct 1944 - 1946 Matsak Avaki Grigoryan ................... 1907-1969
1946 - 1953 Yegishe Semyon Akop ...................... 1902-19..
1953 - 1954 Pasha Astsatur Arushyan .................. 1916-2004
1954 - Mar 1963 Ruben Tevos Shakhramyan .................. 1914-19..
Mar 1963 - Feb 1974 Musheg Grigoryan Ogandzhanyan ............ 1924-2017
Feb 1974 - Aug 1988 Armais Amari Aslan ....................... 1923-1992
Aug 1988 - Jul 1991 Semyon Amayak Babayan .................... 1932-2023
(suspended from 20 Jan 1989)
Jul - Sep 1991 Leonard Giorgi Petrosyan (1st Time) ...... 1953-1999
(acting, suspended)
20 Jan 1989 - 10 Jan 1990 Arkady Ivanovich Vol'sky ................. 1932-2006
(Chairman of the Special Administrative Committee [Soviet appointed)
10 Jan 1990 - 14 Sep 1991 Viktor Petrovich Polyanichko ............. 1937-1993
(Chairman of the Organisational Committee [appointed by Azerbaizhan])
14 Sep - 20 Nov 1991 Zülfü Saleh oglu Haci .................... 1935-1991
(Chairman of the Organisational Committee [appointed by Azerbaizhan])
02 Sep 1991 - 06 Jan 1992 Leonard Giorgi Petrosyan (2nd Time)
Chairman of the National Council of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
16 Aug 1989 - 18 Jan 1990 Vazagen Santuri Grigoryan ................ 1935-1991
(in opposition)
Chairmen of the Supreme Council
08 Jan - 14 Apr 1992 Artur Aslan Mkrtchyan .................... 1959-1992
15 Apr 1992 - 14 Jun 1993 Giorgi Mikalis Petrosyan ................. 1953-
(acting)
14 Jun 1993 - 29 Dec 1994 Geran Zarmayri Baburyan .................. 1954-2011
(acting)
Presidents
29 Dec 1994 - 20 Mar 1997 Robert Sedraki Kocharyan ................. 1954-
20 Mar - 08 Sep 1997 Leonid Georgiyevich Petrosyan ............ s.a
(acting)
08 Sep 1997 - 07 Sep 2007 Arkady Arshavir Gukasyan ................. 1957-
(prisoner from 3 Oct 2023)
07 Sep 2007 - 21 May 2020 Bako Saakis Sahakian ..................... 1960-
(prisoner from 3 Oct 2023)
21 May 2020 - 04 Sep 2023 Arayik Vladimiri Harutyunyan ............. 1973-
(prisoner from 3 Oct 2023)
10 Sep 2023 - Samvel Sergeyi Shahramanyan .............. 1978-
(in Armenia, exile from 4 Oct 2023)
Prime Ministers
25 Dec 1920 - 26 Apr 1921 Garegin Egish Ter-Arutyunian
26 Apr - 15 Jul 1921 Simeon Vratsyan .......................... 1882-1969
Prime Ministers
08 Jan - 14 Aug 1992 Oleg Esayan Yesayan ...................... 1946-
14 Aug 1992 - 24 Dec 1994 Robert Sedraki Kocharyan ................. s.a
Dec 1994 - 15 Jun 1998 Leonard Giorgiy Petrosyan ................ s.a
15 Jun 1998 - 24 Jun 1999 Zhirayr Tevani Poghosyan ................. 1942-
30 Jun 1999 - 14 Sep 2007 Anushavan Sureni Danielyan ............... 1956-
14 Sep 2007 - 25 Sep 2017 Arayik Vladimiri Harutyunyan ............. s.a
Ministers of State
25 Sep 2017 - 06 Jun 2018 Arayik Vladimiri Harutyunyan ............. s.a
06 Jun 2018 - 01 Jul 2022 Grigori Igori Martirosyan ................ 1978-
01 Jul - 04 Nov 2022 Artak Artyomi Beglaryan .................. 1988-
04 Nov 2022 - 23 Feb 2023 Ruben Karleni Vardanyan .................. 1968-
(prisoner from 27 Sep 2023)
23 Feb - 31 Aug 2023 Gurgen Garaniki Nersisyan ................ 1985-
31 Aug - 18 Sep 2023 Samvel Sergeyi Shahramanyan .............. s.a
18 Sep 2023 - Artur Ivani Harutyunyan .................. 1978-
(Azeri prisoner from 4 Oct 2023)
Soviet Commandants of the Emergency Region
28 Nov 1989 - Nov 1990 Vladislav Nikolayevich Safonov
15 Jan - 23 Jan 1990 Yury Anatolyevich Kosolapov .............. 1938-2019
(acting)
1990 Gendrikh Aleksandrovich Malyshkin
(acting for Safonov)
1990 Vyacheslav Viktorovich Ovchinnikov
Nov 1990 - 1991 Vladimir Anatolyevich Shevelev
1991 Valentin M. Zhukov
- 20 Nov 1991 Nikolay Vladimirovich Zhinkin ............ 1946-1991
Commanders of the Russian Peacekeeping Forces in Nagorno-Karabakh
11 Nov 2020 - 09 Sep 2021 Lt-Gen. Rustam Usmanovich Muradov
09 Sep - 25 Sep 2021 Maj-Gen. Mikhail Evgenyevich Kosobokov
(actin
25 Sep 2021 - 12 Jan 2022 Lt-Gen. Gennady Vladimirovich Anashkin
12 Jan 2022 - 25 Apr 2023 Maj-Gen. Andrey Volkov
25 Apr - 31 Aug 2023 Col. Aleksandr Ivanovich Lentsov
(acting)
01 Sep 2023 - 2024 Maj-Gen. Kiril Kulakov
Kurdish Republic of Lachin (Red Kurdistan)
1923 - 1929 Kurdistan Uezd (Red Kurdistan)
1930 Kurdistan district
1937 Majority of Kurds deported to Central Asia
1989 - 1991 Abortive attemped to reconstruct Kurdish autonomy
1992 Short lived Kurdish Republic of Lachin by Armenian
backed Kurdish separatists
President
20 May 1992 - 1992 Wekil Mustafayev ........................ 1938-2019 Y
1992 Ishhan Aslan
(military commander)
Y=Yekbun ("Unity", Kurdish nationalism, Kurdish minority rights)
Apostic Church of Armenia
c.43 Founded by Thaddeus the Apostle
Catholicoi of the Armenians
05 May 1892 - 29 Oct 1907 Mkrtich .................................. 1820-1907
30 Oct 1907 - 11 Dec 1910 Matevos II ............................... 1845-1910
11 Dec 1910 - 08 May 1930 Gevorg V ................................. 1847-1930
13 Nov 1932 - 12 Apr 1938 Khoren ................................... 1873-1938
12 Apr 1938 - 09 May 1954 Gevorg VI ................................ 1868-1954
02 Oct 1955 - 17 Aug 1994 Vazgen I of Bucharest .................... 1908-1994
04 Apr 1995 - 29 Jun 1999 Karekin I ................................ 1932-1999
04 Nov 1999 - Karekin II ............................... 1951-
Syunik (Kapan)
c.200 BC Sisakan a vassel of Armenia
369 - 621 Periods of Persian rule
1066 - 1225 Seljuk rule
1225 - 1278 To Mongol Empire
1278 - 1340 To the Ilkhans
1340 - 1382 To the Jalayrids
1382 - 1405 To Timur
1405 - 1502 Turkic rule
1502 - 1516 To Persia
1516 - 1620 To Ottoman Empire
1620 - 1747 To Persia
1722 - 1730 Principality of Kapan (under Russian rule)
1747 - 1822 To the Qarabaq Khanate
1822 Part of Russian Empire
1822 - 1840 Part of Georgian governorate
1840 - 1846 Part of Georgia-Imereti governorate
1846 - 1867 Part of Tiflis governorate
1867 Part of Yelizavetpol governorate
1918 Armenian administration in opposition to Turkey-Azerbaijan
1918 - 1920 Mostly to Armenia
1920 Soviet occupation
1920 - 1921 Autonomous government of Montainous Armenia in opposition
to Soviet occupation of Armenia
1921 - 1991 Part of the U.S.S.R (withing Armenian S.S.R)
1991 Part of independent Armenia
Rulers
200 Sisak
330 Valinak I
340 Andak
379 Babik
380 - 387 Dara
400 - 409 Valinak II
409 - 451 Vasak I
452 - 472 Varazvahan
472 - 477 Gelehon
477 - 4.. Bagben
4.. - 482 Hadz
570 Vahan
570 Philip of Armenia
590 - 594 Haykid, Vram
594 - 596 Stepan
596 - 598 Sargis
598 - 608 Sahak I
621 Kohazat
621 - 637 Gregori II Nonirak
637 - 653 Hraat
653 - 680 Horan
680 - 698 Kurd
750 - 780 Artnerseh
7.. - 7.. Vasak III
810 - 831 Sahak II
821 - 848 Philip II
832 - 851 Gregori III
848 - 849 Babken
849 - 885 Vasak IV Ishkhan
851 - 859 Vasak V
859 - 909 Vasak VI Ishkhanik
885 - 914 Ashot
909 - 949 Smbat I
914 - 920 Smbat II
920 - 963 Vasak VII
Kings
963 - 998 Smbat I (III)
998 - 1019 Vasak I (VIII)
1019 - 1070 Smbat II (IV)
1070 - 1091 Gregori I (V)
1091 - 1115 Ioan Sennacherib of Girdyaman
1094 - 1166 Gregori II (VI)
13.. - 13.. Orbeliani, Beshken I
14.. - 14.. Beshken II
Princes of Kapan
1722 - 1728 David Bek .............................................. 1669-1728
1728 - 1730 Mkhitar Sparapet
Chairmen of the Armenian National Council
1918 - 1919 Smbat Melik-Stepanyan .................... 1879-1940
1919 Mushegh Zakharyan
1919 Arshak Shirinyan ......................... 1883-1920
Armenian Comander
25 Aug - 27 Dec 1920 Garegin "Nzhdeh" Ter-Harutunyan .......... 1885-1955
Head of the Autonomous Government
27 Dec 1920 - 1921 Gedeon Ter-Minasyan ...................... 1865-1937
Chief Minister of Mountainous Armenia
27 Apr - 01 Jul 1921 Garegin "Nzhdeh" Ter-Harutunyan .......... s.a
Western Armenia
08 Feb 1914 Armenian reform accord signed between Ottoman Empire and
the Russian Empire creating two Armenian provinces in
Karin (Erzurum) and Van under control of inspectors
general appointed by the great powers (France, Germany,
Great Britian, Italy and Russia)
16 Dec 1914 Accords abolished by Ottoman Empire
16 May - 13 Aug 1915 Russian occupation of Van
04 Jun 1916 Russian occupation of Western (Turkish) Armenia, administered by
the Transcaucasian viceroyalty in Tiflis
Dec 1917 Administired by the Russia Transcaucasian Commissariat
12 Feb - 07 Apr 1918 Ottoman occupation
03 Mar 1918 Soviet Russia agrees to evacuate the Russian Caucasus Army
16 Mar 1921 Area ceded to Turkey by Treaty of Moscow (between Soviet Russia
and Turkish Grand National Assembly)
13 Oct 1921 Treaty of Kars establishes Turkish-Armenian border (rejected by
ther former government of independent Armenia)
Inspector-general of Karin (Erzurum) Province
1914 Louis Constant Westenek (Netherlands)
Inspector-general of Van Province
1914 Nicolai Hoff (Norway)
19 May - 31 Jul 1915 Aram Manukian ............................ 1879-1919
Russian Commanders
May 1915 - Jul 1916 Nikolay Nikolayevich Yudenich ............ 1862-1933
18 Jul - 1916 Nikolay Nikolayevich Peshkov ............. 1857-19..
1916 - 1917 Mikahil Nikolayevich Dryagin ............. 1852-19..
30 Jan 1917 Boris Stepanovich Romanovsky-Roman'ko .... 1870-1941
Commissar-general
28 May 1917 - Apr 1918 Pyotr Ivanovich Averyanov ................ 1867-1937
Assistants for Civil Affairs
28 May - 1917 Akop Khristoforovich Zavriyan ............ 1866-1920
+ Thyodor Igorevich Ivanitsky .............. 1861-1929
Dec 1917 - 07 Apr 1918 Drastamat "Dro" Kanayan .................. 1884-1956
Armenian Governors
Jun 1916 - Dec 1917 Aram Manukian
Dec 1917 - Mar 1918 Tovmas Nazarbekian ....................... 1855-1931
Mar - Apr 1918 Andranik Ozanian ......................... 1865-1927