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{{Short description|Ethnic group in Ukraine}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|group=Armenians in Ukraine
| group = Armenians in Ukraine
| native_name = Հայերն Ուկրաինայում <br /> Вірмени в Україні
| caption =
| caption =
|pop = 99,894 (2001)
|popplace = [[Donetsk Oblast]], [[Kharkiv Oblast]], [[Dnipropetrovsk Oblast]], [[Crimea]], [[Odessa Oblast]], [[Luhansk Oblast]], [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast]], [[Kyiv]]
| pop = 99,894 (2001)
| popplace = [[Donetsk Oblast]], [[Kharkiv Oblast]], [[Dnipropetrovsk Oblast]], [[Crimea]], [[Odesa Oblast]], [[Luhansk Oblast]], [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast]], [[Kyiv]]
|langs = [[Armenian language|Armenian]] (50.4%), [[Russian language|Russian]] (43.2%), [[Armeno-Kipchak]] {{small|(historical)}}<ref>An Armeno-Kipchak Chronicle on the Polish-Turkish Wars in 1620-1621,Robert Dankoff, p. 388</ref>
| langs = [[Armenian language|Armenian]] ([[Eastern Armenian|Eastern]]) (50.4%), [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], [[Russian language|Russian]] (43.2%), [[Armeno-Kipchak]] {{small|(historical)}}<ref>An Armeno-Kipchak Chronicle on the Polish-Turkish Wars in 1620–1621,Robert Dankoff, p. 388</ref>
|rels = [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] {{small|(predominant)}}, [[Armenian Catholic Church]] {{small|(small community)}}
| rels = [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] {{small|(predominant)}}, [[Armenian Catholic Church]] {{small|(small community)}}
|related-c = [[Armenian diaspora]]
| related-c = [[Armenian diaspora]]
|footnotes = <center>All figures from {{lower|<ref name="Ukraine 2001 Census">{{citation |url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/nationality_population/nationality_1/s5/?botton=cens_db&box=5.1W&k_t=00&p=20&rz=1_1&rz_b=2_1%20&n_page=2 |title=The distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue |year=2001 |access-date=2009-06-17 |publisher=State Statistics Committee of Ukraine |location=Kiev }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}}</center>}}
| footnotes = {{center|All figures from {{lower|<ref name="Ukraine 2001 Census">{{citation |url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/nationality_population/nationality_1/s5/?botton=cens_db&box=5.1W&k_t=00&p=20&rz=1_1&rz_b=2_1%20&n_page=2 |title=The distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue |year=2001 |access-date=2009-06-17 |publisher=State Statistics Committee of Ukraine |location=Kyiv }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}}}}
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{{Armenians}}
{{Armenians}}


'''Armenians in Ukraine''' are ethnic [[Armenians]] who live in [[Ukraine]]. They number 99,894 according to the 2001 Ukrainian census.<ref name="census">[http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality 2001 Ukrainian census] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706003257/http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality |date=July 6, 2007 }}</ref> However, the country is also host to a number of Armenian [[guest workers]] which has yet to be ascertained. The Armenian population in Ukraine has nearly doubled since the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in 1989, largely due to instability in the Caucasus. Today, Ukraine is home to the [[Armenian diaspora|5th largest Armenian community]] in the world.
'''Armenians in Ukraine''' ({{Langx|hy|Հայերն Ուկրաինայում|translit=Hayern Ukrainayum}}; {{Langx|uk|Вірмени в Україні|translit=Virmeni v Ukrayini}}) are ethnic [[Armenians]] who live in [[Ukraine]]. They number 99,894 according to the 2001 Ukrainian census.<ref name="census">[http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality 2001 Ukrainian census] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706003257/http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality |date=July 6, 2007 }}</ref> However, the country is also host to a number of Armenian [[guest workers]] which has yet to be ascertained. The Armenian population in Ukraine has nearly doubled since the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in 1989, largely due to instability in the Caucasus. Ukraine was home to the [[Armenian diaspora|fifth largest Armenian community]] in the world before the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion by Russia]] displaced millions of people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=At Least 23 Armenians Have Died in Ukraine Conflict |url=https://asbarez.com/at-least-23-armenians-have-died-in-ukraine-conflict/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Asbarez.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Situation Ukraine Refugee Situation |url=https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Operational Data Portal (UNHCR)}}</ref>


==Early history==
==Early history==
[[File:Surb-Khach monastery, Staryi Krym, Ukraine.jpeg|thumb|left|Ruins of the [[Surb Khach Armenian Monastery, Ukraine]]]]
[[File:Surb-Khach monastery, Staryi Krym, Ukraine.jpeg|thumb|left|Ruins of the [[Surb Khach Armenian Monastery, Ukraine]]]]
{{see also|Armenians in Crimea}}
{{see also|Armenians in Crimea}}
Armenians first appeared in Ukraine during the times of [[Kievan Rus']]. During the 10th century individual Armenian merchants, mercenaries and craftsmen served at the courts of various [[Ruthenia]]n rulers. A larger wave of Armenians settled in southeastern Ukraine after the fall of the Armenian capital of [[Ani]] to [[Seljuks]] in the 11th century. They arrived mainly at the Crimean peninsula and established colonies in Kaffa ([[Feodosiya]]), [[Sudak]] and Solcati ([[Staryi Krym]]). Their numbers were further strengthened throughout the 12th-15th century by Armenians fleeing from a Mongol invasion. This gave the peninsula the name Armenia Maritima in medieval chronicles. Smaller Armenian communities were established in central Ukraine, including [[Kyiv]], and the western regions of [[Podolia]] and [[Halychyna]], concentrating around [[Lviv]] which in 1267 became the center of an Armenian eparchy.
Armenians first appeared in Ukraine during the times of [[Kyivan Rus']]. During the 10th century individual Armenian merchants, mercenaries and craftsmen served at the courts of various [[Ruthenia]]n rulers. A larger wave of Armenians settled in southeastern Ukraine after the fall of the Armenian capital of [[Ani]] to [[Seljuks]] in the 11th century. They arrived mainly at the Crimean peninsula and established colonies in Kaffa ([[Feodosiya]]), [[Sudak]] and Solcati ([[Staryi Krym]]). Their numbers were further strengthened throughout the 12th–15th century by Armenians fleeing from a Mongol invasion. This gave the peninsula the name Armenia Maritima in medieval chronicles. Smaller Armenian communities were established in central Ukraine, including [[Kyiv]], and the western regions of [[Podolia]] and [[Halychyna]], concentrating around [[Lviv]] which in 1267 became the center of an Armenian eparchy.
[[Image:Lwów - Katedra Ormiańska 01.JPG|thumb|left|[[Armenian Cathedral, Lviv|Armenian Cathedral]] in [[Lviv]].]]
[[Image:Lwów - Katedra Ormiańska 01.JPG|thumb|left|[[Armenian Cathedral, Lviv|Armenian Cathedral]] in [[Lviv]].]]
At the end of the thirteenth century, when members of the [[Armenian diaspora]] moved from the [[Crimean]] peninsula to the [[Poland|Polish]]-Ukrainian borderland, they brought [[Armeno-Kipchak]], a [[Turkic language]] with them.<ref>An Armeno-Kipchak Chronicle on the Polish-Turkish Wars in 1620-1621,Robert Dankoff, p. 388</ref> Armeno-Kipchak of the [[Kipchak people]] was still current in the 16th and 17th centuries among the [[Armenia]]n communities settling in the [[Lviv]] and [[Kamianets-Podilskyi]] area of what is now Ukraine.<ref>Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Page 85 by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland</ref>
At the end of the thirteenth century, when members of the [[Armenian diaspora]] moved from the [[Crimean]] peninsula to the [[Poland|Polish]]-Ukrainian borderland, they brought [[Armeno-Kipchak]], a [[Turkic language]] with them.<ref>An Armeno-Kipchak Chronicle on the Polish-Turkish Wars in 1620–1621,[[Robert Dankoff]], p. 388</ref> Armeno-Kipchak of the [[Kipchak people]] was still current in the 16th and 17th centuries among the [[Armenia]]n communities settling in the [[Lviv]] and [[Kamianets-Podilskyi]] area of what is now Ukraine.<ref>Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland – Page 85 by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland</ref>


After Crimea fell to the [[Ottoman Turks]] in 1475 many Crimean Armenians moved further to the north west to the already flourishing Armenian communities which gradually integrated into the local Polish population while maintaining their distinct identity through the [[Armenian Catholic Church]]. In the 18th century Crimea fell under influence of the [[Russian Empire]], which encouraged Crimean Armenians to settle in Russia and a large group of them came to the town of [[Rostov on Don]] in 1778, twenty years later Russia having conquered the peninsula called to colonize it and many Armenians arrived from Turkey, establishing new Armenian colonies. During [[World War II]] in 1944 Armenians were deported en masse along with Greeks, Bulgarians and Tatars as a "antisoviet element" and allowed to return only in the 1960s. During Soviet rule Armenians came together with people from other Soviet ruled nations to Ukraine to work in the heavy industry located in the eastern parts of the country.
After Crimea fell to the [[Ottoman Turks]] in 1475 many Crimean Armenians moved further to the north-west to the already flourishing Armenian communities which gradually integrated into the local Polish population while maintaining their distinct identity through the [[Armenian Catholic Church]]. In the 18th century Crimea fell under influence of the [[Russian Empire]], which encouraged Crimean Armenians to settle in Russia and a large group of them came to the town of [[Rostov on Don]] in 1778, twenty years later Russia having conquered the peninsula called to colonize it and many Armenians arrived from Turkey, establishing new Armenian colonies. During [[World War II]] in 1944 Armenians were deported en masse along with Greeks, Bulgarians and Tatars as a "antisoviet element" and allowed to return only in the 1960s. During Soviet rule Armenians came together with people from other Soviet ruled nations to Ukraine to work in the heavy industry located in the eastern parts of the country.


==Armenian community in modern Ukraine==
==Armenian community in modern Ukraine==
{{also|Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv|Armenian Apostolic Church}}
{{also|Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv|Armenian Apostolic Church}}
Today, the [[Donetsk Oblast]] holds the greatest number of Armenians in Ukraine (~16 000, 0.33% of the population).<ref name="census" /> Armenian communities can also be found in [[Dnipro]], [[Kharkiv]], [[Kherson]], [[Kyiv]], [[Luhansk]], [[Mykolaiv]], [[Zaporizhzhia]], and [[Odessa]] where the late Ukrainian-Armenian artist [[Sarkis Ordyan]] spent most of his life. The city of [[Lviv]] is a "spiritual capital" of Armenians in Ukraine serving as an eparchial see for both Catholic and Apostolic churches, under which Ukraine as a single eparchy is split between both of them. Alas, the [[Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv]] is not occupied ever since the end of [[World War II]] and the Armenian Apostolic Church is predominant.
Today, the [[Donetsk Oblast]] holds the greatest number of Armenians in Ukraine (~16 000, 0.33% of the population).<ref name="census" /> Armenian communities can also be found in [[Dnipro]], [[Kharkiv]], [[Kherson]], [[Kyiv]], [[Luhansk]], [[Mykolaiv]], [[Zaporizhzhia]], and [[Odesa]] where the late Ukrainian-Armenian artist [[Sarkis Ordyan]] spent most of his life. The city of [[Lviv]] is a "spiritual capital" of Armenians in Ukraine serving as an eparchial see for both Catholic and Apostolic churches, under which Ukraine as a single eparchy is split between both of them. Alas, the [[Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv]] is not occupied ever since the end of [[World War II]] and the Armenian Apostolic Church is predominant.


The Armenians continue to have a historic presence in Crimea, which remains under Russian control since the [[2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine]]. The 9,000 Armenians make up 0.43% of the population in the area and are numerous in major urban centers such as [[Sevastopol]] where they comprise 0.3% of the city's population.<ref name="census" /> [[Hovhannes Aivazovsky]], the world-renowned [[Armenians|Armenian]] painter lived and worked his entire life in the Crimean city of Feodosiya.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artsstudio.com/reproductions/aivazovsky.htm |title=Biography of Ivan Aivazovsky by the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg |access-date=2007-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203123540/http://www.artsstudio.com/reproductions/aivazovsky.htm |archive-date=2007-02-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The Armenians continue to have a historic presence in Crimea, which remains under Russian control since the [[2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine]]. The 9,000 Armenians make up 0.43% of the population in the area and are numerous in major urban centers such as [[Sevastopol]] where they comprise 0.3% of the city's population.<ref name="census" /> [[Hovhannes Aivazovsky]], the world-renowned [[Armenians|Armenian]] painter lived and worked his entire life in the Crimean city of Feodosiya.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artsstudio.com/reproductions/aivazovsky.htm |title=Biography of Ivan Aivazovsky by the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg |access-date=2007-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203123540/http://www.artsstudio.com/reproductions/aivazovsky.htm |archive-date=2007-02-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Many Armenians living in Ukraine have been [[Russification|Russified]] with about half speaking [[Armenian language|Armenian]] as their mother tongue but over 43% speaking Russian and only 6% Ukrainian.<ref>[http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/language/ 2001 Ukrainian census] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041101075902/http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/language/ |date=November 1, 2004 }}</ref>
Many Armenians living in Ukraine have been [[Russification|Russified]] with about half speaking [[Armenian language|Armenian]] as their mother tongue but over 43% speaking Russian and only 6% Ukrainian.<ref>[http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/language/ 2001 Ukrainian census] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041101075902/http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/language/ |date=November 1, 2004 }}</ref>
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Armenians in Ukraine by oblasts according to [[2001 Ukrainian Census]].<ref name="census" />
Armenians in Ukraine by oblasts according to [[2001 Ukrainian Census]].<ref name="census" />
{{Static row numbers}}
{{Static row numbers}}
{{mw-datatable}}
{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers mw-datatable" border=1
{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers mw-datatable" border=1
! Oblast
! Oblast
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| [[Autonomous Republic of Crimea]] || 8,700
| [[Autonomous Republic of Crimea]] || 8,700
|-
|-
| [[Odessa Oblast]] || 7,400
| [[Odesa Oblast]] || 7,400
|-
|-
| [[Luhansk Oblast]] || 6,600
| [[Luhansk Oblast]] || 6,600
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| [[Kyiv]] || {{nts|4,935}}
| [[Kyiv]] || {{nts|4,935}}
|-
|-
| [[Dnipropetrovsk]] || {{nts|4,710}}
| [[Dnipro]] || {{nts|4,710}}
|-
|-
| [[Odesa]] || {{nts|4,374}}
| [[Odesa]] || {{nts|4,374}}
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[[File:Armenians2001ua.PNG|thumb|Armenians in Ukraine according to 2001 Census]]
[[File:Armenians2001ua.PNG|thumb|Armenians in Ukraine according to 2001 Census]]
{{Col-end}}
{{Col-end}}

==Notable representatives==
* [[Józef Bartłomiej Zimorowic]], Polish poet and historian of the Baroque era, burgomaster of [[Lviv]]
* [[Mikołaj Torosowicz]], the first Armenian Catholic bishop of Lviv
* [[Grzegorz Piramowicz]], Roman Catholic priest
* [[Karol Antoniewicz]], Polish-Armenian Jesuit and missionary
* [[Sadok Barącz]], [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galician]] religious leader, historian, folklorist, archivist
* [[Julian Oktawian Zachariewicz-Lwigród]], Lviv architect
* [[Ignacy Łukasiewicz]], Galician pharmacist, engineer, businessman, inventor, and philanthropist
* [[Dawid Abrahamowicz]], Polish politician and social activist
* [[Adolf Abrahamowicz]], Polish writer
* [[Kajetan Abgarowicz]], Polish journalist and writer
* [[Ivan Aivazovsky]] (Crimean Armenian), painter
* [[Józef Teodorowicz]], the last Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Lviv
* [[Tamara Tchinarova]] (partly Armenian), ballerina
* [[Sergei Parajanov]], filmmaker
* [[Vagrich Bakhchanyan]], graphic artist and designer
* [[Roman Balayan]], film director
* [[Arsen Savadov]], painter
* [[Vadym Novynskyi]], oligarch
* [[Arsen Avakov]] (Armenian father, [[Ossetians|Ossetian]] mother), Ukrainian Minister of Interior (longest serving minister)
* [[David Manukyan]], Greco Roman wrestler
* [[Oksana Markarova]] (partly Armenian), politician and the current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, former Minister of Finance
* [[Armen Akopyan]], football player
* [[Jamala]] ([[Crimean Tatars|Crimean Tatar]] father, Armenian mother), Ukrainian singer (winner of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]])
* [[Artem Dalakian]], boxer
* [[Armen Vardanyan]], Greco-Roman wrestler
* [[Katerina Rohonyan]], Ukrainian-American chess player ([[Woman Grandmaster]])
* [[Serhiy Nigoyan]], [[Euromaidan]] activist, first protester killed by shooting during the protest
* [[Valeriy Voskonyan]], football player
* [[Artur Avahimyan]], football player


==Cultural heritage==
==Cultural heritage==
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File:Armenian church in Sniatyn, Ukraine 1.JPG|Armenian church in [[Sniatyn]] (18th century)
File:Armenian church in Sniatyn, Ukraine 1.JPG|Armenian church in [[Sniatyn]] (18th century)
File:Вірменська католицька церква Святих апостолів Петра та Павла.Jpg|Armenian church in [[Chernivtsi]] (19th century)
File:Вірменська католицька церква Святих апостолів Петра та Павла.Jpg|Armenian church in [[Chernivtsi]] (19th century)
File:Odessa St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church.jpg|Armenian Surb Grigor Lusavorych church in [[Odessa]] (1995)
File:Odessa St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church.jpg|Armenian Surb Grigor Lusavorych church in [[Odesa]] (1995)
File:Армянская церковь в Харькове.JPG|Armenian St. Resurrection church in [[Kharkiv]] (2004)
File:Армянская церковь в Харькове.JPG|Armenian St. Resurrection church in [[Kharkiv]] (2004)
File:Церква Сурб Геворг. Архітектор Попов В., Миколаїв,.JPG|Armenian Surb Gevorg church in [[Mykolaiv]]
File:Церква Сурб Геворг. Архітектор Попов В., Миколаїв,.JPG|Armenian Surb Gevorg church in [[Mykolaiv]]
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*[[Armenian Cathedral, Lviv]]
*[[Armenian Cathedral, Lviv]]
*[[Ukrainians in Armenia]]
*[[Ukrainians in Armenia]]
*[[Armenian-Ukrainian relations]]
*[[Armenia–Ukraine relations]]
*[[Armenians in Moldova]]
*[[Armenians in Poland]]
*[[Armenians in Poland]]
*[[Armenians in Russia]]
*[[Armenians in Russia]]

Latest revision as of 11:54, 21 November 2024

Armenians in Ukraine
Հայերն Ուկրաինայում
Вірмени в Україні
Total population
99,894 (2001)
Regions with significant populations
Donetsk Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Crimea, Odesa Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Kyiv
Languages
Armenian (Eastern) (50.4%), Ukrainian, Russian (43.2%), Armeno-Kipchak (historical)[1]
Religion
Armenian Apostolic Church (predominant), Armenian Catholic Church (small community)
Related ethnic groups
Armenian diaspora
All figures from [2]
Part of a series on
Armenians
Armenian culture
By country or region
Armenian diaspora
Subgroups
Religion
Languages and dialects
Armenian: Eastern (Zok) • Western (Homshetsi)
Sign languages: Armenian Sign • Caucasian Sign
Persian: Armeno-Tat
Cuman: Armeno-Kipchak
Armenian–Lom: Lomavren
Persecution

Armenians in Ukraine (Armenian: Հայերն Ուկրաինայում, romanized: Hayern Ukrainayum; Ukrainian: Вірмени в Україні, romanized: Virmeni v Ukrayini) are ethnic Armenians who live in Ukraine. They number 99,894 according to the 2001 Ukrainian census.[3] However, the country is also host to a number of Armenian guest workers which has yet to be ascertained. The Armenian population in Ukraine has nearly doubled since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1989, largely due to instability in the Caucasus. Ukraine was home to the fifth largest Armenian community in the world before the invasion by Russia displaced millions of people.[4][5]

Early history

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Ruins of the Surb Khach Armenian Monastery, Ukraine
See also: Armenians in Crimea

Armenians first appeared in Ukraine during the times of Kyivan Rus'. During the 10th century individual Armenian merchants, mercenaries and craftsmen served at the courts of various Ruthenian rulers. A larger wave of Armenians settled in southeastern Ukraine after the fall of the Armenian capital of Ani to Seljuks in the 11th century. They arrived mainly at the Crimean peninsula and established colonies in Kaffa (Feodosiya), Sudak and Solcati (Staryi Krym). Their numbers were further strengthened throughout the 12th–15th century by Armenians fleeing from a Mongol invasion. This gave the peninsula the name Armenia Maritima in medieval chronicles. Smaller Armenian communities were established in central Ukraine, including Kyiv, and the western regions of Podolia and Halychyna, concentrating around Lviv which in 1267 became the center of an Armenian eparchy.

Armenian Cathedral in Lviv.

At the end of the thirteenth century, when members of the Armenian diaspora moved from the Crimean peninsula to the Polish-Ukrainian borderland, they brought Armeno-Kipchak, a Turkic language with them.[6] Armeno-Kipchak of the Kipchak people was still current in the 16th and 17th centuries among the Armenian communities settling in the Lviv and Kamianets-Podilskyi area of what is now Ukraine.[7]

After Crimea fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1475 many Crimean Armenians moved further to the north-west to the already flourishing Armenian communities which gradually integrated into the local Polish population while maintaining their distinct identity through the Armenian Catholic Church. In the 18th century Crimea fell under influence of the Russian Empire, which encouraged Crimean Armenians to settle in Russia and a large group of them came to the town of Rostov on Don in 1778, twenty years later Russia having conquered the peninsula called to colonize it and many Armenians arrived from Turkey, establishing new Armenian colonies. During World War II in 1944 Armenians were deported en masse along with Greeks, Bulgarians and Tatars as a "antisoviet element" and allowed to return only in the 1960s. During Soviet rule Armenians came together with people from other Soviet ruled nations to Ukraine to work in the heavy industry located in the eastern parts of the country.

Armenian community in modern Ukraine

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See also: Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv and Armenian Apostolic Church

Today, the Donetsk Oblast holds the greatest number of Armenians in Ukraine (~16 000, 0.33% of the population).[3] Armenian communities can also be found in Dnipro, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Odesa where the late Ukrainian-Armenian artist Sarkis Ordyan spent most of his life. The city of Lviv is a "spiritual capital" of Armenians in Ukraine serving as an eparchial see for both Catholic and Apostolic churches, under which Ukraine as a single eparchy is split between both of them. Alas, the Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv is not occupied ever since the end of World War II and the Armenian Apostolic Church is predominant.

The Armenians continue to have a historic presence in Crimea, which remains under Russian control since the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine. The 9,000 Armenians make up 0.43% of the population in the area and are numerous in major urban centers such as Sevastopol where they comprise 0.3% of the city's population.[3] Hovhannes Aivazovsky, the world-renowned Armenian painter lived and worked his entire life in the Crimean city of Feodosiya.[8]

Many Armenians living in Ukraine have been Russified with about half speaking Armenian as their mother tongue but over 43% speaking Russian and only 6% Ukrainian.[9]

Distribution

[edit]

Notable representatives

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Cultural heritage

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Armenian cultural heritage in Ukraine:

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ An Armeno-Kipchak Chronicle on the Polish-Turkish Wars in 1620–1621,Robert Dankoff, p. 388
  2. ^ The distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue, Kyiv: State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, 2001, retrieved 2009-06-17[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ a b c d 2001 Ukrainian census Archived July 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "At Least 23 Armenians Have Died in Ukraine Conflict". Asbarez.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  5. ^ "Situation Ukraine Refugee Situation". Operational Data Portal (UNHCR). Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  6. ^ An Armeno-Kipchak Chronicle on the Polish-Turkish Wars in 1620–1621,Robert Dankoff, p. 388
  7. ^ Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland – Page 85 by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
  8. ^ "Biography of Ivan Aivazovsky by the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-04.
  9. ^ 2001 Ukrainian census Archived November 1, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Bespyatov, Tim. "Ethnic composition of Ukraine 2001". pop-stat.mashke.org. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021.
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