Armenians in Ukraine
Հայերն Ուկրաինայում Вірмени в Україні | |
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99,894 (2001) | |
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Armeno-Kipchak (historical)[1] | |
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Armenian Apostolic Church (predominant), Armenian Catholic Church (small community) | |
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Armenian diaspora | |
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Armenians in Ukraine (
Early history
Armenians first appeared in Ukraine during the times of
At the end of the thirteenth century, when members of the
After Crimea fell to the
Armenian community in modern Ukraine
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
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
Armenians in Ukraine by oblasts according to 2001 Ukrainian Census.[3]
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Armenians in Ukraine by cities, according to the 2001 census:[10]
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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, 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, 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 Tatar father, Armenian mother), Ukrainian singer (winner of the Eurovision Song Contest)
- Artem Dalakian, boxer
- Armen Vardanyan, Greco-Roman wrestler
- Woman Grandmaster)
- Serhiy Nigoyan, Euromaidan activist, first protester killed by shooting during the protest
- Valeriy Voskonyan, football player
- Artur Avahimyan, football player
Cultural heritage
Armenian cultural heritage in Ukraine:
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Armenian Dormition Church in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (14th century)
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Armenian Belltower in Kamianets-Podilskyi (16th century)
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Armenian church in Horodenka (18th century)
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Armenian church in Zhvanets (18th century)
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Armenian church in Ivano-Frankivsk (18th century)
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Armenian church in Kuty (18th century)
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Armenian church in Sniatyn (18th century)
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Armenian church in Chernivtsi (19th century)
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Armenian Surb Grigor Lusavorych church in Odesa (1995)
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Armenian St. Resurrection church in Kharkiv (2004)
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Armenian Surb Gevorg church in Mykolaiv
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Armenian church in Luhansk
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A 19th century postcard of St. Nicholas Armenian Church inKamenets-Podolsk(destroyed during the 1930s)
See also
- Armenian diaspora
- Armenians in Crimea
- Armenian Cathedral, Lviv
- Ukrainians in Armenia
- Armenia–Ukraine relations
- Armenians in Moldova
- Armenians in Poland
- Armenians in Russia
- Armenians in Romania
References
- ^ An Armeno-Kipchak Chronicle on the Polish-Turkish Wars in 1620–1621,Robert Dankoff, p. 388
- ^ The distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue, Kiev: State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, 2001, retrieved 2009-06-17[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d 2001 Ukrainian census Archived July 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "At Least 23 Armenians Have Died in Ukraine Conflict". Asbarez.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ "Situation Ukraine Refugee Situation". Operational Data Portal (UNHCR). Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ An Armeno-Kipchak Chronicle on the Polish-Turkish Wars in 1620–1621,Robert Dankoff, p. 388
- ^ Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland – Page 85 by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- ^ "Biography of Ivan Aivazovsky by the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-04.
- ^ 2001 Ukrainian census Archived November 1, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bespyatov, Tim. "Ethnic composition of Ukraine 2001". pop-stat.mashke.org. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021.
External links
- Вірмени в Україні (in Ukrainian)
- Kyiv Armenian community