Armenians in the Baltic states
Total population | |
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5,293 (2011) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, other larger cities | |
Languages | |
Armenian, Russian, Baltic languages | |
Religion | |
Armenian Apostolic Church | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Armenians in Belarus |
Armenians in the Baltic states of
Country | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | Post-Soviet (Year) |
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Estonia | 648 | 604 | 845 | 1,669 | 1,666 (2021)
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Latvia | 1,060 | 1,511 | 1,913 | 3,069 | 2,549 (2023)
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Lithuania | 471 | 508 | 955 | 1,655 | 1,233 (2011)
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Baltic states | 2,179 | 2,623 | 3,713 | 6,393 | 5,663 (2000–2008) |
Estonia
According to the year 2000 census, there were 1,444 Armenians living in Estonia.
With the affirmation of Estonia's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Soviet-era immigrants and their Estonian-born children were not granted citizenship automatically.
A football club based in Tallinn, FC Ararat Tallinn, is named after the mountain Ararat and has a partnership with the Armenian club FC Ararat Yerevan.
Latvia
Armenians in Latvia number around 5,000 according to armeniandiaspora.com[4] and from 2,014 to 2,549 per official government sources (a decrease from 2,742 reported in 2008).[5][6][7] The Armenian Latvian population mainly lives in Riga.
In 1887 a Latvian Armenian Society was established. One Armenian was reported in the
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Riga khachkar
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Riga St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church
Lithuania
According to the last Lithuanian census of 2011 there were 1,233
Famous Baltic Armenians
- Arturs Akopjans
- Alan Melikdjanian
- Asmik Grigorian
- Boris Parsadanian
- Stefan Airapetjan
See also
- Armenia-Lithuania relations
References
- ^ a b "Population by ethnic nationality, mother tongue and citizenship". Statistics Estonia. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Eestis elab 192 rahvuse esindajaid." Õhtuleht 9-17-2012. (in Estonian)
- ^ Демоскоп Weekly - Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года.Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b ArmenianDiaspora website Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Population by ethnicity at the beginning of year 1935 - 2023". Oficiālās statistikas portāls stat.gov.lv. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ Latvijas iedzīvotāju sadalījums pēc nacionālā sastāva un valstiskās piederības (Inhabitants of Latvia) by ethnic composition and citizenship status (01.01.2023.) | Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs - PMLP
- ^ Population of Latvia by ethnicity and citizenship, 01.07.2008. Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine(in Latvian)
- ^ The Jager Report
- ^ "2011 Census Results". Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Statistics Lithuania), 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- ^ Демоскоп Weekly - Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года.Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР
- ^ [1] History of Armenians in Lithuania (in Lithuanian)