Английская Википедия:Armenians in the Baltic states

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Armenians in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania settled there mostly during the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States, although some of the first settlers arrived during the Russian Empire's rule in the Baltics.

Country	1959	1970	1979	1989	Post-Soviet (Year)
Estonia	648	604	845	1,669	Шаблон:Center
Latvia	1,060	1,511	1,913	3,069	Шаблон:Center
Lithuania	471	508	955	1,655	Шаблон:Center
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. According to the 2011 census, the number of Armenians had decreased slightly to 1,042. In 1989 (according to Soviet 1989 census) the number was 1,669. The majority of Armenians live in Tallinn: 58% in the year 2000.

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 and from 2,014 to 2,549 per official government sources (a decrease from 2,742 reported in 2008). The Armenian Latvian population mainly lives in Riga.

In 1887 a Latvian Armenian Society was established. One Armenian was reported in the Jäger Report as murdered by Einsatzgruppe A in Daugavpils in 1941. In 1990, in the center of Riga a khachkar was set up in gratitude for assistance in the aftermath of the 1988 Armenian earthquake. In 1991, the first issue of the Armenian newspaper "Ararat" was published, with a second revival in 2002. In 2001, the Armenian Community of Riga was officially re-established after being dissolved after the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940.

• Riga khachkar

  Riga khachkar

• Riga St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church

  Riga St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church

Lithuania

According to the last Lithuanian census of 2011 there were 1,233 Armenians in Lithuania. Armenian organizations put the number around 2,500. According to Soviet 1989 census there are 1,655 Armenians in Lithuania. The Armenians live mainly in Vilnius. The settlement of Armenians in Lithuania, in the distant past of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was of an episodic nature and was due mainly to the needs of trade, although from the historical sources it is known, that Armenian school was established in 16th century Vilnius, Armenian guild in the 16th to 18th centuries Vilnius. One of the most prominent painter of the 19th century in Lithuania was Jan Rustem (Armenian: Յան Ռուստամ). The history of most of the Armenian community now living in Lithuania mainly occurs in the 20th century.

Famous Baltic Armenians

• Arturs Akopjans
• Alan Melikdjanian
• Asmik Grigorian
• Boris Parsadanian
• Stefan Airapetjan

See also

• Armenia-Lithuania relations

External links

• Eastern Minorities//Latvian Institute
• Baltic “yans”: A visit with the Armenians of Latvia
• Армяне в Латвии. От общества — к общине