Overview

Background

Situated at the pivotal crossroads of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Armenia has historically been subjugated to foreign rulers. Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Persian, and Ottoman empires have each controlled Armenian territory. The Ottoman Empire ceded this geographic area to Czarist Russia in 1828. With the demise of the Czar, Armenia declared independence from Russia in 1918; however, by 1920, Soviet forces had recaptured the territory, effectively absorbing it into...