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Soviet Armenia

Explore diplomatic settlements and other international records dated during Soviet Armenia. Browse by decade and check each document’s parties, provisions and historical status.

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Sep 21, 1991Report

1991 independence referendum: official results reference

The government’s historical overview records the referendum and its broad result.

Independent ArmeniaGovernment of ArmeniaStatehood and constitutionsSource record

Aug 23, 1990Declaration

Declaration on the independence of Armenia

Declares principles of Armenian statehood and the process of establishing independence.

Soviet ArmeniaConstitutional Court of ArmeniaStatehood and constitutionsText in the archiveArmenian

Dec 1, 1989Resolution

Joint resolution on reunification of the Armenian SSR and Nagorno-Karabakh

Joint act asserting reunification of the Armenian SSR and Nagorno-Karabakh.

Soviet ArmeniaARLIS — Armenian Declaration of Independence citing the 1989 resolutionNagorno-Karabakh recordsSource record

Apr 14, 1978Constitution

Constitution of the Armenian SSR (1978)

Republican constitutional text adopted in 1978, preceding the independence-period constitutional transition.

Soviet ArmeniaPresidential Library of RussiaSoviet governing recordsSource record

Mar 23, 1937Constitution

Constitution of the Armenian SSR (1937)

Republican constitution adopted after the USSR Constitution of 1936.

Soviet ArmeniaPan-Armenian Digital Library — Fundamental Scientific Library, NAS RASoviet governing recordsSource record

Dec 5, 1936Constitution

USSR Constitution of 1936

Union constitutional framework adopted in 1936; a context document for Armenia’s position as a union republic.

Soviet ArmeniaLeninsky Put — historical newspaper collection on Booksite.ruSoviet governing recordsSource record

Feb 9, 1924Legislation

Decree transforming Nakhichevan into an autonomous Soviet republic

Administrative act on autonomous-republic status, distinct from the Moscow and Kars treaty provisions.

Soviet ArmeniaSupreme Assembly of the Nakhchivan Autonomous RepublicSoviet governing recordsSource record

Jul 7, 1923Legislation

Decree establishing the autonomous oblast of Nagorno-Karabakh

Decree establishing the autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan SSR, distinct from the 1921 party bureau decisions.

Soviet ArmeniaPolitical Documents Archive of the Administration of the President of AzerbaijanNagorno-Karabakh recordsSource record

Dec 30, 1922Declaration

Declaration establishing the USSR

States the political principles of the union formed by the participating Soviet republics.

Soviet ArmeniaState Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF)Soviet governing recordsSource record

Dec 30, 1922Agreement

Treaty establishing the USSR

Sets out union institutions and the distribution of powers among the participating Soviet republics.

Soviet ArmeniaState Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF)Soviet governing recordsSource record

Dec 13, 1922Constitution

Constitution of the Transcaucasian SFSR

Constitutional framework of the Transcaucasian federation in which Soviet Armenia participated.

Soviet ArmeniaElectronic Library of Historical DocumentsSoviet governing recordsSource record

Mar 12, 1922Agreement

Treaty forming the federation of the Transcaucasian Soviet republics

Constitutive treaty linking Soviet Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in a federation.

Soviet ArmeniaElectronic Library of Historical DocumentsSoviet governing recordsSource record

February 1922Constitution

First Constitution of Soviet Armenia (1922)

First constitutional text of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Armenia, represented by its 1923 printed edition.

Soviet ArmeniaPresidential Library of RussiaSoviet governing recordsSource record