45 Facts About Armenia

Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage.

The Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great in the 1st century BC and in the year 301 became the first state in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion.

The modern Republic of Armenia became independent in 1991 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Armenia is a developing country and ranks 85th on the Human Development Index .

Since Armenia aligns itself in many respects geopolitically with Europe, the country is a member of numerous European organizations including the Council of Europe, the Eastern Partnership, Eurocontrol, the Assembly of European Regions, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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Armenia is a member of certain regional groups throughout Eurasia, including the Asian Development Bank, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Eurasian Union, and the Eurasian Development Bank.

Exonym Armenia is attested in the Old Persian Behistun Inscription as Armina .

Ul founded Armenia; and Gather the Bactrians; and Mesa the Mesaneans; it is called Charax Spasini.

Several Bronze Age cultures and states flourished in the area of Greater Armenia, including the Trialeti-Vanadzor culture, Hayasa-Azzi, and Mitanni, all of which are believed to have had Indo-European populations.

Religion in ancient Armenia was historically related to a set of beliefs that, in Persia, led to the emergence of Zoroastrianism.

The principality was ruled by the Prince of Armenia, and recognised by the Caliph and the Byzantine Emperor.

In time, several areas of the Bagratid Armenia separated as independent kingdoms and principalities such as the Kingdom of Vaspurakan ruled by the House of Artsruni in the south, Kingdom of Syunik in the east, or Kingdom of Artsakh on the territory of modern Nagorno-Karabakh, while still recognising the supremacy of the Bagratid kings.

Armenia was annexed by the Red Army and along with Georgia and Azerbaijan, was incorporated into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as part of the Transcaucasian SFSR on 4 March 1922.

Compounding Armenia's problems was a devastating earthquake in 1988 with a moment magnitude of 7.

On 21 September 1991, Armenia officially declared its statehood after the failed August coup in Moscow, RSFSR.

Armenia ranked 63rd out of 180 countries on Environmental Performance Index in 2018.

Waste management in Armenia is underdeveloped, as no waste sorting or recycling takes place at Armenia's 60 landfills.

Armenia became a member of the United Nations on 2 March 1992, and is a signatory to a number of its organizations and other international agreements.

Armenia is an observer member of the Arab League, the Organization of American States, the Pacific Alliance, the Non-Aligned Movement, and a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

Armenia is a member of the Council of Europe and maintains close relations with the European Union; especially with its member states France and Greece.

Former republic of the Soviet Union and an emerging democracy, Armenia was negotiating to become an associate EU partner and had completed negotiations to sign an Association Agreement with a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area with the EU in 2013.

Legally speaking, Armenia has the right to be considered as a prospective EU member provided it meets necessary standards and criteria, though officially such a plan does not exist in Brussels.

Armenia is included in the EU's European Neighbourhood Policy and participates in both the Eastern Partnership and the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, which aims at bringing the EU and its neighbours closer.

In March 1993, Armenia signed the multilateral Chemical Weapons Convention, which calls for the eventual elimination of chemical weapons.

Armenia acceded to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear weapons state in July 1993.

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Armenia is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation .

Armenia has an Individual Partnership Action Plan with NATO and it participates in NATO's Partnership for Peace program and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council .

Human rights in Armenia tend to be better than those in most former Soviet republics and have drawn closer to acceptable standards, especially economically.

Armenia is classified as "partly free" in the 2019 report by Freedom House, which gives it a score of 51 out of 100, which is 6 points ahead of the previous estimate.

Armenia has recorded an unprecedented progress in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders, improving its position by 19 points and ranking 61st on the list.

Armenia ranked 29th for economic freedom and 76th for personal freedom among 159 countries in the 2017 Human Freedom Index published by the Cato Institute.

Armenia is divided into ten provinces, with the city of Yerevan having special administrative status as the country's capital.

Armenia has had strong economic growth since 1995, building on the turnaround that began the previous year, and inflation has been negligible for the past several years.

Armenia was ranked 69th in the Global Innovation Index in 2021, down from 64th in 2019.

Primary and secondary education in Armenia is free, and completion of secondary school is compulsory.

Higher education in Armenia is harmonized with the Bologna process and the European Higher Education Area.

Armenia has a relatively large external diaspora, with communities existing across the globe.

Armenia was the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion, an event traditionally dated to AD 301.

Armenia is home to a Russian community of Molokans which practice a form of Spiritual Christianity originated from the Russian Orthodox Church.

Competitively, Armenia has been successful in chess, weightlifting and wrestling at the international level.

Armenia is an active member of the international sports community, with full membership in the Union of European Football Associations and International Ice Hockey Federation .

Armenia first participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona under a unified CIS team, where it was very successful, winning three golds and one silver in weightlifting, wrestling and sharp shooting, despite only having five athletes.

Armenia participates in the Summer Olympic Games in boxing, wrestling, weightlifting, judo, gymnastics, track and field, diving, swimming and sharp shooting.

Armenia have never qualified for a major tournament although recent improvements saw the team to achieve 44th position in the FIFA World Rankings in September 2011.

Armenia has been very successful in chess, winning the World Champion in 2011 and the World Chess Olympiad on three occasions.

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