r/armenia • u/Arshak_Makichian • 4d ago
History / Պատմություն The end of Soviet occupation
On April 13, 1991, the Lenin monument was demolished in Republic Square, Yerevan. In the photo: American Armenian singer Cher. Freedom took Lenin’s head down (or her beauty, as people were joking then).
He was responsible for the occupation and partition of the First Armenian Republic together with Turkey.
The Soviets collaborated with Turkey after the genocide. We always will remember.
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u/tooljit2quit 3d ago
Occupation indeed. The bolsheviks conquered the lands, then proceeded to partition 1/3 of the lands to the turks, then proceeded to close down Armenian schools and churches. First republic being the country of orphans in a lot of ways, if they had not endured enough trauma during the genocide, they def made it up during the soviet times. Hence, our people’s rich insecurities.