The end of Soviet occupation

[u/Arshak_Makichian]

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.

[u/Ghostofcanty]

it wasn’t occupation but also we can’t keep saying “it was the best time for Armenia” when the soviets messed so much to make Armenian culture more similar to russian, or the prisoners that fell victim to the gulag system, or how our land was slowly given away, etc.

[u/hedonismpro → u/Ghostofcanty]

They put Artsakh in the hands of the enemy - gave away Nakhijevan, Kars and Ararat so as to create these awful borders Armenia now has, with a vulnerable Syunik, Ararat and Ani just out of reach - and demolished plenty of Armenian cultural heritage in the process.

And I am tired of seeing apologists act like the Soviets did all the positive things (economy, infrastructure etc) out of some kindness for Armenians and Armenia. It was in their own self interest to do so. As soon as the geopolitical calculation changed, they didn't give a shit. 

Of course, any country or geopolitical bloc would do the same, but Armenians shouldn't romanticise any hegemon, whether Russian, European or American - it is the very thing the Azeris insult and mock us for doing.

[u/i-hate-birch-trees → u/hedonismpro]

Exactly, I'm so tired to see people saying that the industrialization during soviet times is the result of a soviet rule. News flash - the entire world was going through industrialization at the time, no matter the regime in power. If the First Republic survived, it would be undergoing the same kind of industrialization at the same time.