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The Armenian National Congress was a political assembly established in 1917 to provide representation for Armenians of the Russian Empire. It first met at the Artistic Theatre in Tbilisi on 11 October of that year. Its formation was prompted by the confused situation in the Russian Empire towards the end of World War One. The congress included more than 200 members from all over the Russian Empire, with only Armenian Bolsheviks refusing to take part for ideological reasons. It was dominated by the Dashnak Party, who had 113 representatives. According to Richard Hovannisian, the Congress was "the most comprehensive Eastern Armenian gathering since the Russian conquest of Transcaucasia". The Armenian National Congress supported the policies of the Russian Provisional Government concerning the war, and also suggested redrawing provincial boundaries along ethnic lines. It created an executive body called the Armenian National Council, headed by Avetis Aharonian. This council eventually declared independence for Russian Armenia in May 1918.

References

  1. Adalian p.76
  2. Hovannisian Armenia on the Road to Independence, p.87
  3. Uras, Esat (1988). The Armenians in history and the Armenian question (English translation of the rev. and expanded 2. ed. ed.). Ankara: Documentary Publications. p. 905. ISBN 9789757555001. Retrieved 9 February 2013. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  4. Hovannisian Republic, pp.16-17
  5. Hovannisian Armenia on the Road to Independence, p.87
  6. Kurkjian, Vahan M. (2008). A history of Armenia. Los Angeles, CA: Indo-European Publishing. ISBN 9781604440126.
  7. Hovannisian Armenia on the Road to Independence, p.87
  8. Hovannisian Republic, pp.17-18
  9. Derogy, Jacques (1990). Resistance and Revenge: The Armenian Assassination of the Turkish Leaders Responsible for the 1915 Massacres and Deportations. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 9781412833165.
  10. Adalian p.76

Sources

  • Richard G. Hovannisian Armenia on the Road to Independence (University of California, 1967)
  • Richard G. Hovanissian The Republic of Armenia: The First Year 1918-19 (University of California, 1971)
  • Rouben Paul Adalian Historical Dictionary of Armenia (Scarecrow Press, 2010)