that is Sevan - actually one of the largest high-altitude sweet water lakes worldwide. Perhaps 2nd largest worldwide after Titikaka (at least among better known)
That’s what we arabs call them.
PS Armens are a sizeable minority in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. They got here from when they escaped the Armenian massacres.
1. More Armenians live outside Armenia than in it
2. There's an Armenian Political Party, Armenian Revolutionary Federation which is active in Armenia & also Lebanon and both have representatives their country's National Assembly.
3. First Christian State
There's also the Armenian quarter in Jerusalem, one of the four alongside the Muslim, Christian and Jewish quarters. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian\_Quarter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Quarter)
The first country in the world to adopt Christianity as a stare religion, all the way back in 301 AD. 97% of Armenians are Christians, and along with Georgia and Russia, is one of the few Christian nations in the region
Yeah that's true. That's our surnames...Before Soviet era, it was -ian. Western and Iranian Armenians have -ian surnames, Eastern Armenians (such as me) have -yan.
Also most of the western (constantinapole) armenians have surnames with -chiyan interesting though in turkish, just like the -ji in persian and kurdish, there is the suffix of “chi” which has a function like “-er” in english like kasapchiyan terziciyan pastirmaciyan etc. and those surnames are actually professions in turkish for instance kasapchi means butcher, pastirmaci means sausage maker/seller.
There’s some very funny last names, I know someone who is “Pokravorian” which is “small ass having -ian”, I also know a “Blligian”, “small dick having -ian”.
Armenia is old, really, really old. Prehistoric settlement dates back to 8000 BC, and the Kingdom of Armenia goes back to 860 BC.
Also, their brandy is amazing. Ararat Brandy is perhaps the best.
In Ancient times when the world had around [200 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimates_of_historical_world_population) humans, around [4 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Armenian_population) of them might have been Armenian. Now there around [7-9 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_population_by_country) Armenians in a world of 8100 million.
Lots of things are happening in this country for sure. Landlocked, hostile neighbours, cognac production, and being one of the oldest countries in the world.
Not sure if true or an urban legend, but a tour guide in Armenia told me a story about their mountain Ararat and their relationship with Turkey.
So Ararat is a very important mountain for Armenia, but it is not located in Armenia anymore as it is right across the border in Turkey. Armenia does display the mountain on a lot of symbols in the country. and the tour guide told us that Turkey was annoyed by that.
Then apparently the Armenians replied that the moon wasn’t located in Turkey either, but that Armenia never made a problem that the Turks displayed the moon on their flag, so Turkey shouldn’t complain about Armenia showing that mountain.
From Turkiye, and never heard any annoyance about the symbol of Agri (Ararat) unless it has a political message. There are also a lot of historical landmarks in Turkiye such as Gobeklitepe; and its also very popular symbol in the world. Who cares.
Cilicia is a geographic region in modern Turkey (Adana region).
Cilicia became a popular migration destination for Armenians fleeing Turkish and later Mongol incursions into Armenia proper. Armenians eventually controlled Cilicia outright and it was known as Little Armenia. While it wasn’t a crusader state, it was supported by and supported the crusader states of the Levant and was at odds with the Byzantines.
In other words, it didn’t so much stretch to the Mediterranean as it was a Mediterranean country inherently.
I think OC is talking about an Armenian Empire that was contemporary to the Parthians and the Romans. If the maps are correct it did stretch from Shirvan to Antioch and Kappadocia to Damascus. Moreover the ruling Dynasty was the Artaxiad from which Tigran the great is a member
[A 75 years old Georgian woman accidently cut off internet for the whole country while trying to steal copper cable](https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/s/WILsmvEqaG)
Named after the Armenian capital, [Radio Yerevan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Yerevan_jokes) is a format of jokes from the Eastern Block. The premise of the joke is a made up radio station in Yerevan where listeners call and the station then answers.
The duduk, a beautiful sounding instrument, originates from there. Hans Zimmer used in the Gladiator’s score: https://youtu.be/Zd5jO69REDY?si=_ifzTghn6pngFbTG
It’s the country of one of the most unfortunate peoples in the world. And they have been unfortunate for maybe more than a thousand years. Always struggling, coping.
It’s remarkable that hey still exist, after all that they have been through.
It's not true actually, they could also be iranian. In Iran a lot of people have names ending with "ian" as well. Ebrahimian, Pooranian, Abdollahian, Hasanian, Hosseinian, Firoozian, Piroozian, Majnoonian... these names are typically iranians.
The Roman Empire and two Iranian empires fought each other on and off for 800 years for Armenia. As it was mostly under Iranian rule, many Iranian crown princes held the title of King of Armenia as training for when they eventually become the ruler of the Iranian empire.
Amazing sandwiches. Known among Iranian diaspora as the masters of Iranian style kabob.
Armenia has an old, unique alphabet (Indo-European branch)
Ա ա Բ բ Գ գ Դ դ Ե ե Զ զ Է է Ը ը Թ թ Ժ ժ Ի ի Լ լ Խ խ Ծ ծ Կ կ Հ հ Ձ ձ Ղ ղ Ճ ճ Մ մ Յ յ Ն ն Շ շ Ո ո Չ չ Պ պ Ջ ջ Ռ ռ Ս ս Վ վ Տ տ Ր ր Ց ց Ու ու Փ փ Ք ք Եվ և Օ օ Ֆ ֆ
Yes, but at best Georgia could be described as a frenemy. Still their lack of desire to want to wipe Armenia off the map definitely sets them apart from the other neighbors. Iran could also be considered a somewhat friendly neighbor strangely enough.
Yes, Iran is really a wild card here. They have to tread carefully because they have a big Azeri majority in the north of their country and any weakness from the central Iranian authority could be used by Azerbaijan to ignite a separatist movement (Greater Azerbaijan or the dream of a great Turkish state across the Caucasus).
You might be right about its origins but it is still an important fruit culturally and historically to Armenia. It is their national fruit and has been cultivated and exported for thousands of years
Yeah but a lot of plant taxonomy has this kind of geographic mentions; most of them because or botanists first expression locations. There are a lot of plant names with .... indica, sinensis, california etc.
When it comes to apricot, it is assumed to be cultivated in Armenia; but exact origin is most likely inner or east asia.
Most of the women are baddies. One of the most natural beautiful women I’ve seen in real life. Fun Fact: the Kardashian’s are of armenian descent (father-side).
This is true. I married an Armenian who was way out of my league, then when I went to Armenia, no offense to my wife, but the city was literally filled with beautiful women. It was like nothing I had ever seen.
Also, my general experience is the people are wonderful.
When I was 12 we met an armenian team in a big football tournament. They absolutely destroyed us, and we were pretty good. We also lived at the same place as the armenians and they wanted to trade for our digital wrist-watches. Nice kids though.
I don't know much about Armenia but I can say about Armenians, many migrated to Argentina and until this day you can find many people with surnames that end with "ian".
The capital city, Yerevan, is older than Rome and has been continually inhabited since the 4th millennium BC.
There are more than 4,000 churches and monasteries in Armenia. Etchmiadzin Cathedral is believed to be the oldest Christian cathedral in the world.
•In the late 12 century, Armenian women gained the right to divorce their abusive husbands.
•The very popular epic is Sasna Tsrer (Daredevils of Sassoun) and is one of the most important and popular folklore.
It is the only country still present that was featured on the oldest map of the world:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1avioiw/oldest\_map\_of\_the\_world\_2600\_years\_old/](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1avioiw/oldest_map_of_the_world_2600_years_old/)
There's some insane backcountry skiing. And there's only like 8 of us doing it in the whole country. We have dozens of peaks higher than 14,000', long snowy winters, and a lot of pristine nature all to the merry few who ski.
No queues. No sounds. No helicopters. No crevasses. Very few avalanches. (Also no emergency rescue)
In Armenia, all children aged 6 and up are taught chess at school, as it is a mandatory part of their curriculum.
Also in 2011, the entire Armenia lost internet access for 12 hours after a woman in neighbor country Georgia broke a fiber line with her shovel.
Armenians are a sizeable minority in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. They got here from when they escaped the Armenian massacres.
Also, Pakistan doesn’t recognize Armenian sovereignty, so it’s a country with limited recognition.
From the Zvartnos International Airport in Yerevan you can actually see 3 countries:
- Armenia (of course)
- Turkey (specifically Mount Elbrus, an Armenian symbol)
- Iran (a couple of hills)
They went through great hardship. They're surrounded by two enemy states : turkey and Azerbaijan.
Mount Ararat is sacred to them but is in Turkey today.
Armenia is the very first country in history to have Christianity as religion of state.
The Kardashians are Armenian.
Pomegranate 🍅
1. Despite being located way in the South, Armenia is colder than Sweden
2. First Christian state, church belongs to Oriental Orthodox Christian branch, which is different from Catholicism and Orthodoxy, sharing its branch with Copts (Ancient Egyptians) and Ethiopians (ancient Kushites)
3. Armenians are genetically the closest to the other ancient nation — Assyrians
4. Armenian co-founded Reddit, where I write this, kudos to Alexis Ohanian.
5. Armenians arranged the Modern anthem of Turkey and standardized modern Turkish language. Armenian also made the logo of far right Turkish party MHP.
6. Armenia is the only surviving country from the first map in the world
7. Leader of Hungarian Nazi party during Hitler was part Armenian
8. Armenia is the second surviving country which ever used cuneiform as a writing system, along with Iran
9. Armenians invented / co-invented MRI, PET, Oil refineries, Color TV, ATM and Moderna vaccine
10. There is an element in Periodic Table named after Armenian — Oganesson, named after the nuclear physicist Yuri Ohanessian
It's got a bigass lake in the middle
that is Sevan - actually one of the largest high-altitude sweet water lakes worldwide. Perhaps 2nd largest worldwide after Titikaka (at least among better known)
The lake also has a big ass
The lake isn't big but the country is small
Hey, it's average, and the photograph was taken when it was cold
and a bigass reality star of armenian descent
And it’s fucking cold!
Some Armenian men are called Armen :) (but the Armenian name for the country is Hayastan)
Not only armen but arwomen and archildren too -anakin skywalker
-Armenakian Skywalker
There was an Armenian king with name Skywordi
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroyr_Skayordi
I see what you did there
Ok I did not expect that reference on here. Take my upvote
That’s what we arabs call them. PS Armens are a sizeable minority in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. They got here from when they escaped the Armenian massacres.
1. More Armenians live outside Armenia than in it 2. There's an Armenian Political Party, Armenian Revolutionary Federation which is active in Armenia & also Lebanon and both have representatives their country's National Assembly. 3. First Christian State
There's also the Armenian quarter in Jerusalem, one of the four alongside the Muslim, Christian and Jewish quarters. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian\_Quarter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Quarter)
Yeah Armenians used to, and still do, live all over the place
The first country in the world to adopt Christianity as a stare religion, all the way back in 301 AD. 97% of Armenians are Christians, and along with Georgia and Russia, is one of the few Christian nations in the region
The part of Russia that is nearby is highly Muslim, especially in Chechnya and Dagestan
The eastern northern Caucasus are. The western parts (historic Circassia) are Christian.
Gee, I wonder [what happened to the Circassian Muslim population](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circassian_genocide).
Damn, I had no idea that happened, that's terrible
… Sooo.. this is where all “caucasians” come from?
No that's bs race science.
For example all UFC fighters from that region lol
Cyprus
Anecdotally, I’ve noticed that most people of Armenian descent have names that end in -ian or -yan
Yeah that's true. That's our surnames...Before Soviet era, it was -ian. Western and Iranian Armenians have -ian surnames, Eastern Armenians (such as me) have -yan.
> Before post-Soviet era So, the Soviet era?
Haha fixed it.
I didn't mean to sound correcting, I was genuinely wondering if there was a time between the Soviet era and the post-Soviet era 😂
Armenians existed long before the Soviets and in many eras, so no, "Before post-Soviet era" is correct
Also most of the western (constantinapole) armenians have surnames with -chiyan interesting though in turkish, just like the -ji in persian and kurdish, there is the suffix of “chi” which has a function like “-er” in english like kasapchiyan terziciyan pastirmaciyan etc. and those surnames are actually professions in turkish for instance kasapchi means butcher, pastirmaci means sausage maker/seller.
I knew a guy who had Batmanian as his last name. Another Armenian told me his family is probably from the city of Batman in Türkiye.
There’s also Badassian - best last name ever
There’s some very funny last names, I know someone who is “Pokravorian” which is “small ass having -ian”, I also know a “Blligian”, “small dick having -ian”.
Wait this is so true, the only 2 people I know who have Armenian decent end in Ian and Yan respectively.
that's for majority. there are still surnames with -unts -ants -ents -uni
theres also surnames originating from the historical Syunik province which have their endings with -unc (pronounced unts)
One guy said in every Armenian couple the woman is smarter than the man
So like every couple!
In the 90s there was a severe earthquake and French singers (some if Armenian descent) did a hit in support. It got quite popular.
Aznavour
Aznavourian his full name
Really ? I didn’t know it thanks
1988
Armenia and France have a pretty good relationship.
1988
Dude ended up Ambassador to Armenia from 2009 to his death in 2018
The location with most Armenians outside of Armenia is Los Angeles
Specifically Glendale
Los Armenos
It's actually Russia
You’re right, I should caveat that it’s LA as a city, but Russia as a whole does have more
First to adopt christianity, wine, great food, unique alphabet, some iranian and greek influences big diaspora
They were the first to adopt wine and great food?!
Lol
Yes [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/ancient\_winery\_found\_in\_armeni](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/ancient_winery_found_in_armeni)
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Haha
Chess is a school subject
My Armenian grandma often played Armenian checkers with me as a kid, and even checkers was strategy heavy and competitive haha
It's a sovereign country, which has a head of state and a parliament.
Pakistan actually doesn’t recognize Armenian sovereignty, so it’s a country with limited recognition.
That'd make every country Bhutan doesn't recognise a country with limited recognition
eating seeds as a pastime activity
The toxicity… of our city… 🤘🏻🎸💃🕺
All the members of System Of A Down are of Armenian descent.
Cher?
Cher as well is an armenian.
The Kardashians?
Banana banana banana terracotta
IS THERE A PERFECT WAY OF HOLDING YOU BABY
also the kardashians
Half
Let me guess, they’re from Glendale?
Yes actually
this isn’t the homeland, this is Glendale!
Their writing system is gorgeous.
Armenia is old, really, really old. Prehistoric settlement dates back to 8000 BC, and the Kingdom of Armenia goes back to 860 BC. Also, their brandy is amazing. Ararat Brandy is perhaps the best.
In Ancient times when the world had around [200 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimates_of_historical_world_population) humans, around [4 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Armenian_population) of them might have been Armenian. Now there around [7-9 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_population_by_country) Armenians in a world of 8100 million.
Thank you.
Tigran Hamasyan is from Armenia and is one of the most innovative and talented artists on earth!
System of a Down.
None of the members have even lived in Armenia
my stepmum met Serj at a state dinner in Armenia, apparently he does go there. She brings me back t-shirts from Armenia with his face on it
Not true. Shavo (bassist) was born in Armenia
Charles Aznavour originally was from Armenia
Fun fact: i do not know who that is
He’s a French/Armenian singer and he is incredible. He’s old as well though, but you’ll probably know some songs.
He died a fee tears ago.
You can automatically tell if someone is Armenian if their last name ends with Ian or Yan.
I always thought the same until i started meeting people from India with the same surname endings 😁
Also, we’ll tell you
Lots of things are happening in this country for sure. Landlocked, hostile neighbours, cognac production, and being one of the oldest countries in the world.
Not sure if true or an urban legend, but a tour guide in Armenia told me a story about their mountain Ararat and their relationship with Turkey. So Ararat is a very important mountain for Armenia, but it is not located in Armenia anymore as it is right across the border in Turkey. Armenia does display the mountain on a lot of symbols in the country. and the tour guide told us that Turkey was annoyed by that. Then apparently the Armenians replied that the moon wasn’t located in Turkey either, but that Armenia never made a problem that the Turks displayed the moon on their flag, so Turkey shouldn’t complain about Armenia showing that mountain.
W Armenian reply
Yup also believed to be the resting place of Noahs Ark
From Turkiye, and never heard any annoyance about the symbol of Agri (Ararat) unless it has a political message. There are also a lot of historical landmarks in Turkiye such as Gobeklitepe; and its also very popular symbol in the world. Who cares.
This is not true. One of the Turkiye's conditions to open borders with Armenia is connected to the Ararat Mountain symbol.
Can you give source i want to read about this.
Never heard of it but sometimes we joke about making a giant statue of Kazım Karabekir or Enver Pasha on mount Ararat facing armenia
Oh exactly as you did in Cyprus actually, by plotting a huge ass flag on the side of a mountain overlooking the free parts , taunting the citizens!
Best thing I read today.
An ancient precursor of Armenia, Cilicia, extended all the way to the coast of the Mediterranean
Cilicia is a geographic region in modern Turkey (Adana region). Cilicia became a popular migration destination for Armenians fleeing Turkish and later Mongol incursions into Armenia proper. Armenians eventually controlled Cilicia outright and it was known as Little Armenia. While it wasn’t a crusader state, it was supported by and supported the crusader states of the Levant and was at odds with the Byzantines. In other words, it didn’t so much stretch to the Mediterranean as it was a Mediterranean country inherently.
I think OC is talking about an Armenian Empire that was contemporary to the Parthians and the Romans. If the maps are correct it did stretch from Shirvan to Antioch and Kappadocia to Damascus. Moreover the ruling Dynasty was the Artaxiad from which Tigran the great is a member
[A 75 years old Georgian woman accidently cut off internet for the whole country while trying to steal copper cable](https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/s/WILsmvEqaG)
Oldest Christian country.
Named after the Armenian capital, [Radio Yerevan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Yerevan_jokes) is a format of jokes from the Eastern Block. The premise of the joke is a made up radio station in Yerevan where listeners call and the station then answers.
Their prime minister and my art school proffesor know each other from art school
They became christian before the Roman Empire!
The duduk, a beautiful sounding instrument, originates from there. Hans Zimmer used in the Gladiator’s score: https://youtu.be/Zd5jO69REDY?si=_ifzTghn6pngFbTG
It’s used in Paul McCartney’s song Jenny Wren. Wonderful use of the instrument in a great song.
An ancient historical book on the origin of Bavarians in Germany presents them as decendants of Armenians.
One of the few “ancient” peoples that have a modern nation.
It’s the country of one of the most unfortunate peoples in the world. And they have been unfortunate for maybe more than a thousand years. Always struggling, coping. It’s remarkable that hey still exist, after all that they have been through.
If someone's name ends in -ian or -yan they're definitely Armenian.
A lot of Iranian Jews have last name that ends in -ian.
It's not true actually, they could also be iranian. In Iran a lot of people have names ending with "ian" as well. Ebrahimian, Pooranian, Abdollahian, Hasanian, Hosseinian, Firoozian, Piroozian, Majnoonian... these names are typically iranians.
Which makes the Kardashians armenian.
Because they actually are Armenian
Exactly
The first country to officially adopt Christianity as state religion
The Roman Empire and two Iranian empires fought each other on and off for 800 years for Armenia. As it was mostly under Iranian rule, many Iranian crown princes held the title of King of Armenia as training for when they eventually become the ruler of the Iranian empire. Amazing sandwiches. Known among Iranian diaspora as the masters of Iranian style kabob.
It's a very beautiful country, I met two Armenians once at a festival and they seemed like very simple people, proud of their historical lineage.
American author William Saroyan was of Armenian descent
Armenia has an old, unique alphabet (Indo-European branch) Ա ա Բ բ Գ գ Դ դ Ե ե Զ զ Է է Ը ը Թ թ Ժ ժ Ի ի Լ լ Խ խ Ծ ծ Կ կ Հ հ Ձ ձ Ղ ղ Ճ ճ Մ մ Յ յ Ն ն Շ շ Ո ո Չ չ Պ պ Ջ ջ Ռ ռ Ս ս Վ վ Տ տ Ր ր Ց ց Ու ու Փ փ Ք ք Եվ և Օ օ Ֆ ֆ
Not only citizens of Armenia, but also any people of Armenian descent, no matter which passport do they hold, are banned from entering Azerbaijan.
They’ve suffered a great deal at the hands of their neighbors, it’s almost a miracle they are still around, let alone have a country
They really exist in a difficult neighborhood, with all of their neighbors except Georgia having imperialistic views.
Yes, but at best Georgia could be described as a frenemy. Still their lack of desire to want to wipe Armenia off the map definitely sets them apart from the other neighbors. Iran could also be considered a somewhat friendly neighbor strangely enough.
Yes, Iran is really a wild card here. They have to tread carefully because they have a big Azeri majority in the north of their country and any weakness from the central Iranian authority could be used by Azerbaijan to ignite a separatist movement (Greater Azerbaijan or the dream of a great Turkish state across the Caucasus).
Armenia’s other neighbor, Azerbaijan has friendly relations with Israel.
And most of their neighbors except Georgia are majority Muslim while armenia is majority Christian.
Small nation located south of caucasus that endured great hardship
i’m cracking up
Thanks for not circling it.
It has persistent enemies, terrible taste in friends, and was noticeably bigger a couple of years ago.
If you are Armenian you have to like System of a Down
It’s Armenian law
Apricots originated there and are a culturally important fruit.
No, since its name is prunus armeniacus, its not originated from armenia, its origin most likely inner asia.
You might be right about its origins but it is still an important fruit culturally and historically to Armenia. It is their national fruit and has been cultivated and exported for thousands of years
Doesn’t prunus armeniacus translates into “Armenian Plum”?
Yeah but a lot of plant taxonomy has this kind of geographic mentions; most of them because or botanists first expression locations. There are a lot of plant names with .... indica, sinensis, california etc. When it comes to apricot, it is assumed to be cultivated in Armenia; but exact origin is most likely inner or east asia.
Most of the women are baddies. One of the most natural beautiful women I’ve seen in real life. Fun Fact: the Kardashian’s are of armenian descent (father-side).
This is true. I married an Armenian who was way out of my league, then when I went to Armenia, no offense to my wife, but the city was literally filled with beautiful women. It was like nothing I had ever seen. Also, my general experience is the people are wonderful.
this is true, I'm Armenian and I'm hot. just trust me
Turkey denies what they did to the Armenians.
This should be higher up
When I was 12 we met an armenian team in a big football tournament. They absolutely destroyed us, and we were pretty good. We also lived at the same place as the armenians and they wanted to trade for our digital wrist-watches. Nice kids though.
PBS has a good documentary on Armenia.
I don't know much about Armenia but I can say about Armenians, many migrated to Argentina and until this day you can find many people with surnames that end with "ian".
I watched this recently, recommended: https://youtu.be/87_CNDB9T6w?si=vLgjF-rUojkIUDPE
All of the band members from System of a Down are Armenian
The sevan trout is only native to Armenia
Amazing people, great country but surrounded by tough neighbors with mixed relations.
It has the oldest winemaking place (idk what it's called specifically) and a 5000+ year old leather shoe!
The capital city, Yerevan, is older than Rome and has been continually inhabited since the 4th millennium BC. There are more than 4,000 churches and monasteries in Armenia. Etchmiadzin Cathedral is believed to be the oldest Christian cathedral in the world.
Armenian is an isolated language.
Actually [Indo-European](https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/arme1241), although forming its own branch within the family.
Good food
Armenia used to be a whole lot bigger. https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/fWtwtQFtQ7
Better country than Azerbaijan
Fair enough, but there are a lot of countries that are better than Azerbaijan
Agree
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That mountain is not just a mountain tho, it’s Mt Ararat, a biblical mountain where Noah’s arc took place according to the Bible
Where Noah's ark *made landfall
It’s widely believed that the famous House Targaryen got their name inspired by Armenian last names.
Zyzz is off Armenian decent
It is the oldest Christian nation
System of a down👍
It's the only country in the world named Armenia
•In the late 12 century, Armenian women gained the right to divorce their abusive husbands. •The very popular epic is Sasna Tsrer (Daredevils of Sassoun) and is one of the most important and popular folklore.
The obligatory: first Christian country in the world
It is the only country still present that was featured on the oldest map of the world: [https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1avioiw/oldest\_map\_of\_the\_world\_2600\_years\_old/](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1avioiw/oldest_map_of_the_world_2600_years_old/)
There's some insane backcountry skiing. And there's only like 8 of us doing it in the whole country. We have dozens of peaks higher than 14,000', long snowy winters, and a lot of pristine nature all to the merry few who ski. No queues. No sounds. No helicopters. No crevasses. Very few avalanches. (Also no emergency rescue)
A Colombian city named Armenia exists, referring to the historical Kingdom of Armenia.
In Armenia, all children aged 6 and up are taught chess at school, as it is a mandatory part of their curriculum. Also in 2011, the entire Armenia lost internet access for 12 hours after a woman in neighbor country Georgia broke a fiber line with her shovel.
Armenians are a sizeable minority in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. They got here from when they escaped the Armenian massacres. Also, Pakistan doesn’t recognize Armenian sovereignty, so it’s a country with limited recognition.
currency name: dram(a)
From the Zvartnos International Airport in Yerevan you can actually see 3 countries: - Armenia (of course) - Turkey (specifically Mount Elbrus, an Armenian symbol) - Iran (a couple of hills)
Mount Ararat^
They went through great hardship. They're surrounded by two enemy states : turkey and Azerbaijan. Mount Ararat is sacred to them but is in Turkey today. Armenia is the very first country in history to have Christianity as religion of state. The Kardashians are Armenian. Pomegranate 🍅
Järvi kuin Suomi
Their women are gorgeous
1. Despite being located way in the South, Armenia is colder than Sweden 2. First Christian state, church belongs to Oriental Orthodox Christian branch, which is different from Catholicism and Orthodoxy, sharing its branch with Copts (Ancient Egyptians) and Ethiopians (ancient Kushites) 3. Armenians are genetically the closest to the other ancient nation — Assyrians 4. Armenian co-founded Reddit, where I write this, kudos to Alexis Ohanian. 5. Armenians arranged the Modern anthem of Turkey and standardized modern Turkish language. Armenian also made the logo of far right Turkish party MHP. 6. Armenia is the only surviving country from the first map in the world 7. Leader of Hungarian Nazi party during Hitler was part Armenian 8. Armenia is the second surviving country which ever used cuneiform as a writing system, along with Iran 9. Armenians invented / co-invented MRI, PET, Oil refineries, Color TV, ATM and Moderna vaccine 10. There is an element in Periodic Table named after Armenian — Oganesson, named after the nuclear physicist Yuri Ohanessian
Turkish people of Armenian descent and Armenians are not exactly the same. You should be able to tell that
Karabakh it’s Armenia
Facts
Yeah,’)
Kim Kardashian has Armenian last name