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9 unusual facts about Armenian Revolutionary Federation


Armenakan Party

The party went on to become one of the three traditional Armenian diaspora political groupings alongside the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party.

Armenian Revolutionary Federation

They invited the public to vote to advise the party which of two candidates, Vahan Hovhannisyan and Armen Rustamyan, they should formally nominate for president of Armenia in the subsequent official election.

When the Turkish-Armenian war started in autumn 1920, Armenia was isolated and abandoned by Western allies.

Just before the Armistice of Mudros was signed, Andranik was on the way from Zangezur to Shusha, to control the main city of Karabakh.

Drastamat Kanayan

Inspired by stories of General Andranik's triumphs in the Ottoman Empire and the spread of nationalism by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Drastamat joined a secret youth movement in his school that opposed the Czar's government and promoted Armenian nationalism.

Giro Manoyan

Since 2000, he is the Director of the International Secretariat of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau in Yerevan.

September Days

The Baku Sovnarkom or Soviet had been collaborating with the local branch of the Armenian Dashnaktsutiun party to establish control over the city and its surrounding environs but by the beginning of the summer of that year, it found itself under increasing threat by the advancing armies of the Ottoman Empire.

Vahan Minakhoryan

In 1919 he openly rejected the Armenian Revolutionary Federation decision to use regular army units for subduing Muslim revolts in Yerevan province of Armenia in 1919.

However, he did not succeed in making this happen and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation continued its governmental policy of utilizing the national army to suppress the revolts.


Georgian Socialist-Federalist Revolutionary Party

After the 1917 October Revolution, the party formed an anti-Soviet bloc along with the Georgian Mensheviks, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation ("Dashnaks") and the Azeri Musavat Party.

Hagop Pakradounian

Pakradounian, who has a degree in political science, is the current Member of Parliament representing the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in the Lebanese Parliament from the Metn Region.

Skaff Bloc

The Skaff Bloc or Popular Bloc, led by Elias Skaff, is a 5 members bloc (including 1 Armenian Revolutionary Federation member) in the Lebanese Parliament that aligns with the Free Patriotic Movement.

Western Armenia

Although virtually no Armenians live in the area today, some Armenian nationalist parties, most notably the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and Armenian Revolutionary Federation, claim it as part of United Armenia.


see also

Armenian lobby in the United States

The Armenian Youth Federation-Youth Organization Of The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (AYF-YOARF).