Armenia Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Ethnic groups=== {{See also|Ethnic minorities in Armenia}} [[File:Armenian distribution map.png|thumb|'''Historical and modern distribution of Armenians.<br />'''Settlement area of Armenians in early 20th century:<br />{{legend inline|#967117|>50%}}{{nbsp|5}}{{legend inline|#FFA700|25β50%}}{{nbsp|5}}{{legend inline|#FBEC5D|<25%}}{{legend|#FF0000|Armenian settlement area today}}]] Ethnic [[Armenians]] make up 98.1% of the population. [[Yazidi]]s make up 1.1%, and Russians 0.5%. Other minorities include [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]], [[Ukrainians]], [[Pontic Greeks|Greeks]] (usually called [[Caucasus Greeks]]), [[Kurdish people|Kurds]], [[Georgians]], [[Belarusians]], and [[History of the Jews in Armenia|Jews]]. There are also smaller communities of [[Vlachs]], [[Mordvins]], [[Ossetians]], [[Udi people|Udis]], and [[Tat people (Caucasus)|Tats]]. Minorities of [[Polish people|Poles]] and [[Caucasus Germans]] also exist though they are heavily [[Russification|Russified]].<ref name="minorities">{{Cite book |first1=Garnik|last1=Asatryan|first2=Victoria|last2=Arakelova|title=The Ethnic Minorities of Armenia|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2002 }}, part of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]]</ref> As of 2022, there are 31,077 Yazidis in Armenia.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |last1= |first1= |date= |title=The Main Results of RA Census 2022 |url=https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=82&id=2623 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=1 Feb 2022 |website=ArmStat}}</ref> During the [[Soviet era]], [[Azerbaijanis]] were historically the second largest population in the country, numbering 76,550 in 1922,<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=15 December 1925|title=The Transcaucasian Soviet Federation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fkHjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA497|journal=Russian Review|volume=3|issue=24|pages=498|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=The Russian Information Bureau|access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref> and forming about 2.5% in 1989.<ref name="1989census">{{in lang|ru}} [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php?reg=13 The All-Union Population Census of 1989] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104081804/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php?reg=13 |date=4 January 2012 }}. ''Demoscope.ru''</ref> However, due to the conflict over [[Nagorno-Karabakh]], virtually all of them emigrated from Armenia to Azerbaijan. Conversely, Armenia received a large influx of Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan, thus giving Armenia a more homogeneous character. According to Gallup research conducted in 2017 Armenia has one of the highest migrant acceptance (welcoming) rates in eastern Europe.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.gallup.com/poll/216377/new-index-shows-least-accepting-countries-migrants.aspx?g_source=link_newsv9&g_campaign=item_224375&g_medium=copy|title=New Index Shows Least-, Most-Accepting Countries for Migrants|work=Gallup.com|access-date=19 January 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119175602/http://news.gallup.com/poll/216377/new-index-shows-least-accepting-countries-migrants.aspx?g_source=link_newsv9&g_campaign=item_224375&g_medium=copy|archive-date=19 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page