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The Armenian National Congress (Template:Lang-hy) 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 opportunities the Russian Revolution provided towards for Armenians by 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.

Since a real government did not exist in the Yerevan province of Armenia, the Armenian National Congress served as a government for the province. According to Richard Hovannisian, the Congress was "the most comprehensive Eastern Armenian gathering since the Russian conquest of Transcaucasia". The immediate objectives of the Congress was to devise a strategy for the war effort, provide relief for refugees, and provide local autonomy for various Armenian runned institutions throughout the Caucausus. The Congress also called for the militarization of the Caucasus front. The Armenian National Congress supported the policies of the Russian Provisional Government concerning the war, and also suggested redrawing provincial boundaries along ethnic lines. The Congress was instrumental in the secularization of Armenian schools and the nationalization of secondary Armenian schools.

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
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3. Hovannisian Armenia on the Road to Independence, p.87
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5. Hovannisian Republic, pp.16-17
6. Hovannisian Armenia on the Road to Independence, p.87
7. Kurkjian, Vahan M. (2008). A history of Armenia. Los Angeles, CA: Indo-European Publishing. ISBN 9781604440126.
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10. ^ Marshall, Alex (2008). The Caucasus under Soviet rule (1. publ. ed.). London: Routledge. p. 86. ISBN 9780415410120. Retrieved 9 February 2013. {{cite book}}: More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)
11. Hovannisian Republic, pp.17-18
12. Derogy, Jacques (1990). Resistance and Revenge: The Armenian Assassination of the Turkish Leaders Responsible for the 1915 Massacres and Deportations. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 9781412833165.
13. Bardakjian, Kevork B. (2000). A reference guide to modern Armenian literature, 1500-1920 : with an introductory history. Detroit: Wayne State Univ. Press. p. 263-264. ISBN 9780814327470. Retrieved 9 February 2013. {{cite book}}: More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
14. J. Hacikyan, Agop (2005). The Heritage of Armenian Literature From The Eighteenth Century To Modern Times. Detroit: Wayne State Univ Pr. ISBN 9780814332214.
15. 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)