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*In 1939, after the French ceded the Syrian territory of Alexandretta to Turkey, Armenians and other Christians from the area moved to the '''Bekaa Valley'''. The Armenians were grouped in '''Anjar''', where a community exists to this day. Some of these Armenian refugees had been settled by the French mandate authorities in camps in the South of Lebanon: El Buss and Rashidieh camps in Tyre would later make way for Palestinian refugees.<ref>"Armenians in Lebanon", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Lebanon, accessed 15 June 2021.</ref> | *In 1939, after the French ceded the Syrian territory of Alexandretta to Turkey, Armenians and other Christians from the area moved to the '''Bekaa Valley'''. The Armenians were grouped in '''Anjar''', where a community exists to this day. Some of these Armenian refugees had been settled by the French mandate authorities in camps in the South of Lebanon: El Buss and Rashidieh camps in Tyre would later make way for Palestinian refugees.<ref>"Armenians in Lebanon", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Lebanon, accessed 15 June 2021.</ref> | ||
===Armenians in Russia=== | |||
Armenians in Russia or Russian Armenians are one of the country's largest ethnic minorities and the '''largest Armenian diaspora community''' outside Armenia. The 2010 Russian census recorded 1,182,388 Armenians in the country. Various figures estimate that the ethnic Armenian population in Russia is actually more than 2 million. Armenians populate various regions, including '''Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Krasnodar Krai in the North Caucasus and as far as Vladivostok in the East.''' The Russian government is encouraging Armenians to immigrate and settle in Russia and is providing financial and settlement incentives.<ref>"Armenians in Russia," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Russia, accessed 15 June 2021.</ref> | |||
===Armenians in Syria=== | ===Armenians in Syria=== | ||
*Syria and the surrounding areas have often served as a refuge for Armenians who fled from wars and persecutions such as the Armenian genocide. However, there has been an Armenian presence in the region since the Byzantine era. | *Syria and the surrounding areas have often served as a refuge for Armenians who fled from wars and persecutions such as the Armenian genocide. However, there has been an Armenian presence in the region since the Byzantine era. | ||
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*The second period of Armenian flow towards Aleppo was marked by the withdrawal of the French troops from Cilicia in 1923. That wave brought more than 40,000 Armenian refugees to Aleppo between 1923 and 1925, and the population of the city skyrocketed up to 210,000 by the end of 1925, with Armenians forming more than 25% of the population. | *The second period of Armenian flow towards Aleppo was marked by the withdrawal of the French troops from Cilicia in 1923. That wave brought more than 40,000 Armenian refugees to Aleppo between 1923 and 1925, and the population of the city skyrocketed up to 210,000 by the end of 1925, with Armenians forming more than 25% of the population. | ||
*Armenians formed more than half of the Christian community in Aleppo until 1947, when many groups of them left for Soviet Armenia to take advantage of the Armenian Repatriation Process (1946–1967).<ref>"Arnmenians in Syria", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Syria, accessed 15 June 2021.</ref> | *Armenians formed more than half of the Christian community in Aleppo until 1947, when many groups of them left for Soviet Armenia to take advantage of the Armenian Repatriation Process (1946–1967).<ref>"Arnmenians in Syria", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Syria, accessed 15 June 2021.</ref> | ||
===Armenians in Turkey=== | ===Armenians in Turkey=== | ||
*Armenians in Turkey, one of the indigenous peoples of Turkey, have an estimated population of 50,000 to 70,000, down from more than 1 million to 2 million Armenians in the year 1914. Today, the overwhelming majority of Turkish Armenians are concentrated in Istanbul. Until the Armenian genocide of 1915, most of the Armenian population of Turkey (then the Ottoman Empire) lived in the eastern parts of the country that Armenians call Western Armenia (roughly corresponding to the modern Eastern Anatolia Region). | *Armenians in Turkey, one of the indigenous peoples of Turkey, have an estimated population of 50,000 to 70,000, down from more than 1 million to 2 million Armenians in the year 1914. Today, the overwhelming majority of Turkish Armenians are concentrated in Istanbul. Until the Armenian genocide of 1915, most of the Armenian population of Turkey (then the Ottoman Empire) lived in the eastern parts of the country that Armenians call Western Armenia (roughly corresponding to the modern Eastern Anatolia Region). | ||