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Beginning in the eleventh century, a long series of invasions, migrations, deportations, and massacres have decimated or disbursed the Armenian population. In the 1990s, 12-13% of the population (about 500,000) emigrated. Today, about sixty percent of the world’s Armenians live outside Armenia, one million each in Russia and the United States. Armenia has officially defined the Armenian nation to include those in the diaspora.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Armenia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-1999.</ref> | Beginning in the eleventh century, a long series of invasions, migrations, deportations, and massacres have decimated or disbursed the Armenian population. In the 1990s, 12-13% of the population (about 500,000) emigrated. Today, about sixty percent of the world’s Armenians live outside Armenia, one million each in Russia and the United States. Armenia has officially defined the Armenian nation to include those in the diaspora.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Armenia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-1999.</ref> | ||
=== External Links === | |||
== References == | *[http://www.armenian-genocide.org/genocide.html Armenian Genocide] | ||
*[http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Armenia.aspx Encyclopedia] | |||
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{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Armenia]] [[Category:History]] | [[Category:Armenia]] [[Category:History]] | ||