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was of an episodic nature and was due mainly to the needs of trade, although from the historical sources it is known, that Armenian school was established in 16th century Vilnius, Armenian guild in the 16th to 18th centuries Vilnius. One of the most prominent painter of the 19th century in Lithuania
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number around 5,000 according to armeniandiaspora.com and from 2,014 to 2,549 per official government sources (a decrease from 2,742 reported in 2008). The Armenian Latvian population mainly lives in
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According to the year 2000 census, there were 1,444 Armenians living in Estonia. According to the 2011 census, the number of Armenians had decreased slightly to 1,042. In 1989 (according to
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With the affirmation of Estonia's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Soviet-era immigrants and their Estonian-born children were not granted citizenship automatically.
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According to the last Lithuanian census of 2011 there were 1,233 Armenians in Lithuania. Armenian organizations put the number around 2,500. According to
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In 1887 a Latvian Armenian Society was established. One Armenian was reported in the
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was set up in gratitude for assistance in the aftermath of the
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Population of Latvia by ethnicity and citizenship, 01.07.2008.
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Baltic “yans”: A visit with the Armenians of Latvia
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Index

Riga
Tallinn
Vilnius
Armenian
Russian
Baltic languages
Armenian Apostolic Church
Armenians in Belarus
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Soviet occupation of the Baltic States
Russian Empire
Soviet 1989 census
Tallinn
FC Ararat Tallinn
Ararat
FC Ararat Yerevan
Latvia
Riga
Jäger Report
Einsatzgruppe A
Daugavpils
Riga
khachkar
1988 Armenian earthquake
Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940
Riga khachkar
Riga St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church
Armenians in Lithuania

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