Armenian Immigration

[HyeJinx1984]

Today in my class our teacher was telling us about Armenian immigration to various countries and when they took place and all that, yev eshi neman I didn't write it down.

Basically I'm looking for the 13 most Armenian-concentrated cities in the world (outside of Armenia). I'm assuming Moscow, Baku, Istambul, Tehran, Bairuit and Los Angeles (which has the highest armenian population anywhere in the world outside of Armenia itself) make the list... but what else? If someone coult point me in the direction of a comprehensive guide on the subject I'd be much appreciative.

[HyeJinx1984]

.........................Well xxxx you guys then.

[xBaron Dants]

Baku? No way. You couldn't find a single Armenian there.

I have no idea about the list though. I'm not even sure about Istambul.

The Javakhk region of Georgia is virtually completely Armenian. France has a large Armenian community, but with the number of people in Paris and Marseille, I do not know if the Armenian community is considered "concentrated".

Aleppo could've been on the list some time ago since it is a small city, but I don't know about now..

[HyeJinx1984]

Baku? No way. You couldn't find a single Armenian there.

Really? My mother was born and raised there before coming to the U.S.... then again times do change, the soviet rule is gone, for example, there used to be a lot of "Bairuitsis" but my teacher (who is Bairuitsi) says 70% of his high school classmates live in the san fernando valley now.. an dthe other 30% probably live in canada.

[dikranjohn]

Basically I'm looking for the 13 most Armenian-concentrated cities in the world (outside of Armenia). I'm assuming Moscow, Baku, Istambul, Tehran, Bairuit and Los Angeles (which has the highest armenian population anywhere in the world outside of Armenia itself) make the list... but what else? If someone coult point me in the direction of a comprehensive guide on the subject I'd be much appreciative.

Hi HyeJinx1984,

consider looking her population of some of the world countries with Armenian communities . good luck

[XxgoeyxX]

Baku? No way. You couldn't find a single Armenian there.

I myself find this really strange but I know a lot of people who are from there.


But I'm going to go with a wild guess and say Germany and Sweden. I mean knowing many family members who live in Germany, that say there are large Armenian communities there.

[TJ]

what is so strange about there being no Armenians in Baku, didnt you guys ever hear of the pogroms and attacks after the Kharabakh war started? What Armenian in their right mind would stay there.

[HyeJinx1984]

I believe what happened is... during the soviet union there were a lot of Armenians in Baku (such as my mom and her family), but once the soviet union collapsed and Armenians and Azeris became enemies, they all moved out. So Baku HAD a large Armenian population, but no longer has.

[dstyle]

As Tigran said they were driven out, a good number were killed, and the website dikran gave has a list of the top 35 cities but no numbers.

[XxgoeyxX]

what is so strange about there being no Armenians in Baku, didnt you guys ever hear of the pogroms and attacks after the Kharabakh war started? What Armenian in their right mind would stay there.

Well the history lesson does help!