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Sun Tzu:

1. The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.


2. He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

1. Armenia is waiting when Azerbaijan will run-out of oil, which is 90% of their economy.


2. Armenia knows when to fight and when not to fight, that why Artsakh was liberated and is in the process of recognition.

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First Republic of Armenia May 28, 1918
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On May 28, Armenian forces are victorious everywhere and the Turkish army is in defeated retreat. Some 30 thousand of Turkish soldiers were killed; the Turks were flung out. Vahib-Pasha, the defeated Turkish commander, termed the Armenian soldiers as "the best fighters in the world". The Armenians also held defenses at Karaklis and at Abaran.

On the same day of May 28, 1918 Armenia was proclaimed an independent republic. The Armenian National Council, under the leadership of Avedis Aharonian, declared the creation of the Democratic Republic of Armenia.






Independence day in the Democratic Republic of Armenia, 1919






The Armenian government and the legislature are transferred from Tbilisi to Yerevan in July 1918. Quoting the Prime Minister "Under Rain, Chaos and catastrophic conditions" the new government starts its work.

During the 1919, the leaders of the Republic had to deal with issues on three fronts: domestic, regional, and international. The Armenian Congress of Eastern Armenians that took control in 1918 fell apart and in June 1919, the first national elections were held. During 1920's, which began under the premiership of Hovannes Kachaznuni, Armenians from the former Russian Empire and United States developed the judicial system. January 1919 was an important milestone as the first University was founded.

The European powers found themselves unable to solve the Armenian Question. The unification of the Caucasian Armenia with the Turkish Armenia proclaimed by the Armenian government in 1919 turned out Utopian. After Armenia was officially recognized by the governments of Allies and by the United States, the US President Woodrow Wilson was invited to determine the borders of the Armenian State. According to Wilson's map, a new Armenia would include most of its historically belonging lands. The project would never come true.





First republic of Armenia -Western boarders as it was drawn by than US President Woodrow Wilson


In August 1920, the Treaty of Sèvres, signed by England, France and Turkey, bound Turkey to recognize the independence of Armenia and the Wilsonian boundaries. The new Armenian state was recognized by most of the countries, including the United States. However, after the triumph of Mustafa Kemal, the Turks, supported by the Bolshevik Russia, attacked the infant Armenian Republic again. The Armenian and Russian Bolsheviks played a fatal role in demoralizing the population and the Armenian army. The Bolshevik propaganda now called the Turks "socialists" and "friends of Russians". On the other hand, the victorious Russian XI Red Army, after successfully Sovietizing Baku, Azerbaijan, and Karabakh, approached Yerevan to "overthrow the Dashnaks". The disoriented Armenian army retreated, surrendering Kars. The whole Armenian population there was then pitilessly butchered by the Turks.

Armenia gave way to communist power in late 1920. The Soviet 11th Red Army invasion started on the 29th of November 1920. The actual transfer of power took place on December 2 in Yerevan. Armenian leadership approved an ultimatum, presented to it by the Soviet plenipotentiary Boris Legran - who was at work as one of major Russian diplomats on Caucasus at that time. Armenia decided to join the Soviet sphere, while the Soviet Russia agreed to protect its remaining territory from the advancing Turkish army. Soviets also pledged to take steps to rebuild the army, protect the Armenians, not to pursue non-communist Armenians, etc.

When on December 4, 1920, the Red Army entered Yerevan, the government of Armenian Republic effectively stopped working. On December 5, the Armenian Revolutionary Committee (Revkom; made up of mostly Armenians from Azerbaijan) also entered the city. Finally, on the following day, December 6, Felix Dzerzhinsky's dreaded secret police, the Cheka, entered Yerevan, thus effectively ending the existence of the Democratic Republic of Armenia. What was left of Armenia was under the control of a communist government. The part occupied by Turkey remained for the most part theirs - by the subsequent Treaty of Kars. Soon, the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed, under the leadership of Aleksandr Miasnikyan. It was to be included into the newly created Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic.

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Benjamin Franklin:

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

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Soviet Armenia (1920-1991)
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Soviet Armenia is sometimes called the Second Republic of Armenia, followed the First Republic of Armenia's demise. Was established in December 2, 1920 when the Soviets took over control of the short-lived First Republic of Armenia and lasted until 1991.


As part of the Soviet Union, the Armenian SSR transformed from a largely agricultural hinterland to an important industrial production center, while its population almost quadrupled from around 880,000 in 1926 to 3.3 million in 1989 due to natural growth and large-scale influx of Armenian Genocide survivors and their descendants. On August 23, 1990, Armenia was renamed as the Republic of Armenia, but remained in the Soviet Union until its official proclamation of independence on 21 September 1991.





_The Soviet 11th Red Army's invasion of the First Republic of Armenia started on 29 November 1920. Following the sovietization of Armenian on 2 December 1920, the Soviets pledged to take steps to rebuild the army, to protect the Armenians and not to persecute non-communists, although the final condition of this pledge was reneged when the Dashnaks were forced out of the country.

_The Soviet Government proposed that the regions of Nagorno-Karabagh and Zangezur should be part to the Soviet Azerbaijan.


_On 18 February 1921, the Dashnaks led an anti-Soviet rebellion in Yerevan and seized power. The ARF controlled Yerevan and the surrounding regions for almost 42 days before being defeated by the numerically superior Red Army troops later in April 1921. The leaders of the rebellion then retreated into the Syunik region.






For the Armenian people, conditions grew worse under Stalin's rule. In a period of 25 years, Armenia was industrialized and educated under strictly prescribed conditions, and nationalism was harshly suppressed.Tens of thousands of Armenians were executed or deported. In 1936, Beria and Stalin worked to deport Armenians to Siberia in an attempt to bring Armenia's population under 700,000.



With the republic suffering heavy losses after the war, Stalin allowed an open immigration policy in Armenia; the diaspora were invited to repatriate to Armenia (nergaght) and revitalize the country's population and bolster its workforce. Armenians living in countries such as Cyprus, France, Greece, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria were primarily the survivors or the descendants of the genocide. They were offered the option of having their expenses paid by the Soviet government for their trip back to their homeland. An estimated 150,000 Armenians immigrated to Soviet Armenia between 1946 and 1948 and settled in Yerevan,
Leninakan, Kirovakan and other towns.




Monument to the 50th anniversary of Soviet Armenia









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Russian Stealth Supersonic Aircraft PAK FA Revolutionizes Aviation

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The PAK FA is a single-seat, twin-engine jet fighter, and the first
operational aircraft in Russian service to use stealth technology.

It was designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau. The aircraft will be used
to achieve air superiority and assist in ground attacks.

Besides its ability to fly at speeds well above Mach 2, the T-50
boasts other, even more important, features such as invisibility to
radar and powerful weapons which will be unveiled later.

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Russian PAK FA Fifth Generation Fighter Performs Spin Maneuver (VIDEO)
PAK FA or T-50 has unique features making it the best in its class
among other similar aircrafts in the world.

So far Russia has five such aircrafts. The aircraft meets all the
requirements of the fifth generation fighter. It is undistinguished,
has a supersonic cruise speed, it is able to maneuver with large
congestion, equipped with advanced electronics and is multifunctional.

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Unique Capabilities of PAK FA Pilot's Gear Unveiled
It's capable of performing all known aerobatic maneuvers, a feature
that sets it apart from any foreign competitors.

This aircraft is able to `stop' in midflight bringing down speed to
zero performing a free fall and then re-gaining altitude and speed.

The Deputy Head of Flight Operations Company "Sukhoi", honored test
pilot, Sergey Bogdan, has tested more than fifty different types of
combat aircrafts. According to him the T-50 has a much higher
controllability than other machines.

`It has a high sustainability. In the future, it will carry out
fundamentally new aerobatics,' said Bogdan.

`Engine nozzle deflects in such a way that the plane stabilizes its
position. Dangerous unfolding moments do not arise, making it pretty
amazing,' says test.

A special suit for pilots who will fly the newest Sukhoi PAK FA (also
known as T-50) jet fighter has been developed by Russian engineers and
scientists. The suit was specially designed to make the pilot feel
comfortable during supersonic-speed flights. It is equipped with an
anti-G system which features a hose for delivering air to the pilot.

The gear also features pockets for flight documents. In the abdominal
area there is a metal plate which presses against the pilot's body to
maintain blood flow to the head.

The costume was developed and is being currently tested by Zvezda R&D
center in the city of Tomilino, near Moscow.

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Armenia's role in World War II
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Armenia was spared the devastation and destruction that wrought most of the western Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War of World War II.


The Wehrmacht never reached the South Caucasus, which they intended to do in order to capture the oil fields in Azerbaijan.


Still, Armenia played a valuable role in the war in providing food, manpower and war matériel. An estimated 300–500,000 Armenians served in the war, almost half of whom did not return. Many attained the highest rank of Hero of the Soviet Union.


Over sixty Armenians were promoted to the rank of general, and with an additional four eventually achieving the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union:


Ivan Bagramyan (the first non-Slavic commander to hold the position of front commander when he was assigned to be the commander of the First Baltic Front in 1943), Admiral Ivan Isakov, Hamazasp Babadzhanian, and Sergei Khudyakov.








Armenian Marshals:




Soviet-Armenian military commander Ivan Bagramyan





Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Ivan Stepanovich Isakov





Marshal of the Armored Corps Hamazasp Babadzhanian.





Soviet Armenian Marshal of the aviation Sergei Alexandrovich Khudyakov (Արմենակ Խանֆերյանց)

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119th "Sasuntsi-Davit" Tank Regiment
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The regiment was formed in Echmiatsin, Armenian SSR in January 1943 and was funded entirely by diaspora Armenians living, among other countries.The funds were finally distributed under the auspices of the Armenian Apostolic Church residing in Echmiatsin which raised enough money to outfit the regiment with 21 tanks by February 1944. The regiment was initially equipped with the newer generation T-34-85 tanks, armed with the new D-5T 85mm cannons. In February 1944, on the 119th Tank Regiment's turrets were inscribed in Armenian letters (Սասունցի Դավիթ).








Tankers and mechanized infantry from the Sassuntsi-Davit regiment stand next to their T-34/85 tanks. The name of the regument can be seen inscribed on the turret of the tanks in the Armenian script.



Active: January, 1943–1945
Country: Soviet Union
Allegiance: Soviet Union
Branch: Tank
Type: Tank regiment
Role: Tactical attack
Size: ca. 5-7,000 men
Garrison/HQ: Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia

Engagements: Belorussian Offensive, Battle of the Baltic (1944)
Decorations Order of the Red Banner (July 23, 1944), Red Army Guard (1945), Order of the Red Star

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Sun Tzu:


Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

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Napoleon Bonaparte:


Victory belongs to the most persevering.

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Armenia's Restoration of Independence
(September 21, 1991)
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Tension between central and local government heightened in the final years of the Soviet Union's existence.

On May 5, 1990, the New Armenian Army (NAA), a defense force envisioned to serve as a separate entity from the Soviet Union's military, was created.

A celebration was planned for May 28, the anniversary of the creation of the first Armenian republic. However, on May 27 hostilities broke out between the NAA and the MVD troops based in Yerevan, resulting in the deaths of five Armenians in a shootout at the railway station. Witnesses claimed that the MVD had used an excessive amount of force in the firefight and insisted that it had instigated the fighting. Further firefights between Armenian militiamen and the MVD in nearby Sovetashen (now Nubarashen) resulted in the deaths of twenty-seven people and an indefinite cancellation of the May 28 celebration.

On March 17, 1991, Armenia, along with the Baltics, Georgia and Moldova, boycotted a union-wide referendum in which 78% of all voters voted for the retention of the Soviet Union in a reformed form. On August 23, 1991, Armenia became one of the first republics to declare independence from the Soviet Union. Armenia's desire to break away from the Soviet Union largely stemmed from Moscow's intransigence on Karabakh, mishandling of the earthquake relief effort, and the shortcomings of the Soviet economy.

On September 21, 1991, Armenia declared its independence. Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan continued to escalate, ultimately leading to the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Despite a cease-fire in place since 1994, Armenia has yet to resolve its conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. The country, however, has seen substantial development since independence, moving away from a planned economy to a privatized one and adopting a representative democratic system of government. Armenia remains blockaded by both Turkey and Azerbaijan over the Karabakh dispute. It maintains friendly relations with its neighboring states of Georgia and Iran and is a strategic ally of Russia.

On July 5, 1995, the new constitution of the Republic of Armenia was adopted.