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The following lists events that happened during 1988 in Armenia.
Incumbents
Events
February
- February 20 – The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and join the Armenian SSR, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
March
- March 9 – Gorbachev meets with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Karen Demirchyan and Kamran Baghirov in Moscow to discuss the public demands of unification of Armenia and Karabakh.[1]
November
- November 20 – Soviet Armenian Supreme Council recognizes the Armenian genocide.[2]
December
- December 7 – The 6.8 Ms Armenian earthquake leaves 25,000–50,000 dead and 31,000–130,000 injured.
Births
- June 2 – Rima Pipoyan, Armenian choreographer, director, dancer and dance teacher.[3]
References
- ↑ Verluise 1995, p. 89.
- ↑ Verluise 1995, p. 97.
- ↑ "Новая Стезя".
Bibliography
- Verluise, Pierre (1995). Armenia in Crisis: The 1988 Earthquake. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 9780814325278.
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