The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic was one of the fifteen union republics of the Soviet Union. It was established when Soviet power was proclaimed in Armenia in late 1920, after the short-lived independent Republic of Armenia collapsed under pressure from Turkish and Soviet forces. From 1922 to 1936 it formed part of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic along with Georgia and Azerbaijan, and became a separate republic in 1936. Under Soviet rule it industrialised and its capital, Yerevan, grew considerably. In 1988 it was hit by the Spitak earthquake and became caught up in conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia declared independence in 1991.
Before and after
- from 23 September 1920 to 2 December 1920Turkish–Armenian War
- from 24 September 1920 to 29 November 1920Red Army invasion of Armenia
- 2 November 1920KDKA begins the first commercial radio broadcasts
- from 15 November 1920 to 1 September 1939Free City of Danzig
- from 29 November 1920 to 25 December 1991Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
- 9 December 1920Birth of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
- 1921Founding of Poland men's national football team
- 1921Discovery of Egtved Girl
- c. 1921Birth of Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
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