| Armenia was attacked to Georgia and Azerbaijan as part of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Republic form 1922 until 1936. When the three stated once again became separated republcis. The borders were very unfavorable to Armenia with hundreds of thousands of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic in adjacent land such as Karabakj, Nakhichevan, Akhalkalahh and Jevakh. Nevertheless Armenians were no longer in physical danger and Armenia began to develop into an advanced economy. Yerevan, a village at the turn of the century exceded a million residents, high tech, computer and defense industry was located and many other inductried. Tourists form thoughout the Soviet Union and beyond began to flock to Dilijan, Sevan, Jermuk and other rsorts, and few hundred thousand Armenians moved to Armenians form abroad. At the some time there was oppression, with tens of thousand of Armenians dying in the numerus purges, and with Armenian sin Azerbaijan being treated as second class cityzens in Karabakh and Nakhichevan. These actions by the Azerbaijans led to the Armenian dropping by about 15 % befor the war of independence began in 1988. |
