Armenian Revolutionary Federation facts for kids

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF or ՀՅԴ) (Armenian: Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն – Hay Heghapokhakan Dashnaktsutiun, Dashnaktsutiun, Դաշնակ – Dashnak or Tashnag) is an Armenian political party founded in Tiflis (Tbilisi in modern-day Georgia) in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian. The party works in Armenia and in countries where the Armenian diaspora is active, notably in Lebanon and the ethnically Armenian-dominated de facto Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Museum

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation History Museum was created during an official ceremony Friday 2007 at Yerevan's Kristapor Mikaelian Center, with the party's leaders and supporters on hand to mark this momentous occasion.

Opened in 1946, the ARF History Museum was in Paris and during the years has collected more than 3,000 artifacts describing the party's history. After the ARF's return to Armenia, the museum and the ARF archives have been sent to Armenia.

Giro Manoyan is one of the leaders of ARF.

Images for kids

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  ARF Founders left to right: Stepan Zorian, Christapor Mikaelian, Simon Zavarian

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  Yeprem Khan was a revolutionary leader of Iran

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  Armen Garo (Karekin Pastermadjian), an ARF member of Chamber of Deputies from Erzurum during the Second Constitutional Era.

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  Aram Manukian, one of the leaders of the Van Resistance

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  Members of the second cabinet of the First Republic of Armenia, 1 October 1919. Sitting: Avetik Sahakyan, Alexander Khatisyan, General Christophor Araratov. Standing: Nikol Aghbalian, A. Gulkandanian, S. Araradian.

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  The Simon Vratsyan centre of the ARF Supreme Council of Armenia in the capital Yerevan

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  The modern concept of the United Armenia as used by the ARF.

See also

In Spanish: Federación Revolucionaria Armenia para niños