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Greater Armenia or United Armenia is an Armenian irredentist political goal aimed at uniting all territories perceived as "historically or ethnically Armenian" to the Republic of Armenia.

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  • United Armenia

    The modern concept of United Armenia as claimed by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Orange: areas overwhelmingly populated by Armenians (Republic of Armenia: 98%; Nagorno-Karabakh: 99%; Javakheti: 95%). Yellow: Historically Armenian areas with presently no or insignificant Armenian population (Western Armenia and Nakhchivan). Note: Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) is shown in pre-2020 de facto borders.

  • Mount Ararat and the Yerevan skyline

    Mount Ararat, today located in Turkey, as seen from Armenia's capital Yerevan. The mountain is a symbol of Western Armenia for many Armenians.

  • Armenians ethnic map 1905

    An ethnographic map of the Armenian Highland (and the wider Asia Minor and the Caucasus), made by Richard Andree in 1905. Armenians are labeled in blue.

  • Armenia in Paris Peace Conference 1919

    A map presented by the Armenian National Delegation (representing Ottoman Armenians) to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

  • Alexander Khatisian

    Armenia's Prime Minister Alexander Khatisian declared the formal unification of the Armenian lands in 1919.

  • Boundary between Turkey and Armenia as determined by Woodrow Wilson 1920

    The Armenian-Turkish border by the Treaty of Sèvres

  • Armenian and Georgian claims to Turkish Territory, map done by British Foreign Office, May, 1946.

    Armenian and Georgian claims to Turkish Territory, British Foreign Office, May 1946

  • Yerablur Asala logo

    The logo of ASALA, depicted here on a memorial at the Yerablur cemetery, was the outline map of United Armenia.

  • Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda districts

    Javakhk (Javakheti) shown in red on the map of Georgia with Samtskhe-Javakheti provincial borders outlined. Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both areas are not under the control of the central government of Georgia, shown in light grey.

  • Nakhichevan and Artsakh in Azerbaijan location map

    Nakhichevan shown in brown. The area de facto held by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic until 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war shown in yellow.

  • Ararat is and remains Armenian

    Lebanese Armenians holding a poster during Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan's visit to Beirut in November 2010. The text reads "[Mount] Ararat is and remains Armenian".

  • Armenia and Artsakh graffiti in Yerevan

    A graffiti in Yerevan of the map outline of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. The text reads "Liberated, not occupied."

  • Armenia map in Road home cartoon

    The map of Armenia as seen in 2005 animated film Road home.

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