Republic of Mountainous Armenia

Unrecognized state in Caucasia

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1921: Garegin Nzhdeh
Status: Unrecognized state
Capital: Goris ( de facto )
Common languages: Armenian ( de facto )
Demonym: Armenian
Government: Republic
February uprising: 18 Feb – 2 Apr 1921
Declared: 26 April 1921
Disestablished: 13 July 1921
Iso 3166 code: AM

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Today part ofArmenia Azerbaijan

The Republic of Mountainous Armenia (Armenian: Լեռնահայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն, romanized: Leṙnahayastani Hanrapetut’yun), also known as simply Mountainous Armenia (Լեռնահայաստան, Leṙnahayastan), was an anti-Bolshevik Armenian state roughly corresponding with the territory that is now the present-day Armenian provinces of Vayots Dzor and Syunik, and some parts of the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan (in particular, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic) in the west. It was established by military commander and Armenian political thinker Garegin Nzhdeh and his allies with the support of local guerrilla forces, following the suppression of the February Uprising in April 1921. It was not recognized by any country but existed until mid-July of the same year.