Armenian Populist Party

The Armenian Populist Party (Armenian: Հայ Ժողովրդական Կուսակցություն) was a political party founded in March 1917 in Russian Armenia. Its members had previously belonged to the Russian Kadet party. The Populists had a liberal programme and drew their support from middle-class Armenians in Tbilisi and Baku.[1]

History

The Populists had 43 of the 204 representatives in the Armenian National Congress of October 1917[2] and two of the 15 seats in the subsequent Armenian National Council.[3]

In 1921 the representatives of the party who emigrated following the sovetization of Armenia united the paty with three other Armenian parties, establishing Armenian Democratic Liberal Party.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hovannisian Republic, p.17
  2. ^ Ter-Minassian pp.30-31
  3. ^ Hovannisian, p.18 footnote
  4. ^ Foundation of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party

Sources

  • Richard G. Hovannisian The Republic of Armenia: The First Year 1918-19 (University of California, 1971)
  • Anahide Ter-Minassian La République d'Arménie 1918-20 (Éditions Complexe, 2006 ed.)


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