1988 in Armenia

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See also:

Other events of 1988
List of years in Armenia

The following lists events that happened during 1988 in Armenia.

Events

February

February 20 - The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and join the Armenian SSR, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

March

March 9 - Gorbachev meets with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Karen Demirchyan and Kamran Baghirov in Moscow to discuss the public demands of unification of Armenia and Karabakh.^[1]

November

November 20 - Soviet Armenian Supreme Council recognizes the Armenian Genocide.^[2]

December

December 7 - The Leninakan or Spitak earthquake (6.9 on the Richter scale) kills nearly 25,000, injures 15,000 and leaves 400,000 homeless.

References

↑ Verluise 1995, p. 89.
↑ Verluise 1995, p. 97.

Years in Armenia (1918–present)

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999

Soviet Armenia (1921-1991)

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920)

1918 1919 1920

1988 in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China Cyprus Egypt India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Soviet Union Sri Lanka Syria Thailand Turkey United Arab Emirates Vietnam North Yemen South Yemen

States with limited recognition	Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Northern Cyprus Palestine Taiwan Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands

1988 in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark East Germany Finland France Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Byelorussian SSR Estonian SSR Georgian SSR Kazakh SSR Latvian SSR Lithuanian SSR Moldavian SSR Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Vatican City West Germany Yugoslavia

States with limited recognition	Northern Cyprus

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

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