The Armenian Revolutionary Federation History Museum ( hy, Հ. Յ. Դաշնակցութեան պատմութեան թանգարան հիմնադրամ) is a museum in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

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, that displays the history of the First Republic of Armenia and the

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with its notable members. The museum initially opened in 1946 in Paris, France and throughout the years, accumulated as many as 3,000 artifacts. The Museum was inaugurated in Yerevan during an official ceremony on July 13, 2007, at the Kristapor Mikaelian Center. Dashnak leaders such as

Hrant Markarian Hrant Hovsepi Markarian ( hy, Հրանտ Հովսեփի Մարգարյան; born 1958) is an Armenians, Armenian politician who previously served as the head of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party's top executive body, the ARF Bureau. Ma ...

and supporters were present at the opening.

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president Luis Ayala was also present and welcomed the opening of the museum as a historic and important turning point in the ARF's history. The museum displays government documents, stamps and other artifacts. The first of its exhibits is dedicated to the

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of 1918 to 1920. It displays official documents presented by

at the

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in 1919 as well as personal effects from the first republic's

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; Hamo Ohanjanyan,

Alexander Khatisyan Alexander Khatisian (; 17 February 1874 – 10 March 1945) was an Armenian politician, doctor and journalist. Khatisian was born in Tiflis in the Tiflis Governorate of the Russian Empire (Tbilisi, Georgia) to a prominent Armenian family of nobl ...

Simon Vratsian Simon Vratsian ( hy, Սիմոն Վրացեան; 1882 – 21 May 1969) was an Armenian politician and activist of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. He was one of the leaders of the First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920) and served as its las ...

and

Hovhannes Katchaznouni Hovhannes Kajaznuni or Katchaznouni (; 14 February 1868 – 15 January 1938) was an Armenian architect and politician who served as the first Prime Minister of the First Republic of Armenia from June 6, 1918 to August 7, 1919. He was a member of ...

. Personal effects from generals

Andranik Ozanyan Andranik Ozanian, commonly known as General Andranik or simply Andranik;. Also spelled Antranik or Antranig 25 February 186531 August 1927), was an Armenian military commander and statesman, the best known '' fedayi'' and a key figure of the ...

and

Drastamat Kanayan Drastamat Kanayan (; 31 May 1884 8 March 1956), better known as Dro (Դրօ), was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. He briefly served as Defence Minister of the First Republic ...

are among the highlights of the exhibit as well. The director of the Genocide Museum and Institute Haik Demoyan has called one of the initial exhibits one of the richest collections from one of Armenia's “most dramatic” historical turning points.

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