The Armenian Declaration of Independence ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Հռչակագիր, translit=Hayastani Ankakhutyan Hrchakagir) is the

declaration of independence A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood or proclamation of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the ...

of the Armenian provinces from the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

. Armenia was proclaimed independent in Tiflis (present-day

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

) on 28 May 1918. The declaration of the independence was as follows:

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