The Armenian Populist Party ( hy, Հայ Ժողովրդական Կուսակցություն) was a
political party
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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
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and
Baku
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.
History
The Populists had 43 of the 204 representatives in the
Armenian National Congress
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of October 1917 and two of the 15 seats in the subsequent
Armenian National Council.
[Hovannisian, p.18 footnote]
See also
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Programs of political parties in Armenia
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Politics of Armenia
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References
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.)
1917 establishments in Russia
Defunct political parties in Armenia
1910s in Armenia
Political parties established in 1917
Political parties of minorities in Imperial Russia
Political parties of the Russian Revolution
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing
Political history of Armenia
Liberal parties in Armenia
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