Demographics of Georgia (Country) - Demographics of Abkhazia, Demographics of Tbilisi, Ethnic Groups in Georgia (Country) (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 70. Chapters: Demographics of Abkhazia, Demographics of Tbilisi, Ethnic groups in Georgia (country), Ethnographic groups of Georgian people, Laz people, Demographics of Georgia, Colchis, Russians, Armenians, List of Azeris, Pontic Greeks, Armenians in Georgia, Georgians, Meskhetian Turks, Armenians in Tbilisi, Caucasus Germans, Ethnic minorities in Georgia, Azeris in Georgia, Udi people, Caucasian Avars, Greeks in Georgia, Abkhaz people, Kist people, Urums, Bats people, Chveneburi, Karapapak, Mingrelians, Ingiloy people, Adjarians, Assyrians in Georgia, Macrones, Kaz m Koyuncu, Svan people, Lom people, Sopho Khalvashi, Chalybes, Anicetus, Khevsurians. Excerpt: Armenian people or Armenians (Armenian: , hayer) are a nation and ethnic group native to the Caucasus and the Armenian Highland. The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian. Because of wide-ranging and long-lasting diaspora, an estimated total of 3 million people of full or partial Armenian ancestry live outside of Armenia. As a result of the Armenian genocide, a large number of survivors fled to many countries throughout the world, most notably in Russia, United States, France, Iran, Georgia and other parts of Europe.(see Armenian diaspora). Christianity began to spread in Armenia soon after Jesus's death, due to the efforts of two of his apostles, St. Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew In the early 3rd century, Arsacid Armenia became the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion. Most Armenians adhere to the Armenian Apostolic Church, a Non-Chalcedonian church. Armenian is an ancient Indo-European language, which is not affiliated with any of the Indo-European language family's language groups. Armenians speak two mutually intelligible and written dialects of their language: Eastern Ar...