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Once one of the major regional powers today's Republic of Armenia
is a tiny stripe of land squeezed between Turkey,
Azerbaijan Iran and Georgia.
It was in the 20th century when Armenia wise had a chance to rise out of
the ashes of World War one (1918) and out of the debris of the fallen USSR
(1991) after more than 500 years of foreign domination. The first attempt
to restore Armenian statehood in 1918 ended up with the collapse of 1920.
The second attempt seems to be more productive in spite of tha harsh legacy of the past that includes disputed
borders, ethnic and religious prejudice and unclear political orientation.
The unresolved Karabakh crisis
and the issue of Armenian genocide in Turkey (1918-1922) seem to be
the major stumbling-block to the future of this small East-Mediterranean
country, its freedom democracy and even existence.
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