History
There has been an Armenian presence in Russia since the Late Middle Ages, when various artisans, merchants and traders ventured north to the Crimea and the northern Caucasus in order to set up trade ties and conduct commerce.
According to the Union of Russian Armenians, there are 2.5 million Armenians living in Russia today. According to the same source, about 850,000 are immigrants from Armenia, 350,000 from Azerbaijan and 250,000 from Georgia, including 100,000 from Abkhazia and 18,000 from Central Asia, mostly Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
| Rank | Federal subject | 1897 | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2002 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krasnodar Krai | 13,926 | 78,176 | 98,589 | 120,797 | 182,217 | 274,566 | 281,680 |
| 2 | Stavropol Krai | 5,385 | 25,618 | 31,096 | 40,504 | 72,530 | 149,249 | 161,324 |
| 3 | City of Moscow | 1,604 | 18,379 | 25,584 | 31,414 | 43,989 | 124,425 | 106,466 |
| 4 | Rostov Oblast | 27,234 | 49,305 | 53,620 | 56,902 | 62,603 | 109,994 | 110,727 |
| 5 | Moscow Oblast | — | 5,353 | 5,683 | 7,549 | 9,245 | 39,660 | 63,306 |
| 6 | Volgograd Oblast | — | 2,898 | 4,229 | 6,784 | 26,974 | 27,846 | |
| 7 | Saratov Oblast | 168 | 1,046 | 1,815 | 3,531 | 6,404 | 24,976 | 23,841 |
| 8 | Samara Oblast | — | 1,027 | 1,629 | 2,216 | 4,162 | 21,566 | 22,981 |
| 9 | City of Saint-Petersburg | 753 | 4,897 | 6,628 | 7,995 | 12,070 | 19,164 | 19,971 |
| 10 | North Ossetia | 2,093 | 12,012 | 13,355 | 12,912 | 13,619 | 17,147 | 16,235 |
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