Republic of Mountainous Armenia

Republic of Mountainous Armenia Լեռնահայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն (Armenian)
1920–1921
Flag Coat of arms
a map with a basis
Map from 1921
Status	Unrecognized state
Capital	Goris (de facto)[1]
Common languages	Armenian (de facto)
Demonym(s)	Armenian
Government	Republic
Prime Minister
• 1921	Garegin Nzhdeh
• 1921	Simon Vratsian
History
• Sovietization of Armenia	2 December 1920
• February Uprising	18 Feb – 2 Apr 1920
• Declared	26 April 1921
• Disestablished	13 July 1921 1921
ISO 3166 code	AM
Preceded by Succeeded by First Republic of Armenia Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Today part of	Armenia Azerbaijan

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The Republic of Mountainous Armenia (Armenian: Լեռնահայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն Leřnahayastani Hanrapetutyun), also known as simply Mountainous Armenia (Լեռնահայաստան Leřnahayastan), was an anti-Bolshevik Armenian state roughly corresponding with the territory that is now the present-day Armenian provinces of Vayots Dzor and Syunik, and some parts of the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan (in particular, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic) in the west.^[2] It was established by military commander and Armenian political thinker Garegin Nzhdeh and his allies with the support of local guerrilla forces, following the suppression of the February Uprising in April 1921. It was not recognized by any country but existed until mid-July of the same year.

In 1920–1921 with an Armenian Citizen Army of around 15,000 General Nzhdeh and his highly motivated soldiers inflicted heavy casualties upon the Kemalist Turkish army of over 100,000 coming from the West (Ankara) and the Soviet Red Army with over 150,000 forces coming from the East (Baku).