Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic 亚美尼亚苏维埃社会主义共和国
（重定向自Armenian SSR）
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![First Secretary of the Armenian Communist Party Aghasi Khanjian, a native of Van and a devoted communist, is widely believed to have been executed in 1936 by Lavrentiy Beria.](/Images/godic/202412/21/Aghasi_Khanjian_19342356.jpg")
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The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic; (Armenian SSR; Armenian:Հայկական Սովետական Սոցիալիստական Հանրապետություն Haykakan Sovetakan Soc'ialistakan Hanrapetut'yun; Russian:Армя́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialističeskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet Armenia or simply as Armenia was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union in December 1922. It was established in December 1920, when the Soviets took over control of the short-lived First Republic of Armenia and lasted until 1991. It is sometimes called the Second Republic of Armenia, following the First Republic of Armenia's demise.