Armenians in Moldova

During Soviet occupation, the number of Armenians increased a little, both during the 1950s-1980s, and when new immigrants came from Armenia, Azerbaijan during First Nagorno-Karabakh War in late 1980s.

At the 2004 Moldovan Census, Armenians were not among the 8 major reported ethnic groups, hence they numbered less than 2,000 in the territory controlled by the central government.

In the main part of Moldova, Armenians live mostly in the capital Chişinău, and a small community in Bălţi.

As well-acquainted with the commerce between Europe and Levant, Armenians were successful in Moldavia, and already during the reign of Alexander the Good had established themselves as a community.

[2] Later, in the 17th century, more Armenians moved and settled in Moldova from Poland to escape the Catholic domination of their church.

[5] When the Russian Empire annexed present southern Transnistria in 1792, Empress Catherine II of Russia ordered building a city on the eastern bank of the Dniester river, named by royal decree Grigoriopol.