[10] Polish Jesuits in Armenia, Tadeusz Krusiński and Michał Wieczorkowski, spoke Armenian and, apart from missionary work, engaged in dyplomacy and cultural activities.

[10] After the Partitions of Poland carried out by Austria, Prussia and Russia in 1772–1795, and the annexation of Eastern Armenia by Russia in 1828, many Poles were either deported as political prisoners from the Russian Partition of Poland to Russian-controlled Armenian lands or were sent there after being conscripted to the Russian Army.

[12] Since 1843, Polish engineer Kazimierz Łapczyński [pl] was also exiled in Armenia, where he eventually was employed in building forts.

[15] After World War II, some deported Poles from Soviet-occupied eastern Poland to Siberia and Kazakhstan, moved to Armenia.

[2] In 2021, a khachkar (cross carved in stone) commemorating Armenian-Polish friendship and Pope John Paul II was unveiled in Yerevan.