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Founding
Founding of Armiansk
city on the Crimean peninsula, Ukraine
- 1736
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Founding
city on the Crimean peninsula, Ukraine
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Armiansk (Ukrainian: Армянськ [ɐrˈmʲɑnʲsʲk] ⓘ; Russian: Армянск; Armenian: Արմյանսկ; Crimean Tatar: Ermeni Bazar) is a city of regional significance in the northern Crimean peninsula. The status of Crimea has been disputed by Ukraine and Russia since February 2014. Armiansk is located on the Isthmus of Perekop and serves as the administrative center of the Armiansk Municipality. Population: 21,987 (2014 Census).
At the beginning of the 18th century Armenians and Greeks who had come from the nearby city of Or Qapı (present-day Perekop) founded Armiansk. The first name of the town was Ermeni Bazar (Crimean Tatar for the "Armenian market"). In 1921 it was renamed Armiansk.
During World War II, the German occupiers operated a subcamp of the Dulag 123 prisoner-of-war camp in the town.
On 2 March 2014, early in the 2014 Crimean Crisis, Russian Naval Infantry units without cockades or rank insignia set up a checkpoint in Armiansk to check cars driving in and out of the Crimea region.
On 11 June 2026, there was a major attack on a Russian vehicle convoy travelling through Armiansk during the Russian war on Ukraine. Approximately 50 vehicles were in the convoy, many carrying fuel and ammunition for the Russian forces, that were routed through the city following Ukrainian military strikes of the traditional resupply route over the Chonhar Bridge shut down the main route to the Crimean Peninsula from the north.
Ethnic makeup according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:
The main employer in the city and the area is Crimean Titan (Russian: Крымский Титан; Ukrainian: Кримський Титан), which specializes in the refining of Titanium dioxide for use in paints, plastics, and other products.
In ancient times, the city was located on the Muravsky Trail, an important road to Crimea. Now this road connects Kherson Oblast to Autonomous Republic of Crimea . The town also has a railroad station.
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