Armenia Diaspora refers to the communities of Armenia that is living outside of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. After Armenia Genocide a large-scale of Armenian Diaspora of merchants, clerics, and intellectuals escaped to the other countries.
These people later settled in various parts of the world, like in Russia, Poland, Western Europe, India, Moscow, Russia, Sochi, Odessa, Athens, Beirut, Amman, and Syria. Presently about half of the world's Armenians live outside Armenia and had gained reputation for their skill in the matters of business.
Armenia Diaspora , after the re-establishment of the independent Republic of Armenia, supplied enormous relief assistance for the acute social-economic crisis in Armenia and Artsakh. The Diaspora of Armenia provide monitory support for re-building hospitals, schools, new roads and restarting industrial enterprises.
As the first decade of Armenia's independence drew closer, the relations between Armenia and the Diaspora of Armenia further strengthened. Athletic teams from all the communities of the Diaspora Armenia were brought together when Armenia hosted Pan-Armenian Olympic Games in 1999, 2001, and 2003.
The Armenia Diaspora today maintain their ties through the church, political parties, charitable organizations, and newspapers published in Armenian. The estimated population of Armenian Diaspora is 9,000,000, of which only about 3,000,000 live in Armenia and about 130,000 in Nagorno-Karabakh. Diaspora Armenians have established industries, a technical university and medical clinics in Armenia.
