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Armenia
Official country name: Republic of Armenia (Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun) Capital: Yerevan Geographic description: Slightly smaller than Maryland, Armenia is located in Southwestern Asia and borders Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey. It also contains the Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave and other disputed territories. Population: 2,982,904 (est. 2005) Armenia LAW ENFORCEMENT Histor Armenia was the first nation to formally adopt Christianity (early 4th century). Despite periods of autonomy, over the centuries, Armenia came under the sway of various empires including the Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Persian, and Ottoman. It was incorporated into Russia in 1828 and the USSR in 1920. Armenian leaders remain preoccupied by the long conflict with Muslim Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily Armenian-populated region, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow. Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the area in 1988; the struggle escalated after both countries attained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By May 1994, when a cease-fire was declared, Armenian forces held not only Nagorno-Karabakh, but also a significant portion of Azerbaijan proper. The economies of both sides have been hurt by their inability to make substantial progress toward a peaceful resolution. The Armenian police was created in 1918, with the establishment of the first Republic of Armenia. Its history can be roughly divided into the periods of the First Republic (19...
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