Armenian National Council in Tiflis was a representative body of the Armenians residing on the Georgia

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n territory. It was established in October, 1917 at the All-Armenian Congress of Eastern Armenians. The Council had departments for military affairs, health, refugees' affairs and education. Alexander Khatisyan

Alexander Khatisyan

Alexander Khatisyan was an Armenian politician and a journalist. He served as the mayor of Tiflis from 1910 to 1917. During this period Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov consulted with him, the primate of Tbilisi, Bishop Mesrop, and the prominent civic leader Dr. Hakob Zavriev about the...

 , mayor of Tbilisi

Tbilisi

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 was a prominent member in the Council.

"Armenian National Council in Tiflis" actually proclaimed the independence of the Democratic Republic of Armenia

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 from Tbilisi

Tbilisi

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 (Tiflis in Armenian) on May 28, 1918.

Two days later, on May 30, 1918, The Armenian National Council at Tiflis also named Hovhannes Katchaznouni born in (Akhaltsikhe

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, Georgia

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 i1868 as the first Prime Minister

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 of the Democratic Republic of Armenia

Democratic Republic of Armenia

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. He continued as premier from May 30, 1918 to May 28, 1919. Katchaznouni was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation

Armenian Revolutionary Federation

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. H. Katchaznouni as Premier resided initially in Tbilisi

Tbilisi

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 until the decision to transfer the cabinet to the Armenian capital Yerevan

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 on July 17, 1918. The republic survived until the Communist takeover of Armenia

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 in November 1920.

When the Yerevan

Yerevan

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-based Armenian Congress of Eastern Armenians

Armenian Congress of Eastern Armenians

The Armenian Congress of Eastern Armenians was established in October 1917. It united the Armenian National Councils all around the Russian Armenia....

 was established at October 1917, it united the Armenian National Councils all around the Russian Empire. It united Armenian National Council of Karabagh

Armenian National Council of Karabagh

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, Armenian National Council of Baku

Armenian National Council of Baku

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and Armenian National Council of Tiflis.