Country Profiles: Armenia

Republic of Armenia -- Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun

Government Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Armenian Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Armenia: CIA World Factbook
• The Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Washington D.C.
• Embassy of the USA in Yerevan, Armenia
• The President of the Republic Armenia
• The Parliament of the Republic Armenia

International Organizations and Development Programs:

• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• Permanent Mission of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations
• USAID Armenia Country Page Information about Armenia and USAID programs
• Armenia and the IMF The IMF's Armenia Country Page with links to articles
• Soros National Foundations Cenral Eurasia Page
• The Eurasia Foundation Armenia Country Office

Internet Resources: General

• Armenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus, and Central Asia (NIS)
• Armenia Page of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University
• Central Asian Studies World Wide sponsored by the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
• Slavic-Eurasian Studies Web Directory sponsored by the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center, Japan
• Travel Information Travel to Armenia with the Lonely Planet
• Armenian Multilanguage Database

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and the Arts

• Armenian Research Center Maintained by University of Michigan-Dearborn, this site has literature online, information about exhibits and conferences
• Cilicia Extensive selection of fonts, a 200-recipe cookbook, music and photographs

Online News Sites and Servers

• Armenpress Armenian News Agency -- Daily news available in English, Armenian and Russian
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Armenian Service
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Armenian Language Study

• Armenian Courses offered in the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• Armenian Summer Language Institute in Yerevan through the University of Michigan
• Phrasebook Useful Armenian phrases
• Armenian online dictionaries
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• Academy of Sciences, Armenia Conference information, contacts at the Academy of Sciences Armenia
• U.C. Berkeley Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Program also covers the Caucasus. Newsletter online
• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• Social Science Research Council Fellowship and program information in Soviet Successor States
• ACTR/ACCELS Language exchange programs in Armenia
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems
• Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship This program offers scholarships to undergraduate students with financial need and encourages students underrepresented in study abroad programs to apply. Awards of up to $5000 for semester or academic year study abroad programs.

Armenia is a landlocked country in southern Caucasus, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan in the east and Iran and the Naxçivan exclave of Azerbaijan in the south.