There are millions of Hemshin Armenians in the neighborhood of Armenia.  These are Armenians from the region of Hemshin that accepted Islam a few hundred years ago and many didn’t talk about being Armenian…  and now many don’t even realize they’re Armenian.  But their language is without any doubt an Armenian dialect and their traditions remain quite close to Armenian ones.  There has been talk on both sides (from some Hemshin and some Armenians) about bringing our communities closer over the years.  Now there’s this interesting article about potentially having hundreds or thousands of them that ended up in Kyrgyzstan thanks to Stalin move to Karabakh.

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