First Republic of Armenia replaces Erivan Governorate
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Since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the most commonly-used term in Armenia and modern historiography for the state is the First Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Առաջին Հանրապետություն) or the First Republic for short. Other names of the state include the Araratian Republic (Արարատյան հանրապետություն, 'Ararat Republic'), Republic of Erivan, or Erivan Republic. These terms were often used by Ottoman Armenians and the Armenian diaspora because the country "was only a dusty province without Ottoman Armenia whose salvation Armenians had been seeking for 40 years". It has also been known as the Dashnak Republic due to the fact that the Dashnaks was the dominant political force in the country. During the Soviet-era, the communist-influenced Armenian academic circles, namely the Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia, referred to the state as the Bourgeois Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Բուրժուական Հանրապետություն).
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