Armenians see little point in arguing over the numbers. and refer to what happened as genocide. Armenia. a land that occupies what is now a corner of Iran. the U.S.S.R. and Turkey. lost its independence as a result of the RussoTurkish Treaty in 1921. Many Armenians escaped the trials of their countrymen and the subsequent dissolution of their nation by emigrating to areas like Boston. MA. where almost 40.000 Armenian Americans now make their home. The national archives of Armenia are in a building in Watertown MA called the Fatherland House. and the community contains six Armenian Christian churches. three elementary schools where students learn the Armenian language. and two Armenianlanguage newspapers.
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