I am proud to join with my colleagues in Congress. Armenian Americans in my district. and Armenians all over the world as we commemorate the 84th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Between 1894 and 1923. approximately 2 million Armenians were massacred. persecuted. or exiled by the Ottoman Empire. Today. fewer than 80.000 declared Armenians remain in Turkey. The Eastern provinces. the Armenian heartland. are virtually without Armenians. There are still Armenian refugees and internally displaced persons in Russia. an issue not wellknown internationally. They face extreme difficulties and hardship. The years since the Armenian Genocide have magnified its tragedy. not diminished it.
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