Armenians of Grozny: a look into the past (To the 200th anniversary of the founding of the city)
The article is dedicated to Armenians - one of three (along with Russian and mountain Jews) old-timer groups represented in the recent past in the ethnic structure of the population of Grozny. It is shown that the permanent Armenian population settled near the Grozny fortress shortly after the appearance in the 20 years XIX century Grozny forstadt. In the mid-50 years XIX century Armenians have become a relatively large national group of the population and together with mountain Jews have formed a large trading quarter in forstadt - the prototype of the Trading range (Gostiny Dvor). Since 1893, when industrial reserves of oil were discovered in the vicinity of Grozny, and the railway has come to the city, the number of the urban population began to grow rapidly. At the same time, the number of Armenians grew. During the period from 1897 to 1989, their number in Grozny increased from 352 to 14,305, and the share of the Armenian population from the entire population of Grozny increased from 2.3 to 3.6%. The article notes the great contribution made by Russian entrepreneurs of Armenian origin in the development of the economy of Grozny, especially in the development of trade and oil industry. The participation of Armenians in the socio-political, scientific and cultural life of Grozny is also covered. It indicates the major military and political figures, scientists, culture, art and sports of Armenian nationality who lived or were in the fortress of Grozny and the city of Grozny.