THE ACTIVITIES OF THE HUNCHAKIANS IN TRANSCAUCASIA, 1918–1920
During the final period of World War I, the visible victory of the Entente on one hand, and the collapse of Tsarism in Russia on the other, created objective prerequisites for the restoration of Armenian statehood. The national parties, having assumed the role of the Armenian people’s political leadership, attempted to orient themselves within the vortex of rapid geopolitical events. Each of them had its own unique vision for solving this problem.
The Hunchakian Party was in a similar situation. Although the Hunchakians’ vision of independent statehood differed from that of the ARF (Dashnaktsutyun), which played a dominant role in Armenian socio-political life, throughout the entire existence of the First Republic of Armenia, the Hunchakians considered it an inseparable part of United Armenia. After the fall of the Republic, the Hunchakians declared that they were setting aside ideological differences and were ready to cooperate with the Soviet authorities of Armenia.
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