Armenian Women in the Russian Empire: The Forgotten Revolution

The Story of Armenia: Survival Through Empires and Genocide — Fexingo History · Sep 3, 2026 · 8m · transcript

While much of Armenian history focuses on survival against Ottoman and Persian empires, this episode explores a different frontier: the struggle for women’s rights within the Russian Empire. We follow Anna Akhmatova’s contemporary, Mariam Vardanian, and the pioneering work of the Armenian Women’s Union in Tiflis during the early 20th century. After the fall of the Tsarist regime, these women didn’t just retreat into domestic life; they organized literacy campaigns, fought for suffrage when it was denied to men, and shaped the cultural identity of the First Republic. From the salons of Tbilisi…