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Armenia: The founders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, left to right: Stepan Zorian, Christapor Mikaelian and Simon Zavarian, c. 1895

Armenia: The founders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, left to right: Stepan Zorian, Christapor Mikaelian and Simon Zavarian, c. 1895

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) (Armenian: Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն), also known as Dashnaktsutyun, is an Armenian left-wing nationalist party founded in Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia) in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian. The party operates in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and in countries where the Armenian diaspora is present, notably in Lebanon, where the party is represented in the parliament.

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