1988 in Armenia

Incumbents

• Prime Minister: Fadey Sargsyan

  Events

February

• February 20 – The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and join the Armenian SSR, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

  March

• March 9 – Gorbachev meets with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Karen Demirchyan and Kamran Baghirov in Moscow to discuss the public demands of unification of Armenia and Karabakh.

  November

• November 20 – Soviet Armenian Supreme Council recognizes the Armenian Genocide.

  December

• December 7 – The 6.8 Armenian earthquake leaves 25,000–50,000 dead and 31,000–130,000 injured.