Armenian Revolutionary Federation
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation, also known as Dashnaktsutyun, is an Armenian nationalist and socialist political party founded in 1890 in Tiflis, Russian Empire by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian. As of 2023, the party operates in Armenia, Lebanon, Iran and in countries where the Armenian diaspora is present. The party was also active in Artsakh until the Azerbaijani offensive in September 2023. Although it has long been the most influential political party in the Armenian diaspora, it has a comparatively smaller proportional presence in modern-day Armenia. As of October 2023, the party was represented in two national parliaments, with ten seats in the National Assembly of Armenia and three seats in the Parliament of Lebanon as part of the March 8 Alliance.
ARF Founders left to right: Stepan Zorian, Christapor Mikaelian, Simon Zavarian
Yeprem Khan was a revolutionary leader of Iran
Fedayi group fighting under the ARF banner. Text in Armenian reads Azatutyun kam Mah (Liberty or Death)
Armen Garo (Karekin Pastermadjian), an ARF member of Chamber of Deputies from Erzurum during the Second Constitutional Era.
Christapor Mikaelian was an Armenian revolutionary who played a leading role in the Armenian national liberation movement.
Christapor Mikaelian
Stepan Zorian (left), Christapor Mikaelian (centre) and Simon Zavarian (right), the founders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF)
Mikaelian with Rubina Areshyan [hy] in 1904.
Illustration of the Abdul Hamid II assassination attempt in Yıldız
![Mikaelian with Rubina Areshyan [hy] in 1904.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Krisdapor_Mikaelian_Rubina_Areshian_%282%29.jpg/445px-Krisdapor_Mikaelian_Rubina_Areshian_%282%29.jpg)
