Armenians are an ethnic group native to Armenia, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, and the Armenian Highlands of western Asia. There are as many as 8,000,000 Armenians in the world, with 3,018,854 living in Armenia, 2,900,000 in Russia, 1,500,000 in the United States, 750,000 in France, 248,929 in Georgia, 146,573 in Nagorno-Karabakh, 120,000 in Iran, 100,000 in Lebanon, 100,000 in Syria, 100,000 in Ukraine, 80,000 in Greece, 70,000 in Argentina, 60,000 in Turkey, 55,740 in Canada, 50,000 in Poland, and 41,864 in Abkhazia. The Armenians are descended from the Hurrians of Nairi and Urartu, and they initially adhered to their native pagan religion before Armenia adopted Christianity in 301 BC. In 451 AD, the Armenian Apostolic Church separated from both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox faiths.
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