1988 in Armenia
The following lists events that happened during 1988 in Armenia.
Incumbents
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 First 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.
Births
- June 2 – Rima Pipoyan, Armenian choreographer, director, dancer and dance teacher.