After countless meetings, Krisdapor Mikayelian, Rosdom (Sdepan Zo- rian) and Simon Zavarian founded the Armenian Revolutionary Feder- ation in 1890, in Tiflis, the capital of Georgia. The ARF is composed of and joined by a number of Armenian national liberation parties and groups with the aim of leading the liberation struggle of Western Armenia. During 1890-1892, the Hunchakian Party and other gr
oups leave the ARF coalition; however, the three ARF founders remain steadfast in
their purpose. It is during this meeting that the party is formally named the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and adopted a constitution and bylaws. The meeting also adopted the principle of a decentralized organization and names “Troshag” the official party newsletter. In its essence, world view and traditions, the ARF is a socialist, democratic and revolutionary party. From the very beginning, the ARF is a party of daring, organization and discipline. In this early period, the greatest accomplishments of the ARF include organizing the Fedayi movement, leadership of the administration of the free Republic of Armenia, and bringing to justice, across Eu- ropean capitals, those responsible for the Armenian Genocide. The ARF has always struggled and continues to struggle to this day for the political, economic and cultural rights of the Armenian nation. The
basis of the ARF’s national liberation struggle is its ideology, which champions individual freedoms, and national self-determination,
independence and popular democracy as the paths to creating a thriving and free Armenian nation. On August 8, 1990, after a 70 year absence, the ARF Bureau declares the return of the ARF to the homeland, Armenia. Therafter, the ARF engages in its entirety in the liberation struggle of Artsakh, becoming the inspirational and organizing voice of the move- ment around which gather volunteers from Armenia, Artsakh and the Diaspora, many of whom gift the ultimate sacrifice to the nation through their martyrdom on the fields of
battle. For 124 years, the ARF has never wavered from its purpose for a just, uncompromising and complete resolution of the Armenian Cause, and for a FREE, INDEPENDENT and UNITED Armenia.
