 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Kufanana nedzimwe nyika itsva dzakazvimiririra dzeyaimbova Soviet Union, upfumi hweArmenia huri kutambura nokuparara kweyaimbova nzira dzokutengeserana dzeSoviet. Kupinza mari kweSoviet uye kutsigira indasitiri yeArmenia kwakanyangarika, zvokuti mabhizimisi makuru mashomanene achiri kukwanisa kushanda. Mukuwedzera, migumisiro yekudengenyeka kwepasi kweSpitak muna 1988, iyo yakauraya vanhu vanopfuura 25 000 ndokuita kuti 500 000 vave vasina misha, ichiri kunzwiwa. Kurwisana neAzerbaijan pamusoro peNagorno-Karabakh hakuna kugadziriswa. Kuvharwa kwesimba renyukireya muna 1989 kwakatungamira kudambudziko remagetsi reArmenia rema1990. GDP yakaderera neanodokusvika 60 pakati pa1989 na1993, asi ipapo yakatangazve kukura zvine simba pashure pokunge chirimwa chemagetsi chavhurwazve muna 1995. Mari yenyika, dram, yakatambura kuwedzerwa kwemari kwemakore okutanga pashure pokunge yatanga kushandiswa muna 1993. 