Armenian immigrants moved in large number to the Central Asian region , especially during the World War I which occurred the Armenian Genocide . As part of Tsarist Russia and later Soviet Union , ethnic Armenians were trusted to ongoing immigration to the region , and Armenian immigration also met with little resistance from local Uzbeks . Uzbeks and Armenians were able to get along well until the rise of ethnic nationalism at 1990s that saw clashes between Armenians and Muslim peoples , mainly Tajiks but also a minority of Uzbeks , which ended deadly
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenia–Uzbekistan relations