The first Armenian Scouting groups were organized in 1910 in orphanages in Van , present day Turkey . and continued until 1922 when Scouting was officially banned and the Young Pioneers became the official state youth organization in Armenia . But even after 1922 some Scout troops were left for a short period in Armenia , now part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic . Armenian Scouting in Turkey was active also after the Armenian Genocide and even new troops were founded , but it caused them much misery . In 1920 there were 20 Armenian Scout troops in Constantinople with 750 Scouts and 50 Girl Scouts
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Scouting and Guiding in Armenia