▁in ▁the ▁historical ▁hom eland . ▁More ▁than ▁ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Armen ians ▁from ▁different ▁parts ▁of ▁Europe ▁and ▁the ▁Middle ▁East , ▁most ▁being ▁surv iv ors ▁of ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁Gen o cide , ▁imm igr ated ▁and ▁settled ▁in ▁K iro v ak an . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁har sh ▁conditions ▁im posed ▁by ▁the ▁S ovi ets ▁intelligence ▁and ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Inter ior , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁imm igr ants ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁labor ▁cam ps ▁in ▁Si ber ia ▁and ▁elsewhere . ▁The ▁reason ▁for ▁such ▁dis res pect ful ▁treatment ▁towards ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁imm igr ants ▁was ▁because ▁almost ▁all ▁were ▁more ▁educated ▁than ▁the ▁local ▁community , ▁spoke ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 ▁languages , ▁and ▁were ▁open ▁follow ers ▁of ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁Apost ol ic ▁Church , ▁something ▁that ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁threat ▁to ▁the ▁national ▁security ▁by ▁the ▁St alin ist ▁Government . ▁Despite ▁the ▁difficulties , ▁more ▁Western ▁Armen ians ▁imm igr ated ▁to ▁K iro v ak an ▁during ▁the ▁following ▁years . ▁However , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁imm igr ants ▁left ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁their ▁di as por a ▁countries , ▁including ▁Cy pr us , ▁Leb anon , ▁Sy ria , ▁Greece , ▁France ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Now ad ays , ▁approximately ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁Western ▁Armen ian ▁sett lers ▁are ▁living ▁in ▁Van ad zor , ▁most ▁of ▁whom ▁still ▁using ▁the ▁Western ▁Armen ian