1988 in Armenia

The following lists events that happened during 1988 in Armenia.

Incumbents

 * Prime Minister: Fadey Sargsyan

February

 * February 20 – The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and join the Armenian SSR, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

March

 * March 9 – Gorbachev meets with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Karen Demirchyan and Kamran Baghirov in Moscow to discuss the public demands of unification of Armenia and Karabakh.

November

 * November 20 – Soviet Armenian Supreme Council recognizes the Armenian genocide.

December

 * December 7 – The 6.8 Armenian earthquake leaves 25,000–50,000 dead and 31,000–130,000 injured.

Births

 * June 2 – Rima Pipoyan, Armenian choreographer, director, dancer and dance teacher.