The history of Armenia is marked by permanent migratory movements of its population pressed abroad by wars, invasions, oppression and massacres. This article studies the recent phenomenon of the mass-return of the Armenian diaspora to its fatherland, organized by the USSR after the Second World War. After having defined the essential diplomatic and strategical reasons of the movement, the article analyzes the propaganda themes making use of the national question and their impact. It goes on to examine the integration of the immigrants in their host-country, Soviet Armenia, its specific problems and a certain failure. The question then arises whether the diaspora constitutes the only aspect of the national Armenian problem the sole solution of which would be immigration.
