The rebellion of fellow Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh had an immediate effect in Armenia itself. Daily demonstrations, which began in the Armenian capital Yerevan on February 18, initially attracted few people, but each day the Nagorno-Karabakh issue became increasingly prominent and numbers swelled. On February 20, a 30,000-strong crowd demonstrated in Theater Square, by February 22, there were 100,000, the next day 300,000, and a transport strike was declared, by February 25, there were close to 1 million demonstrators – about a quarter of Armenia's population. This was the first of the large, peaceful public demonstrations that would become a feature of communism's overthrow in Prague, Berlin, and, ultimately, Moscow. Leading Armenian intellectuals and nationalists, including future first President of independent Armenia Levon Ter-Petrossian, formed the eleven-member Karabakh Committee to lead and organize the new movement. COUNT 5
QSN1 Where were the first demonstrations in Armenia? ANS1 Yerevan QSN2 What is the capitol of Armenia? ANS2 Yerevan QSN3 How many people protested on February 23? ANS3 300,000, QSN4 What sort of strike was called? ANS4 transport QSN5 What percentage of Armenia's total population protested on February 25? ANS5 about a quarter