 The leaders of the government came from mainly the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and also other Armenian political parties who helped create the new republic.State had unquestionably Armenian color, as when it was declared out of 2,000,000 Armenian's (Russian) in the Caucasus, 1,300,000 (Russian) Armenians were to be found within the boundaries of the new Republic of Armenia, which also had 300,000 to 350,000 refugees that escaped from the Ottoman Empire.Added to this Armenian population were 350,000 to 400,000 people of other nationalities.