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Map of Alexander Vuillemin – 1812-1880. “Asia Minor, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria and Syria” published in 1858 in Paris Map of the German cartographer and geographer Karl von Spruner Mertz (1803 – 1892) – published in 1865. Source geoclub.info Translation Art-A-Tsolum
History teaches that it teaches nothing! The photo posted below shows the Red Army on Abovyan Street – Yerevan. One hundred and one years ago, on November 29, 1920, the 11th Red Army invaded Armenia. Armenia became Soviet. All this happened in a geopolitically complex regional situation ․․․ indeed, history is cyclical, it teaches only …
The 21st edition of the “Voice of Ararat” program of “Azat Dzain” news agency is dedicated to the period of decline of the ancient religion and worldview of Armenia. The revaluation of material values forced the Armenians to move away from their roots, value system and faith. The barbarian invasions of Alexander the Great played …
The photo below shows a car made from scrap metal by a 14-year-old student of the Gyumri orphanage, 1920s. This is a vivid manifestation of the powerful gene of Armenian talent. An Armenian child, although despite having seen the horrors of the Armenian Genocide, is still capable of spinning the wheel of history, creating and …
On November 18, 1918, in the village of Avdallar in Artsakh, General Andranik received telegrams from British General Thomson, Khan Khoysky, from Yerevan and from many other places … all of them demanded an immediate cessation of hostilities against the Turks. All of them insisted that Andranik’s actions allegedly threaten the peaceful settlement of the …
The Zambaccian Museum located at Zambaccian St in Bucharest, Romania, is one of the most prominent museums in the city. The museum is named after Romanian-Armenian collector and art critic Krikor Zambaccian (1889-1962) who owned approximately 240 expensive paintings and sculptures authored by the likes of Paul Cézanne, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Eugène Delacroix, Pierre Bonnard, Jean-Baptiste-Camille …
Linguistic map of the world 1741 Map author German linguist Gottfried Hensel (1687-1767) Gottfried Hensel (1687-1767), Germanic linguist who served as rector in Heidelberg (Zielona Gora), Lower Silesia. The earliest linguistic map of the four continents. Gottfried Hensel presented a map taking into account the geography of the distribution of the languages of the world, …
In his memoirs, German traveler Johann Schiltberger talks about Karabakh as a part of Armenia under the rule Shah Rukh, son of Tamerlane (Timur). Johann Schiltberger served as a squire for the knight Lienhart Richartinger, with whom he participated in the battle against the Turks at Nicopolis in 1396. In the Battle of Nicopolis, Schiltberger …
We were aware of the existence of the Church of Surb Astvatsatsin – a significant Medieval monastic complex – built in 1031 by Grigor Magistros as an episcopal residence with the right to elect the Catholicos. Likewise, we knew about the Church of Surb Sarkis – a church built in the 7th century, and a …
54 years ago, at the doorstep of Stepanakert and on one of its heights, a statue of “Grandfather and Grandmother” (“tatik-papik” in Armenian, also called “We Are Our Mountains”) was erected, symbolizing Artsakh and the Armenian heritage of the region. In 1964, a world exhibition was held in the Italian city of Carrara. Along with …
Originally, members of the Bznuni family occupied the position of leaders among the Armenian nobility. With time, the family branched out toward chief military ranks. Bznuni members are repeatedly mentioned in royal chronicles and military letters. The ancestral symbol of the Bznuni clan was a hawk, which later became the basis of the family’s coat …
Renowned Turkish historian and publicist Taner Akçam, author of a number of studies on the Armenian Genocide, congratulated historian Ümit Kurt on completing the book “The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province”. The book is expected to be published in April by Harvard University Press. As a result of the …
How to identify the falsifiers of the history of Armenia? Or the questions that those who deny the identity of Urartu and Armenia are obliged to answer. This article points out the grossest omissions of all those who claim that Urartu is not an Armenian state – from a scientific point of view. It will …
“I don’t want and cannot write long and in detail about our country, your inquiry notwithstanding. I’ll write to you briefly. We have destroyed our country from within and from without. Mostly we. I say ‘we’, and it is true. Some are interfering scoundrel, some are thieves and robbers, and some – the helpless and …
In the 9th century, Shirakavan (Շիրակավան) was the capital of the Armenian kingdom of the Bagratids and remained so for 40 years. In the 9th century, the Bagratids managed to conquer Armenia from the Arab Caliphate. In 885, Ashot I Bagratuni acceded to the throne, and both the Caliph and the Byzantine emperor were forced …
Everything that was said about Ararat was true: all the clichés which used to make me smile turned out to be correct. For a couple of days, I tried to resist Ararat. But I would see the contours of the mountain everywhere – they would loom at the end of the city blocks, filling the …
The battle for Zangezur in 1918-1921 is known in Armenian history as “Գոյամարտ” – “Goyamart” or “struggle for existence” in Armenian. And it indeed was a battle for the right to exist, for land, for the right to remain Armenians. Sisian was the decisive link in the battle for Zangezur. In historical works, Sisian has …
Before 1915, more than 42,000 Armenians lived in the villages near the ancient city of Urfa (Urha, Orfa, or Edessa). This Armenian community had 10 churches, one monastery, and about 20 Armenian schools. One of these Armenian-populated villages was the village of Jipin. During the Armenian Genocide in 1915, the forced emigration of Armenians began …