The story of the cartoon “The Legend of Lake Parvana” tells of an Armenian kingdom whose ruler fell seriously ill. He understood that his days were numbered so he tried to find his only daughter a good husband. Throughout the kingdom, messengers were sent with the news that a large-scale pre-marital screening was to take …
July 6, 1945. Joseph Vissarionovich! After the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs’ March publication on the denunciation of the December 17, 1925, agreement between Turkey and the USSR, there has been talk among the population that the Soviet Government, having terminated the agreement with Turkey, has plans to return to Armenia the territories that had …
“I believe in the greatness of the Armenian spirit. And my faith is not epic – it is the result of extensive life experience. I saw and recognized the Armenians in battles. Saw and enjoyed the beauty of Aryan thinking. An Armenian always does feats and heroism when his leaders are able to create a …
Genocide… Is an irreparable misfortune, indelible disgrace, impotent anger at the insult of the human soul. This topic will always be beating with pain in the chest of an Armenian! After all, the executioners knocked on every door – not a single family escaped murder. My family is no exception. Before moving on to the …
On August 10, 1920, in Tiflis, between the delegations of Soviet Russia and the Republic of Armenia fighting off the attack of the Russian occupation army, an agreement was signed, according to which the military clashes between the two countries were to cease and the control over the so-called disputed territories of Zangezur, Nakhichevan, and …
On the night of January 19-20, 2014, junior sergeant Armen Hovhannisyan prevented enemy sabotage. At the cost of his own life. According to the command of the military unit where Armen served, he could retreat but chose not to. Thanks to his selfless actions, at least ten soldiers’ lives were saved. Armen was the only …
In the center of Dilijan, next to the building of the former cinema, a monument will be erected to the hero of the Battle of Karakilisa, artilleryman captain Gurgen Ter-Movsisyan. In late May 1918, when the command ordered Armenian troops to retreat from Karakilisa (present-day Vanadzor), a native of Artsakh and member of the military …
The historical reserve of Agarak is located south of Mount Aragats, on the banks of the Amberd River, on both sides of the Yerevan-Gyumri highway 16 kilometers from Yerevan. Ancient Agarak was discovered by accident. During the construction of the Yerevan-Gyumri highway, archaeological layers were unearthed, immediately attracting the attention of specialists. Agarak is one …
As Saryan said about Minas: “Artists draw the dawn. Dawn is the mood. It is light and darkness merged together. And very few dare to draw the sun. With the sun, everything is very sharp. The sun breaks its usual forms, shifts the lines – to catch and convey it all in paints is difficult. …
Sergei Parajanov was arrested in Kiev. The poetess Silva Kaputikyan (the only one from Armenia) sent a letter in defense of Parajanov to the Minister of Culture of the USSR and the chairman of the KGB Yuri Andropov. Naturally, she received a dry rejection in response to her letter. Once eventually released from prison and …
The relentless struggle waged by the Armenians for centuries in the name of the cross has given their church a strictly national character. The church hymns of the Armenians included sacred hymns – sharakans, sincere outpourings of spiritual writers and poets created in the difficult moments of domestic calamities. Most Armenians know and sing these …
General Movses Ter-Galustyan was a participant and the leader of the Armenian defense on the mountain of Musa Dagh during the Armenian Genocide of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire. Ter-Galustyan was born into an aristocratic Armenian family. His father was a prominent and popular writer and an active member of various Armenian organizations. Movses has …
The photo depicts the most famous historical building of Dilijan. This two-story building was built in the 90s of the 19th century for Princess Mariam Tumanyan who at the time lived in Tiflis. The building located in the city center next to the Aghstev River has served as a summer residence. At the beginning of …
Archaeological excavations in the Odzaberd fortress (Armenian: Օձաբերդ) located between the villages of Tsovinar and Artsvanist in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia revealed an inclined plate, parts of a spindle, an amphora, a stable, barley grain turned into coal, animal bones, and funerary karases (vessels). The head of the expeditionary group Mikayel Badalyan shared his findings …
“Then you know why Troy died and why many Greek generals with their troops were killed under its walls.” “I know. Because of the woman, because of Helen’s infidelity.” “No, you’re wrong. It was because of the traitor Paris.” “My perception of Homer is different.” “But the ancient Greeks perceived him that way. ‘Helen is …
On August 10, 1920, in the suburb commune of Paris Sevres, a peace treaty was signed, summarizing the results of WWI. The agreement was signed, on one hand, by the victor countries (the UK, France, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Armenia, Czechoslovakia, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, Hijaz) and the government …
“We are the leaders of the people. If we betray our ideals, the people will lose faith in the justice of the struggle. We must be an example. We must die in the name of the immortality of our people,” Ruben Sevak said. In general, for him – a man of the highest morality, a …
The film “The Stigma of My Grandmother” by Swedish publicist Susan Hartalian tells about thousands of Armenian women whose bodies were specially tattooed during the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915. The film is also intended to solve the mystery of “tattoos”, in modern terms. In 1988, Susan Hartalian made her first documentary about …