“Do you know what is the hobby of Armenians?” asked the engineer, driving the car along the central street of Bourj Hammoud. “What is it?” “Building. When a Lebanese gets money, he buys clothes or a car. But an Armenian… They buy bricks and put them together one by one.” His words were true — …
Cultural figures of the Armenian SSR extremely rarely visited Karabakh, especially in the decades preceding the collapse of the USSR. Prior to this, one of the rare exceptions was famous Armenian poet Avetik Isahakyan’s trip to Karabakh in July 1948. The master was heavily impressed by what he saw, as evidenced by the short entries …
Ar (Armenian: Ար) is the chief deity of the Proto-Armenian (Aryan) pantheon. He symbolized the power of the sun and combined the features of the forces of nature and spring. The cult of Ar in the Armenian Highlands appeared in the 3rd millennium BC (A. Teryan). However, the rock carvings of the sun and its …