Poghos Bek-Pirumyanwasa military leader, colonel of the Russian army, and one of the commanders of the battle of Sardarapat. At the beginning of WWI, Bek-Pirumyan was appointed the commander of the Lutsk-Mstislavsky regiment. At the end of 1916, he was transferred to the Caucasus Front as the commander of the Armenian 5th Infantry Regiment. Poghos …
There is more than enough evidence of the organized manner of the extermination of Armenians – the Armenian Genocide – by the Ottoman government. The only “mistake” or “fault” of the Armenians subjected to the Genocide was and still is their (our) ethnicity and geographic attachment to the historical Fatherland – the Armenian Highlands – …
On November 1, 2019, on the corner of Kavkazskaya-Mitskevich streets in the city of Rivne, the grand opening of a khachkar (cross-stone) dedicated to the innocent victims of the Armenian and Ukrainian peoples took place. The 2.5 meters tall cross-stone is made from Armenian mountain tuff stone. The monument was consecrated by the head of …
After the capture of Karakilisa, the Turks marched north towards Tiflis. At the same time, Muslims in the Sadakhlo-Sandari region became active, closing down the railroad and starting robbing and killing Armenian refugees. On May 22, 1918, the Transcaucasian government decided to appeal to the Dashnaktsutyun party and the Musavatists with a request to send …
In the first lecture from a short series on the history of Armenia and the Armenian Highlands, Dr. Christina Maranci brings us back to the origins of the region and quickly introduces us to the beginning of the Bronze Age in the context of archeology. The film provides a brief overview of the geography of …
Near the modern town of Armavir, the administrative center of Armavir Province, lie the ruins of ancient Armavir – the capital of the Kingdom of Ayrarat since 331 BC when the Orontid (Yervanduni) dynasty of Armenia restored the country’s independence. The city was the capital of Armenia until the 2nd century BC. In the Armenian …
A traditional Armenian Khachkar in Wroclaw stands at a crossroad right next to the church of St. Wojciech on Janitzky Street. The church has two entrances – one from the street of the Divine Body and the other from the Pesochnaya street. This Khachkar was erected on September 21, 2012, during the Days of Armenia. …
A large number of human skulls and bones were found in a cave in the Dargeçit district, Mardin Province, in Historical Armenia. It is reported that a citizen named Irfan Yakut went to the cave in search of treasure and discovered fragments of skulls and bones. As a result of exploratory research in the cave, …
The film “Eternal Call” was released in 1973. It was based on the novel of the same name by Anatoly Ivanov. I will give one passage from the book that was not included in the film (words of former tsarist officer Lakhnovsky): “…The main goal is to foster indifference to the past… And when there …
It is believed that wolves are much stronger than dogs, but over several thousand years, people have developed breeds that can challenge this fierce predator. Actually, these breeds’ very purpose was to protect flocks of sheep and human dwellings from wolves. Today, this need has sunk into oblivion, but these dogs still amaze with their …
The true habitat of the Adonis flower which is listed in the Red Book of Endangered Species is the wildlife of the province of Tunceli in Historical Armenia. This flower discovered by Russian naturalist and historian Pyotr Chikhachev in 1867 in the village of Shabin-Karahisar in the Giresun Province has not been seen since its …
Ancient handprints have been found in a cave at the foot of the Taurus Mountains, Mersin province, Historical Armenia. Discovered by a traveler, these handprints shed light on the history of the Neolithic. The traveler took pictures of the drawings. After finding out about the handprints, experts arrived at the site to begin research work. …
8 years have passed since Avetis Sanoyan and his family moved from the Syrian city of Aleppo to the village of Ishkhanadzor in Artsakh. During recent years, he and his brother planted gardens, were engaged in grain production, and acquired their own agricultural equipment. They no longer think about returning to Syria. Last fall, they …
At the first anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Armenia (May 28, 1919), the Council of Armenia proclaimed the United Armenia, which symbolically put an end to the artificial separation of the two parts of Armenia (“Eastern” and “Western”) by foreign invaders. In honor of this, a festive parade and a solemn ceremony …
“5 years ago, I came back home to Israel from Armenia for the first time. I came back with the question of a thirteen-year-old girl resonating in my head: ‘Dima jan, why doesn’t Israel recognize the Armenian Genocide?’ At home, I decided to go through photos. The question continued to resonate. I got to this …
On May 24, 1915, in the capitals of the Entente powers – in Paris, London, and Petrograd (modern Saint Petersburg) – a joint statement was simultaneously published whose initiator and author was Russia. The statement was followed by a telegram from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Sazonov. After receiving the first reports of massacres of Armenians, …
In 1972, a year before the assassination of Turkish diplomats, Armenian avenger Gourgen Yanikian visited Armenia. The purpose of his visit was to present Martiros Saryan’s house-museum with the painting “Eastern Room” painted by the artist and for a long time considered to be lost. “I made my decision, which I am informing you about. …
In the 18th-19th centuries, for various reasons, many ethnic Armenians moved to the Russian Empire for permanent residence. These were Armenians who had been exiled by Shah Abbas to Iran, as well as Armenians who had lived in the so-called Ottoman (western) Armenia for centuries. The Armenian people were invited to Russia by Russian tsars. …