In Isfahan, at the entrance to the Armenian Cathedral of the Savior which the Iranians call Vank (Armenian: monastery), a statue of a man in a hood holding a small object in his hands stands. “Behind this statue is the story of the great contribution of Armenians to the development of Iran under the Safavids,” …
The Armenians were virtually unarmed during the Artsakh war. Some armament had been left from the Soviet garrisons, and there were very few of those in the Armenian SSR. A few armored vehicles had been sent from the Armenian diaspora. And due to the scarcity of weaponry, Armenians would acquire most of their equipment from …
In 1904, in one of the borderline Armenian mountain villages of Sasun ruled a henchman of the Turks, the Kurdish leader Salih. He was known for his cruelty towards the disobedient Armenians of the mountain of Sasun. But the Armenians would not be Armenians if they had not taken a fair solution to this issue. …
The canvases of Ivan Aivazovsky are hanging in the White House – against their backdrop, US President John F. Kennedy once gave a press conference. President Kennedy was not alone in his passion for this artist – today, 2 of the 30 paintings by Aivazovsky which used to be in the Dolmabahçe Palace collection in …
Below is the farewell letter of Soghomon Tehlirian that he dedicated to his mother who had died tragically near the city of Yerznka during the Armenian Genocide of 1915. “To my mother… In the bottomless gloom of a faded memory, I was looking for you, my mother, horrified at the thought of losing you forever… …
After the February Revolution of 1917, the decomposition process of the Russian Imperial Army participating in the WWI accelerated sharply. Already by October, attempts were made to raise the morale of the army and the creation of new units. But due to military setbacks and dissatisfaction with the leadership, many soldiers did not want to …
Said Halim Pasha was the Great Vizier of the Ottoman Empire and one of the leaders of the Young Turks, the organizers of the Armenian Genocide. On December 5, 1921, he was killed by Arshavir Shirakyan in Rome. Shirakyan then managed to safely return to Constantinople. Excerpts from the memoirs of Arshavir Shirakyan (1900-1973) tell …
From the 2nd century BC, located in the upper reaches of the Kura River, Gugark has been one of the 15 provinces of Greater Armenia. Currently, this territory is located within modern Georgia, Turkey, and Armenia. According to Strabo, the region was taken away from the Iberians in the 170s BC by the Armenian king …
Nakhichevan is the cradle of Armenian civilization. The name of the city and the region comes from the Armenian prefix “nakh” and the word “ijevan”, which means “the place of the first landing.” For many centuries, Nakhichevan has been the center of the eponymous gavar (district) belonging to the Greater Armenian nahang (province) of Vaspurakan. …
“When we talk about the history of Armenia, we must first of all understand that we are talking about a great civilization. Tigran the Great was without a doubt the wisest and bravest king of his era. At the same time, as a commander, Tigran eclipsed Marcus Licinius Crassus and Mithridates of Pontus.” Karl Shipman, …
There are people who you once meet and then feel the frequent need to communicate with. That was my acquaintance with Adik, one of those Baku Armenians who, having survived the pogroms, ended up in Yerevan in February 1990. Adik (Adolf Khachiyan) is the only and, alas, prodigal son in a family of hereditary Baku …
The name of “the father of the Soviet Marsokhod and Lunokhods,” as Kemurdzhyan (October 4, 1921 – February 25, 2003) was called, had been kept secret for a long time. In his interviews with reporters, Kemurdzhyan introduced himself as Alexandrov, Leonovich, Uglyov… But today, scientists from all over the world know him. In 1988, the …
In the 8th century, a regime of cruel oppression and heavy requisitions was established in Yerevan, as well as throughout Armenia. As chronicler Ghevond writes: “Abdallah tortured everyone with violence and oppression and brought them to poverty, demanding taxes even from the dead. He terribly tormented widows and orphans. He also subjected priests and ministers …
Arshak “Keri” Gafavian was born in Karin (now Erzurum) in 1858. He graduated from the Armenian school in Karin. He was a member of the organization “Pashtpan Hayrenyats” (“Defenders of Fatherland”). In 1889, he collaborated with Uno (Harutyun Ter-Martirosyan). In 1890, he took part in the campaign of S. Kukunyan. In 1895, during the massacre …
Manuk-Bey Mirzoyan Manor located near the city of Hîncești (near Chișinău, Moldova) opened to visitors in December 2015. The restoration of the huge manor built in the 19th century began in 2006. After 9 years of continuous work by famous architects from Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine, the manor acquired its former appearance. As the chairman …
In January 2016, the Iranian website Azarhia.org released a film on Iran’s support to Azerbaijan during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. The published video shows how the former General of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Mansour Haqiqatpour in military uniform stands next to the former President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev and monitors the military exercises of …
At the request of their new Turkish allies, Lenin and Stalin agreed to include the entire south and east of Soviet Armenia as part of Azerbaijan so that this new entity would be territorially as close as possible to Turkey. This was done since it was planned to establish a connection with the entire Middle …
This cannot be forgotten… Until 1920, the city of Shushi was divided into two hostile parts – the majority (Armenians) and the minority (Tatars). The majority occupied 65% of the city’s area, while the minority 35%. The majority lived in 18 Armenian quarters, in which 24,748 Christians lived as of 1916 (56% of the city’s …