The Armenian side managed to construct defensive trenches from the ruins of a fortress lying two kilometers from the village of Norashen. The trenches went all the way to the quarry in the village of Yerinjatap. Almost all the men from Norashen and Yerinjatap villages were involved in this defense sector – about three hundred …
Emperor of Ethiopia Menelik II (reigned from March 10, 1889, to December 12, 1913) surrounded himself with Armenians. Sarkis Terzyan, for example, had a very responsible and delicate duty – he supplied weapons for the Ethiopian army. In 1890, Terzyan purchased French firearms. The French did not refuse to sell them to Ethiopia but did …
On the sarcophagus of the Grand Prince of Kiev Yaroslav the Wise are the following Armenian letters – Ա, Մ, Թ, Կ, Բ (a, m, t’, k, b). It’s unknown who has written these Armenian letters on the sarcophagus and why. Their meaning is likewise unknown. Armenian scholar Zhirayr Ter-Karapetyan believes that these letters symbolize …
On May 29, 1949, the Council of Ministers of the USSR adopted the No. 2214-86 top secret decree signed by Stalin. This decree was titled “On the provision of transportation, resettlement, and labor arrangements for evicts from the territory of the Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijani SSRs, as well as the Black Sea coast.” The deportations …
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 – …
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 …
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 …
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. …
At the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, the borders of a united and indivisible Armenia were discussed and presented within the framework of the project “From Sea to Sea”. The borders of Armenia were presented by the delegations of the US, France, and Armenia. Despite the protests of opponents of the project, the following border …
“Among the heroic victories of May 1918, the battle in Karakilisa was of exceptional importance. At the end of May 1918, I participated in the Karakilisa battle. If not for this battle, there would be not only no Soviet Armenia but also no Armenian population on this earth. Heroism in the three-day battle in Karakilias …
In 1918, about a month after the signing of the Mudros Armistice, American officer James Erol stationed in Eastern Armenia reported that from December 2 to 5, 1918, he had witnessed widespread looting committed by Turkish soldiers in Yerevan, Alexandropol, and other Armenian cities and settlements. The Turks took from the Armenians 7 million pounds …
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Armenia on May 28, 1928, an event was held in Paris which was attended by former leaders of Georgia and Azerbaijan, as well as Oliver Baldwin, a Colonel of the Armenian Army, a member of the Dashnaktsutyun party, and the son …
During his years at the gymnasium, despite his quick wit and keen mind, teachers complained that Dro was lazy and undisciplined. The gymnasium’s inspector would often express his dissatisfaction with the student and summon his father so that he would instruct his son. The father exhorted the “child”, instructed him to graduate from school, “become …
On May 16-18, 1918, near the village of Vorontsovka, the division of Major General Andranik with incredible effort held back the onslaught of the Ottoman troops along with the accompanying Tatar units. Although some enemy groups managed to get close to Tiflis (20-25 kilometers), they were mostly stopped and thrown back. After taking the initiative …
On the evening of May 21, 1918, during a rally in the square in front of the building of the city hall, Aram Manukyan made a short speech. An atmosphere of despair was reigning at the rally. “I came to inform you that the enemy has captured Sardarapat and is moving in the direction of …
“In Yerevan and its environs, all power was in the hands of Aram Manukyan who collaborated with General Silikyan and Dro. Together, they have inspired the people and the army. Their outstanding ability to organize military operations in and around Yerevan has given us the opportunity to retain our lands, including Yerevan and the St. …