For many immigrants from Iran, the issue of “belonging” in the United States is difficult because of the changing nature of the community in recent decades. Furthermore, the anti-Iranian stance taken by people of different political views after the 1979 Islamic Revolution is often based on the assertion that the Iranians are not a historical …
During the Armenian massacres of 1894-1896, the German government prevented international sanctions against the Ottoman Empire and the reforms in the Armenian issue proposed by the British. The tone of coverage of the issue was set personally by German Kaiser Wilhelm II who claimed that Britain was attempting to destabilize the power of the Ottoman …
Postage stamps, like banknotes, are one of the attributes of statehood. Three Transcaucasian nations are represented on the stamp above. More specifically, these nations are Georgians, Armenians, and Turks. The absence of Azerbaijanis on this stamp may seem odd only to people unfamiliar with history, as well as to residents of the Republic of Azerbaijan …
The illustration below shows that Kaiser Wilhelm II promised to turn a blind eye on the massacres (including massacres of Armenians) in exchange for cooperation in the construction of the Berlin-Baghdad railway. The railway was funded and built by the German Empire to connect the city of Baghdad with Berlin via a railway line running …
Residents of the town of New Bayazet (now Gavar, Gegharkunik Province, Armenia) who had arrived in here from the town of Bayazet in Western Armenia in 1830 lived in extreme poverty. They refused to pay taxes and at the same time requested the state to establish a local school. Residents of three dozen other settlements …
The first mass protests and protests of the Eastern Armenians against Russian despotism occurred in 1837 when Nicholas I arrived in Armenia. The Armenian people, taking advantage of his visit, burned straw on the roads, in the yards, and on earthen roofs as a sign of their attitude towards the exploiters. And in Sardarapat, the …
The preliminary peace treaty concluded in the village of San Stefano (the western suburb of Constantinople) on March 3, 1878, between the Russian and Ottoman Empires ended the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878. The treaty was signed by Nicholas Ignatiev and Aleksandr Nelidov on behalf of the Russian Empire and by Saffet Pasha and Sadullah Bey …
The Gulistan fortress is located 2 kilometers west of the Gulistan village, Shahumyan district, the Artsakh Republic. More precisely, it lies on the right bank of the Inja River, on a huge wedge-shaped rocky hill opposite Mount Mrov. A river flowing from the wooded foot of Mrov surrounds the western part of the hill from …
Today, only a few people know that about 200 years ago, our nation has received and missed an exceptional opportunity to restore the Armenian statehood. In the hot period of the Russian-Persian war of 1827, realizing the possibility of the loss of the South Caucasus, the Persian authorities belatedly began to discuss the restoration of …
In 1926, Jewish poet and publicist Sholom Schwartzbard took revenge on the leader of Ukrainian nationalists Symon Petliura for the bloody pogroms. Schwartzbard became inspired with assassination by the act of Soghomon Tehlirian who had several years earlier assassinated one of the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide in Berlin. Soghomon Tehlirian was a highly melancholic …
It was January 22 or 23, 1993. Two Azerbaijani helicopters opened fire in the direction of the Yerits Mankunk church which we thought was a safe cover. The huge cross fell down from the dome. The commander of our special forces, Shahen Meghryan, said that we must restore this cross. And we all gave a …
As many of you know, on January 28, 1983, ASALA fighter Levon Ekmekjyan was executed in a Turkish prison. He was one of the fighters who carried out the Karin operation on August 7, 1982, against the fascist Turkish state in its very heart – at the Ankara Esenboğa Airport. For 30 years, Turkey would …
On February 18, 1921, Armenia temporarily regained its independence. In fact, Armenia was the only republic where a nationwide uprising overthrew the Soviet regime. This stage of our history has been strictly hushed up for all 70 Soviet years, and it hasn’t been mentioned in history textbooks. The photo published below shows the first issue …
“A new type of terrorism has appeared in Nagorno-Karabakh. Bombardment from helicopters and cars got complemented with piracy. According to the deputy police chief of Martakert District Nikolai Grigoryan, last night on the Sarsang reservoir, four unidentified individuals on a boat that had arrived from the direction of the Azerbaijani village of Umudlu, Martakert region, …
When this material was being prepared, I intended to prove that Ler Kamsar would not have taken a weapon during the fratricidal riot of 1921. But when I once again descended and ascended the steps of history, blood hit my head – I was horrified. An Armenian brutally killed the descendant heroes who came out …
“That’s right, my father was a carpenter, but one day, he came home with a bloodied head. Whose hands had done this? The hands of the people of the Sultan. What for? For being a Christian. Judge for yourself – after this, could the son of a poor carpenter continue doing his crafts as if …
After the liberation of Shusha, the Artsakh self-defense forces would proceed to eliminate the enemy’s firing points in Akna (Aghdam) to ensure the security of Stepanakert and neighboring settlements. Azerbaijani forces regularly bombarded Armenian settlements from artillery and Grad rocket systems stationed in Aghdam. In addition, Aghdam was an important communication hub for the enemy. …
Sergey Vardanyan is a researcher at the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. He is also an ethnographer, folklorist, the vice president of the charity community organization “Hamshen”, and editor-in-chief of the monthly newspaper “Dzayn Hamshenakan”. Below is the transcription of his interview with the …