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Official delegation of the government of the First Republic of Armenia to the United States in 1919. During that difficult period for the newly independent Armenia, full of refugees, the Armenian delegation was able to solve the food problem of the country by delivering 1.3 million sacks of flour, a large amount of grain and …
In the memorial complex of Sardarapat, on the right side of the Victory Path, there are huge sculptures of five eagles with proudly raised heads and a vigilant gaze. The total height of the sculptures is 6 m. “In the process of work, we felt that there was not enough word (spirit), there was not …
In this building, in 1918-1920, the Government of the First Republic of Armenia operated. The building was built in 1905 in Yerevan at 37 Hanrapetutyan Street. Source: History Museum of Armenia / Հայաստանի պատմության թանգարան Before publishing pretentious, toast-like statuses about the First Republic of Armenia, let us remember that this was the building of …
The commander of the “Revenge” detachment Aram Terzyan (Aram Kaitsak, Aram Lightning) – the hero of Hachn and Cilicia, said in his address to the Turks: “Cowardly animals, have pity on your soldiers, instead of shooting them in the back, go to the front line and see how the Armenians are able to meet you …
Oshin Gandzaketsi, son of Hetum. In 1073, fleeing the persecution of the Seljuk Turks, he and his family moved to Cilicia from the village of Mayryats Jurk, which was located in the Artsakh region of Great Armenia (Northern Artsakh), establishing the Khetumid dynasty. The ruler of Cilicia, Ablgarib Artsruni, presented to his friend Oshin the …
In the early autumn of 1920, there was a period when only Meghri and a few nearby villages remained under the control of Nzhdeh. The enemy occupied Goris, Kapan, Sisian. In Meghri, Nzhdeh was surrounded on three sides by Russians, Turks and Tatars, and was pressed against the Persian border. Thus, Nzhdeh was completely cut …
“Looking back at our history, we see that not a single dictator of the East has caused the Armenian people as much harm as the envy of armenian melik, prince and crown did. …Yes, no external enemy has dealt a blow to our people as mercilessly as did some figures from the inside. Denunciation, betrayal, …
The first caravan of repatriates arrived in the port of Batumi on the “Transylvania” steamer on June 27, 1946. Most of the Armenians who arrived in Armenia at that time were from Damascus and Beirut. The number of repatriates who arrived on the “Transylvania” steamer was 1806 people. Two days later, the repatriates were sent …
After 1915, the number of Armenians in the western part of Armenia was equal to zero, and it was about the transfer of Historical Armenia to the legal successor in the person of the Ottoman Empire. Young Turks, natives of Baku, claimed that the Turks, on this land, accounted the majority, and therefore they are …
Map of Alexander Vuillemin – 1812-1880. “Asia Minor, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria and Syria” published in 1858 in Paris Map of the German cartographer and geographer Karl von Spruner Mertz (1803 – 1892) – published in 1865. Source geoclub.info Translation Art-A-Tsolum
History teaches that it teaches nothing! The photo posted below shows the Red Army on Abovyan Street – Yerevan. One hundred and one years ago, on November 29, 1920, the 11th Red Army invaded Armenia. Armenia became Soviet. All this happened in a geopolitically complex regional situation ․․․ indeed, history is cyclical, it teaches only …
The photo below shows a car made from scrap metal by a 14-year-old student of the Gyumri orphanage, 1920s. This is a vivid manifestation of the powerful gene of Armenian talent. An Armenian child, although despite having seen the horrors of the Armenian Genocide, is still capable of spinning the wheel of history, creating and …
On November 18, 1918, in the village of Avdallar in Artsakh, General Andranik received telegrams from British General Thomson, Khan Khoysky, from Yerevan and from many other places … all of them demanded an immediate cessation of hostilities against the Turks. All of them insisted that Andranik’s actions allegedly threaten the peaceful settlement of the …
In his memoirs, German traveler Johann Schiltberger talks about Karabakh as a part of Armenia under the rule Shah Rukh, son of Tamerlane (Timur). Johann Schiltberger served as a squire for the knight Lienhart Richartinger, with whom he participated in the battle against the Turks at Nicopolis in 1396. In the Battle of Nicopolis, Schiltberger …
54 years ago, at the doorstep of Stepanakert and on one of its heights, a statue of “Grandfather and Grandmother” (“tatik-papik” in Armenian, also called “We Are Our Mountains”) was erected, symbolizing Artsakh and the Armenian heritage of the region. In 1964, a world exhibition was held in the Italian city of Carrara. Along with …
Originally, members of the Bznuni family occupied the position of leaders among the Armenian nobility. With time, the family branched out toward chief military ranks. Bznuni members are repeatedly mentioned in royal chronicles and military letters. The ancestral symbol of the Bznuni clan was a hawk, which later became the basis of the family’s coat …
Renowned Turkish historian and publicist Taner Akçam, author of a number of studies on the Armenian Genocide, congratulated historian Ümit Kurt on completing the book “The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province”. The book is expected to be published in April by Harvard University Press. As a result of the …
“I don’t want and cannot write long and in detail about our country, your inquiry notwithstanding. I’ll write to you briefly. We have destroyed our country from within and from without. Mostly we. I say ‘we’, and it is true. Some are interfering scoundrel, some are thieves and robbers, and some – the helpless and …