Below is the secret order of the command of the 28th division of the 11th Red Army regarding the implementation of repressions in Zangezur. “Proceeding from the uprising that broke out in Zangezur and is now spreading every day, as well as due to the danger of the uprising’s spread to Nagorno-Karabakh, declare martial law …
In the history of Armenia, there have been many betrayals. Let us give just one example from the history of the 5th century, which is when the Arshakuni dynasty fell. The last king of the Arshakuni dynasty was Artashes IV, the son of Vramshapuh. During the six-year rule of Artashes Arshakuni (422-428), the struggle between …
Writer Ler Kamsar about the atrocities of the Bolsheviks after the Kemal-Bolshevik occupation: “The Bolsheviks entered Armenia with a satanic smile on their face. They were very hungry because they came from communist Russia. Overnight, all provisions were taken away from the people – butter, meat, flour, sugar, dry fruits, salt, pepper. They took absolutely …
The Republic of Azerbaijan since the very day of its independence has made claims on the territories of two Armenian states – the Republics of Artaskh and Armenia. The dominant ethnos in Azerbaijan – which is descending from Turkic nomadic pastoralists who had migrated to the fertile lands of Eastern Transcaucasia from the arid steppes …
We present to your attention a recently appeared photo taken in a period that was considered the peak of the national liberation struggle in both halves of Armenia – Eastern and Western. The photo dating to 1905 shows a group of armed Armenian women. Given the photo’s context, particularly noteworthy is the assassination attempt on …
Below is the secret order of the command of the 28th division of the 11th Red Army concerning the elimination of the armed units of Nzhdeh. “The gangs of Nzhdeh thanks to the propaganda of their agents mobilized the entire population of the Qatar region (Iran) and commenced a counter-revolutionary uprising. The uprising involved the …
Having investigated the areas of Zangezur, Nakhichevan, Sharur-Daralagez, and Yerevan (the main arena of military operations), it is necessary to draw the following conclusion. The entire territory of the alleged hostilities is occupied by mountains with a height of 5-7 thousand feet which are separated by mountain rivers, forest valleys, and flooded places. The road …
After the passing of Raffi, his wife Anna – Assyrian by nationality – along with her two sons moved to London. There, the family was the driving force behind the local Armenian community. Son Arshak was appointed Ambassador of the First Republic of Armenia to the UK. He put a lot of effort and resources …
The liberation of the city of Shushi reduced yet did not eliminate the threat to the peaceful cities of Artsakh, especially for the population of the capital city of Stepanakert. The military-political leadership of Azerbaijan viewed its air force and large-caliber artillery not so much as tools to fulfill the tasks of fire assistance to …
The Mashtots Hayrapet Church (Mashtots Patriarch’s Church) is located in the village of Garni. It was built over the grave of the Catholicos of All Armenians Mashtots I of Yeghvard, who had moved the treasures of the Etchmiadzin Cathedral to Garni during the Arab invasion in 876. Catholicos Mashtots died and was buried here in …
Many national cultural centers — centers of social thought, education, science, art, and printing — have been formed far outside the borders of the historical homeland of the Armenian people. So has been its fate. Nor Jugha, Istanbul, Calcutta, Madras, Venice, Vienna, Marseille, Paris, Lviv, Astrakhan, Grigoriopol, and Nakhichevan-on-Don – this is not a complete …
Below is the order of the Highest Russian Council to Commander of the Caspian Forces General Dolgorukov dated August 15, 1727, regarding the Turkish attack on Armenian territories after the conclusion of the Russian-Turkish Treaty of 1724 and the ostensible assistance to Armenians. “In accordance with our previous orders, you must gather as many troops …
The beginning of the epoch which we call the Armenian Renaissance dates back to the 10th-11th centuries – the period of the “centenary peace” and well-being of Armenia, when the country experienced a spiritual revival, giving free rein to the accumulated thirst for creativity. Freeing itself from the grip of the church and social dogma, …
A photo that captures the most symbolic fact of Russian-Turkish friendship. In this train car located in Kars on October 13, 1921, the Kemalists and the Bolsheviks concluded the notorious Kars Treaty. On the wall of the car is an excerpt from the appeal of the Russian 11th Red Army addressed to the Turkish commander …
The last Russian emperor, Nicholas II (1894-1917), was the immediate executioner of the Armenian people on par with the Turkish authorities. In particular, during the Armenian pogroms of 1894-1896, the Russian emperor declared his support to the Turkish sultan Abdul Hamid. Moreover, Russian diplomacy called the rising movement against the Sultan policy of exterminating the …
One of the ideologists of the Armenian Genocide was Nazim Bey. During the secret meetings of the Young Turks, which were attended by Djemal, Enver, Talaat, Behaeddin Shakir Bey, and other executioners of the Armenian people, Nazim Bey tried to ideologically justify the crimes that were being prepared against the Armenians. We present to you …
The course of the history of Armenia has a rather interesting trajectory. In fact, there have been quite a few losses in our history, though this isn’t unique only for us. However, there is one period whose disastrous consequences we are still feeling. While it has been possible to restore the Armenian statehood after the …
The king of which country wrote that Armenians should be destroyed with the support of Muslims? Who defined the borders of the provinces in such a way that the lands of historical Armenia with a predominantly Armenian population (Utik, Artsakh, Syunik, Lori, and Javakhk) remained in the Elisabethpol and Tiflis provinces so that later these …