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The battle for Zangezur in 1918-1921 is known in Armenian history as “Գոյամարտ” – “Goyamart” or “struggle for existence” in Armenian. And it indeed was a battle for the right to exist, for land, for the right to remain Armenians. Sisian was the decisive link in the battle for Zangezur. In historical works, Sisian has …
Before 1915, more than 42,000 Armenians lived in the villages near the ancient city of Urfa (Urha, Orfa, or Edessa). This Armenian community had 10 churches, one monastery, and about 20 Armenian schools. One of these Armenian-populated villages was the village of Jipin. During the Armenian Genocide in 1915, the forced emigration of Armenians began …
In the courtyard of the monastery of the Holy Apostles in Mush, at the tombstone of Mushegh and Vahan Mamikonyans once stood Vardan Vardapet, the last caretaker of the monastery and a defender of the Armenian liberation struggle and the fedayi troops. In 1915, the genocidal Turks invaded the monastery of the Holy Apostles in …
The Armenians took part in the establishment of the city of Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar Krai. How did they settle in Novorossiysk? What role did the representatives of Armenia play in the development of this city? What is the Armenian community in Novorossiysk today? Find answers to these questions in the radio broadcast below (in …
Many orphans were converted to Islam during the 1915 Armenian Genocide, as testified by archival documents about the actions of Talaat, Enver, and Jemal Pasha. The violent Islamization of Armenian orphans is also considered genocide. This is how Ruben Melkonyan, Doctor of Historical Sciences, describes it (in Armenian). Public Radio of Armenia · Հավատի ճամփով …
1. How could Azerbaijan “give” Armenia the Erivan province on May 28, 1918, if Azerbaijan was less than one day old (legal capacity of the state)? 2. Do Azerbaijani historians know that one of the conditions of Turkey’s ultimatum to the Transcaucasian Seim in May 1918 was the concession of the “two-thirds” of the territory …
In Istanbul, the Turkish Foundation for Social and Historical Research has published a book by Armenian historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Arsen Avagyan. The book is titled “The Dark Story of Young Turk and Communist Salih Zeki (Kusharkov)”. This was reported by Akunq.net with reference to the foundation’s website. According to the source, in …
If it were not for this Armenian, the Turks would have had neither their alphabet nor the language in which they communicate and write every day, and Atatürk would have remained Mustafa Kemal. In the Şişli district of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, there is the small Dilâçar Street. This name does not mean …
According to Bolsahays.com, famous 20th-century Turkish poet, philosopher, and linguist Riza Tevfik in 1926 made a proposal to switch the Turkish alphabet from Arabic to Armenian script. After the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk initiated language reforms in the country. The purpose of the reforms was to replace the Ottoman language, …
The killer’s weakness was greater than the weakness of the weak. This weakness could only frighten defenseless children and women who, to the end, fulfilling their maternal, patriotic, and professional duty bravely bowed their heads to the beast that boasted the power of arms. It is difficult, even impossible, to talk about each of the …
In April 2015, on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, The Guardian invited its readers in Armenia and the diaspora to talk about the consequences of the Genocide for their families. More than 500 people responded to the New East Network project by sending letters, photographs, and other materials, some of …
In 1844, the first ever population census was carried out in the Ottoman Empire, which showed that only 47% of the country’s population was Muslim. In contrast, today, Muslims make up 99% of the population of Turkey. Where have the Armenians, Greeks, and Assyrians gone who, according to the census of 1844, accounted for 50% …
Archaeological excavations carried out by the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia in the village of Sotk, Geghamasar community, Gegharkunik Province are nearing completion. Archaeologist Avetis Grigoryan said that the mass grave uncovered during these excavations may shed light on the dark pages of the …
Interestingly, if we study the areas of the Mediterranean Sea near Cilicia and all of its flooded monuments, the holes in the old evidence will be filled, and a new vision will appear, allowing us to rewrite the once glorious pages of our history. The Mediterranean Sea. With its sunken ships, planes, sunken monuments, settlements, …
The Lisbon 5 (also known as the Lisbon Five) drew the world’s attention to the Armenian issue on July 27, 1983. Five members of the Armenian Revolutionary Army – Vache Daghlian, Setrak Ajamian, Simon Yahniyan, Ara Kuhrjulian, and Sarkis Abrahamian – opened a new page in the recognition of the Armenian Genocide and the restoration …
This photo was taken in June 1992, in the most difficult and tragic time of the Artsakh war. At that time, our units engaged in the toughest battles would often retreat in front of superior enemy forces reinforced by Russian units, Turkish advisers, and mercenaries from near and far abroad. The photo shows the crew …
Armenian physician and a classic of medieval medicine in Armenia Mkhitar Heratsi (12th century) was well-familiar with the Greco-Roman and Byzantine medicine, the medicine of the peoples of the medieval East, as well as with the medieval philosophy and natural sciences. Heratsi wrote several major essays where he summarized the many-sided experience of his medical …
The first railway line on the territory of the present Republic of Armenia was opened in 1899. It connected Tiflis (now Tbilisi) with Alexandropol (now Gyumri). In 1902, the Alexandropol – Erivan (Yerevan) section was opened as well. The railway in Armenia actively developed up until 1988. It was almost completely electrified. Nevertheless, the railway …