Raphael Lemkin (June 24, 1900 – August 28, 1959) was an American lawyer of Polish-Jewish origin. He was the author of the term “genocide” and the draft of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Raphael Lemkin first dealt with the issue of the legal responsibility for the extermination …
The Republic of Artsakh incorporates the territory of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and 7 adjacent regions of the former Azerbaijan SSR, which together comprise the territory of the historical Armenian province of Artsakh. Azerbaijani falsification number 1: the so-called “20%” The total area of the Republic of Artsakh (former NKR) is around 11,500 square …
Until the mid-18th century, the territory of the Fizuli region was part of the Armenian principality of Dizak (together with the neighboring Jebrail region), and its population consisted almost exclusively of Armenians. This is now testified by the ruins of ancient Armenian churches and cemeteries in the vicinity of the city. In the second half …
To say that the world is not perfect means to say nothing. But it’s also clear that the “human eye” somehow gets used to this imperfection (in every society in its own way, depending on civilizational views, social status, or economic development). But about six months ago, I came across a phenomenon where a “little” …
A scientific publication of the Russian Empire talks about the beauty of the ancient Armenian cemetery in Julfa (destroyed by Azerbaijanis a few years ago). Within the framework of the 1881 project “Collection of materials for describing the localities and tribes of the Caucasus”, the inspector of the Nakhichevan city school K. A. Nikitin published …
We present to your attention another victim of Azerbaijani vandalism. Before you is the Surb Karapet monastery in the town of Abrakunis in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic. The photos have been taken in the 1980s. The rich and crowded Armenian city of Abrakunis was destroyed in 1604 by Shah Abbas. Its inhabitants were deported to …
The territory in which the Armenian people originated is called Hayastan (Hayk). The neighboring peoples called it differently – Armenia, Arminuya, Hayasa, Nairi, Armina, Aratta, Urartu, Somkheti, etc. The Armenian Highlands are located between the Asia Minor and Iranian plateaus. The average altitude of the Highlands is 1500-1800 meters. Higher than the surrounding plateaus, the …
The national-cultural genocide of Armenians also encompassed Armenian manuscripts. Over millennia, the Armenian people have created tens of thousands of manuscripts in history, art, natural sciences, as well as works of spiritual and secular nature. Armenian manuscripts have occasionally been destroyed from time to time by various conquerors. However, in the late 19th and early …
Armenian cinema owes our people a great debt. The young generation of Armenians is growing in ignorance about their heroes, and the rare historical films shot back in the Soviet period, as a rule, glorify not the worthiest representatives of our people. Even today, we can see films about Kamo or Atarbekov, on our television …
Tevan Stepanyan is one of those heroes of the Armenian people who during the years of Soviet power were branded as enemies or put into oblivion. But today, many, including the fellow countrymen of Tevan, the Karabakh people, are rediscovering the history of their land and are beginning to recognize their heroes. After Armenia gained …
Komandos – Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan: “The Armenian command did not approve of the operation, and we did not have any clear instructions, but we had to act. That is why a meeting of 72 commanders was held where we unanimously decided that the operation should be carried out. The commanders should have fulfilled my order, but …
On August 10, 1920, plenipotentiary B. V. Legrand on behalf of the RSFSR, on one hand, and representatives of the Republic of Armenia A. Jamalyan and A. Babalyan on the other on the basis of recognition of the independence and full sovereignty of the Republic of Armenia concluded this agreement as follows: 1. From 12 …
For the first time, we met Monte in Shahumyan. I, Father Grikor Markosyan, and Shahen Meghryan stood near the Surb Astvatsatsin Church, watching the restoration work on the interior decoration of the temple. Monte approached us – he had arrived with his squad to defend Shahumyan. Shahen Meghryan introduced us. Monte introduced himself as Avo. …
In late April-early May 1991, the special forces (OMON) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan with the support of the forces of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR launched the large-scale punitive Operation Ring, the goal of which was the expulsion of the Armenian population from the …
1. Consider the interim agreement concluded on behalf of the Karabakh congress with the Azerbaijani government as violated by the latter due to the organized attack of the Azerbaijani troops on the peaceful Armenian population of Karabakh and the extermination of the population in Shushi and surrounding villages. 2. Declare the accession of Nagorno-Karabakh to …
It is dangerous to ignore the truth, but it is even more dangerous to forget about it. This was also known to Adolf Hitler who mentioned the Armenian Genocide in his second speech to the Wehrmacht officers a week before the invasion of Poland in 1939. He appealed to the Totenkopf division with a call …
Considering that the issue of the participation of Nagorno-Karabakh will be resolved at the Peace Conference; that all clashes are fatal for the nationalities living in Karabakh; that with any resolution of the Karabakh issue, Armenians and Muslims will have to live together, the Karabakh congress at the fourth meeting on August 15, 1919, decided …
Miniature number 1. The Derbent Governorate to the south of modern Dagestan and the north of modern Azerbaijan. The population was 116 thousand people and comprised of Georgians, Chechens, and Armenians. Tatars (current Azerbaijanis) are not mentioned – all highlanders are counted as Chechens. Miniature number 2. The Erivan Governorate, which is practically modern Armenia. …