We present to your attention an excerpt from the work of Rafael Ishkhanyan “Torn-apart Armenia.” “Look at the map of the South Caucasus. You will immediately notice that Armenia is two and a half or three times smaller than Georgia and Azerbaijan. Not only is it smaller, but it is also “gnawed” from all sides, …
“I received information from my local representatives that the Russian victorious army not only does not assist the Armenians or protect them from violence but treats with complete indifference any problem relating to the protection of Christians, which allows the leaders of Kurdish tribes and Circassians to continue the exploitation of defenseless Christians scot-free. While …
Many national cultural centers — centers of social thought, education, science, art, and printing — were formed far beyond the borders of the historical homeland of the Armenian people. Nor Jugha, Istanbul, Calcutta, Madras, Moscow, Venice, Vienna, Marseille, Paris, Lviv, Astrakhan, Grigoriopol, and Nakhichevan-on-Don. This is not a complete list, but it also includes the …
When Gabriel Sundukyan was exiled to Derbent, he did not give up and didn’t remain idle. Instead, he designed this beautiful church in the place of a small chapel at an Armenian cemetery. The Church of the Holy Savior in Derbent is protected by UNESCO. And we thought that Gabriel Sundukyan was exclusively a master …
Forbes has published an annual ranking of the richest self-made women in the United States. On the 42nd position is Carolyn Rafaelian with a fortune of 520 million dollars. She earned her fortune with her own brand of jewelry Alex and Ani which she named in honor of her two daughters. It was founded in …
Khachatur (Kristapor) Gerasimovich Araratov, an awardee of the St. George Cross of the 4th degree, was born on June 18, 1876, in Tiflis. He was a descendant of hereditary Tiflis noblemen and the son of a retired lieutenant colonel Karapet (Gerasim) Avetikovich Araratov. Araratov graduated from the Tiflis Cadet Corps (1893) and the Mikhailovsky Artillery …
The monastery of Odzun is located in the village of the same name in Lori province of Armenia. Its history dates back to the 5th century. The village of Odzun has preserved the domed basilica of the Odzun monastery which was supposedly built in the 6th or the first quarter of the 7th century. The …
He surprisingly and inexplicably combined a simple, even rustic, somewhat shy manner of communication in everyday life and some kind of epic audacity – not from our time and our reality – and courage combined with rare composure in extreme and critical situations. Unlike so many of his peers and comrades in arms, he entered …
“Are we at the end of the periodic table? Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian, the only living scientist to have an element named in his honor, doesn’t think so,” writes Science Magazine. The American research journal Science Magazine has published an article on the activities of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Dubna, Russia, which …
“I intermediate the transfer of the rank of lieutenant colonel to Captain Nzhdeh, and for his special merits the rank of colonel. Commander of the Zangezur troops Major General Ghazarov.” This unique document, which exists in a single copy, was provided through the mediation of Avetis Avetisyan from the national archive of Armenia. According to …
One of the most legendary photographs of the Karabakh war depicts an Armenian warrior and an Azerbaijani grandmother. This photo was taken at the very beginning of April 1993. On the photo are a repatriate from France Sarkis Hatspanyan and 81 years old Sheikh Khanum. On March 27, 1993, the Armenian troops launched an operation …
Artashes I (reigned in 189-160 BC) was one of the most powerful rulers of the ancient world. He was respected and trusted by the rulers of many countries. The case described below testifies to the high respect King Artashes enjoyed abroad. In 183 BC, Pontic king Pharnaces I occupied key ports in Asia Minor – …
Blaise (Barsegh or Vlasy, died in 316 AD) of Sebastia was the bishop of the city of Sebastia in the Roman province of Cappadocia. His feast falls on February 11 in the Orthodox Church (according to the Julian calendar) and on February 3 in the Catholic Church. Blaise is among the saint martyrs of the …
Aram Karamanukyan was born in 1910 in the city of Ayntap. He remains the only Armenian in the Middle East to have received the highest military awards not only in Syria but also in Lebanon, Egypt, and France. During the Armenian Genocide, Karamanukyan’s family managed to find refuge in the city of Aleppo in Syria. …
Caro Lucas was an Iranian scientist in the field of intelligent systems and robotics. He is widely considered the father of Iranian robotics. Caro Lukas (Ghukasyan) was born in 1951 in the Armenian New Jugha district of the city of Isfahan in Iran. He graduated from the Kooshesh Mariamian National School in Tehran, after which …
“The country known as Armenia was once a fairly significant state, which extended in length from the banks of the Euphrates River to the Kur and the Caspian Sea for 1,500 versts (around 1,500 km or 932 mi), and in width from the lands of the Laz people, Colchis, the Caucasus Mountains, and Iberia to …
Harutyun Vehapetyan, the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, has made great efforts to transfer an antique mosaic from Musrar into the legal possession of the Armenian Apostolic Church. In the 7th century, there were about 70 Armenian churches and monasteries in Israel which were all decorated with mosaics. One of them, with an Armenian ornament and …
“He is the Armenian Robin Hood, Garibaldi, and Washington all in one. He is an ideal patriot, about whom ballads are created everywhere and whose name inspires Armenians to sing songs to him at work or when lulling a baby.” The Literary Digest, 1920 Andranik Ozanyan (1865-1927) was an activist of the Armenian national liberation …