Nerses Zakaryan was born in 1883 In İzmit (Nicomedia-Akunk). He studied at the local national school and successfully graduated from the public high school. He also studied at the public vocational schools of the Augustinians, acquiring deep expertise. From an early age, Zakaryan has taught and worked as a tutor at the İzmit National School. …
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 …
The photo on the left is titled “Madonna with a Kalashnikov”. This is a photo by Russian photographer Oleg Klimov who captured a woman holding an AK during the war in Nagorno-Karabakh. The photo shows Ella Harutyunyan, 42, waiting for her son Andranik to hand him the assault rifle. In a few minutes, Andranik would …
The world-famous artist, the main representative of the American school of abstract art Arshile Gorky lived in the center of Yerevan during the most difficult period in the history of Armenia – in 1916-1919. Today, this area is called the dead end of Abovyan Street. Famous journalist and public figure Ado Adoyan was the artist’s …
Parandzem (4th century) was the wife of King Arshak II and mother of King Pap. She was the daughter of the influential Syunik prince Andovk from the ancient Armenian family of Syuni whose possessions were second only to the King’s in size. Andovk is known for his struggle against the Persian invaders. With the joint …
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 …
An online discussion on the topic “When Was the Decision Made to Annihilate the Armenians?” will take place on September 14 at 11 AM. It is organized by the UCLA Promise Armenian Institute in collaboration with the UCLA Richard Hovhannisyan Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, the …
Meruzhan Mosiyan and Armen Melkumyan – two ordinary Artsakh boys. Two bosom friends who also became comrades-in-arms in the war. Two legendary commanders. Two holders of the Battle Cross of the first degree. And one Artsakh for two, for which they died almost on the same August day but with a difference of one year. …
Colonel Arsen Shahmazyan was the governor of Syunik in 1919. On November 3, 1919, it was Shahmazyan who stopped the attempt of joint control over Syunik by Azerbaijani and Kurdish military groups and two Turkish platoons. The area was successfully defended – after that, Garegin Nzhdeh came to assist Shahmazyan. After the Soviet occupation of …
Public love is alien to Armenians. Perhaps no nation on earth has such a propensity for emigration, separation from each other, and flight from each other as the Armenians. The Armenian believes that it is better to live happily in a foreign country than to share all his sufferings and joys with his blood relatives …
Nerses IV Klaetsi (Armenian: Ներսես Դ Կլայեցի; born in 1102 in the Tsovk Fortress, Armenian Mesopotamia – died on August 13, 1173, Hromkla, Cilicia) was one of the most significant Armenian poets, a public figure, and the Catholicos (1166-1173) of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Nerses was also known as Nerses Shnorhali (Armenian: Ներսես Շնորհալի, Nerses …
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 …
Among the Armenians, there are quite a few representatives whose genius gave impetus to other languages. For example, Soviet linguist, scientist, a native of Artsakh Ruben Avanesov created the first dialectological atlas of the Russian language in 1938. Our parents and grandparents also studied with the Russian language textbooks of his student S.G. Barkhudarov. In …
Spiritual familiarization with the nation – if it happens, it means that our soul has acquired the ability to empathize with the nation. I preach the truth because the greater the number of people in my nation who do not follow it, the more often and with more severity there will be contention between them. …
Today, in our so controversial and often unfair and sometimes just frankly vile times when wedding generals and overfed near-political figures often run the show, I want to tell you about one of the true and real heroes. He, unlike the aforementioned individuals, really fought in the Artsakh War and did not hide under the …
In Soviet historiography, such “inconvenient” facts have always been covered up. In reality, the tsarist secret police have arrested the great poet several times – in particular, in 1909-1911 – on “charges” of assisting the Armenian national liberation movement. It should be noted that Tumanyan’s lawyer was the future leader of democratic Russia, Prime Minister …
Rely on your own strength. The strength and feat of Sparapet Tatul In 1054, King Gagik I Bagratuni heroically resisted the Seljuks in Vanand. At that time, the Seljuks were invading Armenia under the leadership of Sultan Tughril. In the battle against the Seljuks, commander Tatul Vanandetsi distinguished himself by breaking through the ranks of …
“… If Soviet Russia does not sincerely share the idea of an independent Armenia, if it decided to lend a hand to Turkey over the corpses of Armenian people and achieve its goals through the destruction of Armenia, and if, as a result of an agreement between the Kemalists and Communists, Russia attacks the borders …