“That’s right, my father was a carpenter, but one day, he came home with a bloodied head. Whose hands had done this? The hands of the people of the Sultan. What for? For being a Christian. Judge for yourself – after this, could the son of a poor carpenter continue doing his crafts as if …
Leonid Azgaldyan (1942-1992) is a Hero of the Artsakh War. He was one of the first volunteers to come to the defense of Shahumyan district and Artsakh as a whole. In the interview presented below, standing against the backdrop of Shahumyan, Azgaldyan argues that Shahumyan and Getashen populations should be protected from deportation by Azerbaijan …
“When serious dangers are threatening a nation, only the strong ones remain in their positions. At these moments, the people among the strong seek the strongest and put their fates in his hands. This is how a true leader comes into the world.” These lines written back in the 1930s by Garegin Nzhdeh brilliantly describe …
1. After the Genocide, many Armenians emigrated to countries all over the world. But even more Armenians were not able to find a place to live. The biographers of Gyulbenkian write that the billionaire could not tolerate this and decided to support his nation. Using his political influence, Gyulbenkian did everything to stop Ataturk’s attempts …
At a time when the first sprouts of the struggle of women for their rights – particularly, their right to be elected to government posts – appeared in Europe, 3 out of 80 parliamentarians in the First Republic of Armenia were women. Katarina Zalyan-Manukyan Katarina Zalyan-Manukyan was a nurse and was particularly known for her …
Back in the middle of the 19th century, merchants from the Tarasyan (Torosyan) family had a very diversified business. The trade of textiles, spices, grain, and supplies for the needs of the Russian army (and a little later for the Russian railway builders laying out railways to the south of the country) allowed them to …
A century has passed since the Armenian Genocide in Turkey, but the stories of different families retold from generation to generation are bringing us back to the past again and again. Life in Western Armenia, childhood, ancestral home… People who remembered this and their homeland are long gone. Their descendants have spread to different countries. …
Hagop Bogigian was an emigrant from Western Armenia who became the first American millionaire of Armenian descent. Bogigian was born into a large Armenian family in 1856 in the Usenik village, Kharberd province, Western Armenia (now in modern Turkey). He arrived in the US at the age of 20 without any money in his pocket. …
The 7th century was marked by the emergence and flourishing of a new religion, Islam, which was soon destined to become a world religion. Along with Christianity and Judaism, Islam is one of the three Abrahamic religions. Its spread would not be so lightning fast if not for the Arab conquests. In 632, after the …
During a trip to Israel in 2017, Charles Aznavour gave an interview to the local Zahav newspaper. We present to you excerpts from this interview. Many of those who were born in exile do not feel anything for their country of origin – they simply aren’t aware of it. You are an exception. How do …
“And although today’s weapons are mostly mathematical, the fate of the armies is and will be determined by the human spirit today, tomorrow, and forever. The nation that along with the improvement of military equipment does not improve its warrior will not achieve anything substantial. From random and “stolen victories”, not a single country has …
Former Norwegian ambassador to Azerbaijan Steinar Gil has made a post on his Facebook page where he sharply criticizes the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture and Tourism which had deliberately turned a 19th-century Armenian church into an “ancient Albanian shrine”. The church in question is the church of St. George in Zaqatala, Azerbaijan, built in 1851. …
“Only a person free from low passions is able to think clearly. Evil are often dumb with their minds.” “Engage less in other people’s shortcomings – otherwise, you will cease to notice your own.” “The Armenian had his Vahagn, god of courage. He revered courage and was courageous himself. To this spiritual pathos – courage …
… I would like to especially note outstanding 19th-century Armenist Mkrtich Emin whose life and activity were inextricably linked with the House [Lazarev House in Armenian Lane]. Under his leadership, an Armenian studies school was established at the Lazarev Institute. Emin was born in New Julfa (Isfahan), Persia. His father, a rich man, sent the …
Armenians had their Vahagn, the god of courage. He admired courage and was courageous himself… Brave people in general are the people of the spirit. Armenians are among them. The courage of the pagan Armenian did not weaken in Christian Armenia. Along with his passion for exploits, this also took a new expression – voluntary …
Born in 1957 in Los Angeles into an Armenian family whose ancestors ended up in the United States as a result of the 1915 genocide, Mark Geragos received a law degree and then founded the “Association of Young Armenian Lawyers” which is operational to this day. In 2004, Geragos defended pop king Michael Jackson who …
Dmitry Likhachev (1906-1999) was a Soviet scientist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. If troops would not be urgently brought into Baku, Likhachev announced to Mikhail Gorbachev that he would leave the Communist Party of the USSR and go to Baku to personally protect …
In 1919-1921, Avetik Isahakyan actively participated in the preparation and organization of Operation Nemesis. In the house of Isahakyan, Soghomon Tehlirian was often talked about, and according to some sources, the assassination of Talaat had initially been entrusted to Isahakyan. During this time, Avetik Isahakyan repeatedly met Soghomon Tehlirian in Berlin and studied photos of …