Few people know that in the Soviet years, the monument to Ghukas Ghukasyan used to stand in Yerevan. At the age of 18, Ghukas joined the Communist Party. Three years later, he was killed by the Dashnaks during the May uprising. The May Uprising was an armed rebellion of the pro-communist forces against the government …
“You had heroic battles to defend your ancient culture, your honor, and your religion”. René Pinon Renowned French publicist, lawyer, historian, journalist, and Armenophile René Pinon was one of the first in France to demand the prosecution of the Young Turkish government which had committed a crime against the Armenian people – the Armenian Genocide. …
Many missionaries who have dedicated their lives to saving Armenian women and children became witnesses to the Armenian Genocide. Among them were dedicated members of a Scandinavian missionary organization. We are talking about the Danish evangelical organization “Women’s Missionary Workers” (Kvindelige Missions Arbejdere, K.M.A.) founded in Copenhagen in 1900. The organization’s motto fully describes its …
In 1981, ASALA members occupied the Turkish Embassy in Paris and held more than 50 people hostage for 15 hours. Due to this, Patrick Devedjian withdrew from the mayoral election and chose to defend the four young Armenian ASALA members in court. Devedjian and his team made sure that the ASALA members be called “combatants” …
This photo from the archives of the Artsakh war depicts a priest with an AK assault rifle in his hands, ready at any moment to repulse the enemy that has encroached on his homeland. Involuntarily, one recalls the words of the great son of the Armenian people Garegin Nzhdeh: “The one who restrained his own …
Garo Kahkejian, known as Spitak Arch (The White Bear), was a participant of the Artsakh War and the commander of the “Crusaders” volunteer unit. Garo Kahkejian was born on March 24, 1962, in the city of Aleppo, Syria. After graduating the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Frankfurt University of Engineering, Kahkejian moved to Fresno, California. …
One hundred years ago, the 1891 July issue of the “Historical Herald” journal featured the article “The Father of Suvorov” authored by M.I. Pylyaev… The father of Russian military leader and national hero Aleksandr Suvorov, General and Senator Vasily Ivanovich Suvorov was born in 1705 in Moscow. His ancestral home was on Tsaritsynskaya Street, the …
Theodora was a Byzantine empress, the wife of the Byzantine emperor Theophilos, and the regent of her son Michael III in 842–855 after the death of Theophilos. Originally from Paphlagonia, Theodora was of Armenian aristocratic origin. Theodora is also known as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Her holiday is celebrated on February 11th. …
Al Pacino has played an Armenian in two films. One is “You Don’t Know Jack” (2010) by director Barry Levinson. Here, Al Pacino played the role of a real and rather scandalous Armenian – Dr. Jack Kevorkian who was nicknamed “Doctor Death” by the media. For this role, Al Pacino won the Golden Globe Award. …
Russian-Armenian opera singer and dramatic soprano Svetlana Kasyan is considered a sensation in the world of music, but her path to recognition was not easy. The interview below tells about the struggles of her family to overcome need and hunger. As Kasyan said: “I am from a poor family and I know what hunger is …
Mardik Martin (September 16, 1934 – September 11, 2019) is an American screenwriter of Armenian descent. His screenplay for Martin Scorsese’s “Raging Bull” (1980) written with Paul Schrader has been listed by the Writers Guild of America in the “101 Greatest Screenplay of All Times” ranking. Mardik Martin was born in Iran and raised in …
For many immigrants from Iran, the issue of “belonging” in the United States is difficult because of the changing nature of the community in recent decades. Furthermore, the anti-Iranian stance taken by people of different political views after the 1979 Islamic Revolution is often based on the assertion that the Iranians are not a historical …
In the summer of 2013, world-famous Spanish operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé visited Artsakh and Armenia. The video below contains footage of the great singer’s visit to the two countries and her performance of Komitas’s song “Krunk”. Montserrat Caballé sang the “Krunk” of Komitas and became an Armenian, and we, shocked, listened and understood that there …
A post titled “Princess Diana’s Hidden Ancestral Secret Revealed” by abcnews.go.com talks about Indian-Armenian roots in the British Royal Family based on DNA analyses. Eliza Kewark (possibly Kevorkian) is Prince William’s great-great-great-great-great-grandmother. The ABC News article doesn’t mention this, but Kewark is thought to have been an Armenian by father and Indian by mother. Mary …
Donald E. Miller, Director of Strategic Initiatives of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California, has visited Armenia and Artsakh together with his wife Lorna Touryan-Miller many times. In 2003, Professor Miller published the book “Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope”. In his book, he talks about what he …
Eugenie’s father Varderes Atanesyan was a friend of Komitas and was arrested with him in Istanbul on April 24, 1915. Atanesyan was also the author of a unique exhibit stored in the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute since 1965. This exhibit is beads with the engraved names of Armenians exiled to the village of Chankiri in 1915. …
In 1926, Jewish poet and publicist Sholom Schwartzbard took revenge on the leader of Ukrainian nationalists Symon Petliura for the bloody pogroms. Schwartzbard became inspired with assassination by the act of Soghomon Tehlirian who had several years earlier assassinated one of the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide in Berlin. Soghomon Tehlirian was a highly melancholic …
As many of you know, on January 28, 1983, ASALA fighter Levon Ekmekjyan was executed in a Turkish prison. He was one of the fighters who carried out the Karin operation on August 7, 1982, against the fascist Turkish state in its very heart – at the Ankara Esenboğa Airport. For 30 years, Turkey would …