My trip from the province to Constantinople took place under hellish conditions: I will never forget what I have seen and heard. I witnessed the extermination of an entire people, and what I am writing now is a summary, a schematic depiction of what had happened, and it cannot even represent a thousandth part of …
Commander Narses (478-573) was a Romanized Armenian general and an influential court official of the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian I. Along with Belisarius, he was one of the great generals in service of the Byzantine Emperor. Narses was born presumably in 478 in the territory of Armenia, which was then part of Sassanian Persia. …
Khachatur Kesaratsi (1590-1646) was the founder of the first printing press in Iran. He installed the printing press in the Church of Holy Savior in New Julfa in 1638. Khachatur Kesaratsi’s printing house was the first not only in Iran but also in the entire Middle East. The first book in Persian was published in …
Who is an Armenian? Surely, the one who speaks Armenian? Or the one whose last name rhymes with “yan”? Anyone who is ready to eat pilaf and dolma for dinner day after day? Or the one for whom the Armenian hat and costume is an honor? Who is an Armenian? Surely the one who visits …
From the story of a boy from Van who would build schools and churches in Buenos Aires. Told by his granddaughter Lara Vanian. My grandfather Gurgen was 11 years old when the Genocide raged through the village of Ardamed located near Van. Most of his family were massacred by the Turks, but his grandfather and …
American-Armenian writer Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte presented a book about the pogroms of Armenians in Baku. The presentation of the Russian edition of the author’s book “Nowhere, a Story of Exile” was held in Yerevan in 2017. The book is based on the memoirs of the writer herself. Mainly, they are based around the pogroms of …
It was cold in Venice. Small islands of ice in some places floated in the canals; they were slowly blown down into the lagoon by the current, like paper litter swollen in water. Nobody lingered on the streets – the squares were empty. The reason for this was not only the cold. From the balcony …
In 2017 was published the book of Senor Hasratyan “Heroes”, representing the life and activity of Heroes of Artsakh, holders of the Golden Eagle order Monte Charles Melkonyan (Avo) and Kristapor Ivan Ivanyan. Artsakhpress reports that the book aims to immortalize the Artsakh national liberation struggle that unfolded at the end of the 20th century, …
In her “Memories and Conversations”, daughter of Hovhannes Tumanyan Nvard Tumanyan shared the will of her father. “In March 1922, before undergoing surgery at a Tiflis clinic, Tumanyan asked his entire family to gather near his bed. When asked whether his relatives wanted to hear his last will in case of an unsuccessful surgery, Mushegh, …
In 1937, Axel Bakunts (Alexander Tevosyan) was executed. Axel Bakunts was an Armenian prose writer, scriptwriter, translator, activist, and a participant of the Sardarapat Battle. Bakunts was a native of the town of Goris, Syunik Province, a child of a peasant family. After graduation, Bakunts was sent to Etchmiadzin to continue his study at the …
“I always wondered about the power that comes from here and turns into water in human eyes. Wow! I have never wanted to be an actor. And yet, step by step, my holy hour, which dragged me into the theater, arrived, and I did not have time to get enough of my childhood.” The dramatic …
The below documentary tells about the life and activity of Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869-1923). Tumanyan was born in the village of Dsegh in the Lori region. In his youth, he ended up in Tiflis and found himself in social, political, and cultural turmoil. The famous poet was also an active public figure, for which …
Sergey Mergelyan was an outstanding mathematician, a member-correspondent of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR and the Republic of Armenia. He also was a laureate of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Stalin Prize, and holder of the Order of …
In 1911, in one of his letters, Armenian poet and doctor Ruben Sevak wrote: “I would like to go to Venice before the final return to home and spend at least one spring there, one of the few springs of my life. I want to live, to feel that I am alive… in anticipation of …
Cultural figures of the Armenian SSR extremely rarely visited Karabakh, especially in the decades preceding the collapse of the USSR. Prior to this, one of the rare exceptions was famous Armenian poet Avetik Isahakyan’s trip to Karabakh in July 1948. The master was heavily impressed by what he saw, as evidenced by the short entries …
“Armenia is a wonderland… If asked where any more miracles can be found on our planet, I would name, first of all, Armenia… One can hardly be surprised that in such a small corner of the world, one can meet such monuments and such people that can become an ornament and an object of pride …
Vittoria Aganoor was an Italian poetess of Armenian descent. Her works have rightfully earned her a place among the most respected writers of the country, among the likes of Boccaccio and Dante. Born into a noble Armenian family living in the Italian Padova, Vittoria has grown up in the “House of Armenians” (“Casa degli armeni”) …
Prime Minister of the First Republic of Armenia Hamo Ohanjanyan on the blind Russophilia among Armenians. “Today, we (the government of Armenia) should not doubt the existence of an agreement between Soviet Russia and the leader of Turkish nationalists Mustafa Kemal, which was published in the press several months ago. And we should not doubt …