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The Powerful Gene of Armenian Talent – History of Photography

The photo below shows a car made from scrap metal by a 14-year-old student of the Gyumri orphanage, 1920s.

This is a vivid manifestation of the powerful gene of Armenian talent.

An Armenian child, although despite having seen the horrors of the Armenian Genocide, is still capable of spinning the wheel of history, creating and flourishing!

Xajak Sirekanyan Translation Art-A-Tsolum

Vigen Avetisyan

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