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, …
Since the April four-day war of 2016, a number of agreements have been reached, among which, first of all, has been the installation and activation of a monitoring system that would allow determining the aggressor-instigator of escalations or hostilities. It is clear that all the reached agreements were primarily opposed by Baku, especially concerning the …
Look at the faces of the people in the photograph and try to mentally compare them with the contingent that can be remembered from both past and present governmental bodies of Armenia. And try to mentally find ten differences. Top row from left to right: Nikol Aghbalian – Minister of Education and Culture of the …
Do not be surprised, but there are still enough people in the Armenian society who are blindly in love with or are deceived or biased fans of the Russian-Bolshevik propaganda that has been deeply implanted in the consciousness of a certain group of people. The zombie program is planted so deeply that even the most …
The reader undoubtedly remembers that in December 1918, the Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control was established by England, France, and the US in Baku. In essence, it was an official and international commission, with only 7 Armenians among its 30 members. The commission invited the residents of Baku to submit estimates for the purpose of …
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 …
Armenians are so used to the ugly hypocrisy in the Russian media in relation to Armenia that they don’t really react to it at an everyday level. However, in recent times, the hypocrisy has acquired an official form. We are talking about the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry, which announced that the former ruling …
Each manuscript has its own destiny. Just like people. The fate of the most ancient Armenian manuscripts repeats the path of the Armenians themselves: exile, loss, and finding their homeland. This is how the Armenian manuscript heritage is characterized by Doctor of Historical Sciences Gevorg Ter-Vardanyan, head of the Matenadaran manuscript storage. By the will …
In the second half of the 4th century BC, Armenia was divided by the Achaemenids into Greater and Lesser Armenia. From the beginning of the 4th century BC, the weakened power of the Achaemenids embarked upon the path of decay. In 334 BC, Macedonian King Alexander the Great crossed the straits of the Black Sea, …
According to ancient Greek sources, the territory of Armenia under Achaemenid rule was divided into two administrative units (satrapies). For two centuries, Armenia has paid a large tribute with gold and horses to the Achaemenids, which testifies to the country’s economic prosperity. Considering the military power of the Armenian dynasty of Yervandunis (Orontids), the Persian …
In the 20th century, many propagandists from history (as I call such historians) questioned the work of Movses Khorenatsi, which no one has considered legendary and unreal in world historiography until the end of the 19th century. I am talking mainly about the first chapter of Khorenatsi’s “History of Armenia” based on the works of …
April 1911. Along the route of the Saint Petersburg-Tbilisi train, a large concentration of Armenians was observed at each station. Even for such a train, congestion and turmoil at the stations were unusual. People came with wreaths to cover the coffin of the most famous Armenian philanthropist of all times, late Alexander Mantashev, which was …
The Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic) lasted for about 5–6 thousand years, from about the 12th to the middle of the 7th millennium BC. During this time period, the modern human has been finally formed. The invention of the bow and arrow greatly facilitated hunting, which in its turn increased the consumption of meat food. The …
In the 4th century BC in the territory of historical Armenia, two administrative-political units were formed, Greater Armenia and Lesser Armenia, whose borders ran along the Western Euphrates River. Greater Armenia included fifteen provinces (nahangs) – Ayrarat, Gugark, Utik, Artsakh, Syunik, Paytakaran, Parskahayk, Vaspurakan, Korchayk, Moghk, Aghdznik, Turuberan, Tsopk (Sophene), Upper Armenia, and Tayk. Each …
“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 …
The absurd play with obvious signs of aggressive obscurantism called the “Victory Day” of May 9, 2019, was initiated by the Russian Kremlin and Co. and then spread to some former Soviet republics, including Armenia. The initiators of obscurantism have previously voiced the slogan “we can repeat 1941-1945,” whose doubtfulness gives some food for thought. …
In 743 BC, the powerful army of Assyrian King Tiglath-Pileser III invaded the Kingdom of Van. Tiglath-Pileser III passed from west to east, plundering the country, and laid siege to the capital of the Kingdom of Van Tushpa. Unable to capture the powerful citadel, Tiglath-Pileser III destroyed the city and left the country. The invasion …