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armenia-marks-army-dayJanuary 28 is National Army Day in Armenia.... Read More
french-senate-adopts-genocide-billThe French Senate adopted bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial after long debates on Monday.... Read More
22/01/2012People
viktor-hambardzumyan-1908-1996Biography of Viktor Hambardzumyan - Famous scientist, astronomer, astrophysicist and one of the founders of the field of theoretical astrophysics.... Read More
ten-suggestions-for-turkey-to-face-its-own-historyThe landmark decision made by the Lower House of the French Parliament on penalization of the Armenian Genocide denial provoked an impressive and harsh reaction from the Turkish political circles...... Read More
22/01/2012People
garik-martirosyanBiography of Garik Martirosyan He was born on February 14, 1974 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR. In 2002 he graduated from Yerevan State Medical University with a degree in neurology. Worked three years in a...... Read More
22/01/2012People / Groups
famous-armeniansBiographies of Famous Armenians - life, photos, career, family all in one website... Read More
hrant-dink-protesters-march-in-istanbulMore than 10,000 protesters marked the fifth anniversary of a Turkish-Armenian journalist's murder on Thursday, January 19, as outrage continues to grow over a trial which failed to shed light on official...... Read More
turkish-vandals-desecrate-armenian-graves-againRobbers from Turkey’s eastern region of Genci (Bingol province) are desecrating Armenian graves in an attempt to dig out gold, Asbarez reported, citing the Turkish media.... Read More
20/01/2012People
avetik-isahakyan-biographyBiography of Famous Armenian poet and writer Avetik Isahakyan. he began his education at St. Etchmiadzin Gevorgyan seminary (chemaran) (1889-92). In 1893 he attended classes at Leipzig University as a...... Read More
20/01/2012People / Groups
writers-and-artistsBiographies of Armenian writers and artists, photos, pictures, life, stories... Read More
19/01/2012Maps
medieval-armenia-and-neighbours-mapsThe Maps of Medieval (middle ages) Armenia and its Neighbours - Byzantine, Persia... Read More
about-rohat-alakom-book-svensk-kurdiska-kontakter-under-tusen-arRohat Alakom is a Kurdish author who lives in Sweden and has his own publishing house in Stockholm. Since 1987 he has published ten volumes in Kurdish, Turkish, and Swedish on various aspects of Kurdish...... Read More
pierre-nora-french-historian-acknowledged-negative-public-policy-of-denial-in-turkeyPierre Nora, famous for his negativistic ideas, acknowledged at a French Mémoire et Histoire (Memory and History) TV program by Alain Finkielkraut on France Culture, that Turkey runs a state policy of...... Read More
medicine-in-ancient-and-medieval-armeniameniaArmenian medicine, which has a history of some 3000 years, has created a rich treasury of natural medicaments. Medicine is an inseparable part of ancient Armenian culture and its roots come from deep in...... Read More
armenian-khachkar-cross-stone-placed-in-tomsk-russia-city-squareArmenian Khachkar (cross stone) placed in Tomsk (Russia) city Square ... Read More
the-medical-heritage-of-medieval-armenia-its-theoretical-and-practical-value-in-the-light-of-modern-scienceMedicine is an inseparable part of the ancient Armenian culture. Its roots come from deep in the past. Relying on folk medicine and its sources, it accumulated the experience and knowledge of many...... Read More
14/01/2012People
william-saroyanWilliam Saroyan (born Aug. 31, 1908, Fresno, Calif., U.S. — died May 18, 1981, Fresno) was an Armenian-American writer and dramatist. Saroyan was the largely self-educated son of an Armenian immigrant. He...... Read More
14/01/2012People
sergei-parajanovBiography of Sergei Parajanov (Սարգիս Փարաջանյան; Сергей Иосифович Параджанов;). He was born on the January 9, 1924, in Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR, to an ethnic Armenian family. His father was Iosif...... Read More
14/01/2012People
ghazaros-aghayanBiography of Ghazaros Aghayan. He was born in Bolnis-Khachen ( present Georgia) - an outstanding Armenian writer-democrat, the teacher and the public figure. Ghazaros Aghayan has been translated...... Read More
13/01/2012Armenian History
history-of-armenian-diaspora-spyurqHistory of Armenian Diaspora (Spyurq)- Armenians in Europe, Asia, Africa, South and North America etc... Read More
sergei-parajanovs-film-presented-in-singaporeIn the framework of World Cinema Series Armenian film Director Sergei Parajanov’s The Color of Pomegranate was presented in Singapore’s National Museum on Thursday.... Read More
500th-anniversary-of-armenian-typographyArmenia’s National Archive will organize exhibitions dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the Armenian typography and 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Armenian Army.... Read More
armenian-legendary-secret-agent-diedLegendary secret agent, Soviet hero Gevorg Vardanyan died at the age of 87 in Moscow on Tuesday.... Read More
88th-birthday-anniversary-of-sergei-parajanovSergei Parajanov was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated from Moscow Institute of Cinematography. He shot a number of films. But it was Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (renamed Wild Horses of Fire for...... Read More
10/01/2012People / Groups
historiansBiographies of Armenian Historians: Movses Khorenatsi, Ghazar, Parpetsi, Yeghishe, Koryun, David Anhagt, Atanas Taronatsi... Read More
07/01/2012People
koryunKoryun (Կորյուն) was an Armenian historian who lived in Armenia during the 5th century AD. He received his early education under Mesrob Mashtots and continued it in Byzantium.... Read More
armenian-president-gift-to-armenians-of-lebanonArmenia’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Ashot Kocharyan, visited Wednesday the retirement home and the special school for children of the Center for Armenian Handicaps in Lebanon (CAHL), and the...... Read More
armenians-in-indonesiaAn unpublished Research about the Armenians in Indonesia. The publishing material is an extract from a typewritten manuscript, called “Concise History of the Armenians in Indonesia” written by E. H....... Read More
the-german-pilgrims-planet-armenia-travels-about-germany-and-spreads-armenias-aromaOn November 26, 2011 at the Armenian Cultural Union in Hamburg took place the eighth presentation of the book “Planet Armenia: Pilgrimage to an Unknown Land” by Dr. Jochen Mangelsen. ... Read More
swedish-traveller-fredrick-hasselquist-about-armeniansThere are interesting observations and information about Armenian people in traveling notes of Swedish botanist and physician Fredrick Hasselquist (1722–1752) “Iter Palaestinum” first published in 1757....... Read More
   
   
   
   
   
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