Showing posts with label Stalin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stalin. Show all posts
Monday, September 30, 2019

Birth of Gevorg Emin (September 30, 1919)

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This year is the hundredth birth anniversary of Gevorg Emin, one of the fine names of the poetry of Armenia in the second half of the past...
Thursday, August 1, 2019

Death of Alexander Bekzadian (August 1, 1938)

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Like many of his compatriots involved in communism, Alexander Bekzadian came to believe that socialism (morphed into communism) was the o...
Saturday, July 28, 2018

Death of A. Amatuni (July 28, 1938)

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He was simply known as “Amatuni” when he briefly showed up at th...
Monday, June 25, 2018

Birth of Levon Orbeli (June 25, 1882)

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Levon (also known as Leon) Orbeli was the middle brother in a family of scientists and an important physiologist, mostly active in Russia...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Deportation to Altai (June 14, 1949)

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The great wave of repression of 1936-1938, which cost the lives of millions of Soviet citizens, had several thousands of victims in Arme...
Friday, March 16, 2018

Treaty of Moscow (March 16, 1921)

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Friday, December 22, 2017

Death of Mekertich Armen (December 22, 1972)

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Mekertich Armen was a less known, even though well-regarded member of the generation of Armenian inte...
Friday, May 5, 2017

Death of Martiros Sarian (May 5, 1972)

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Martiros Sarian, one of the two names of Soviet Armenian culture who earned the title of Varbed (Վարպետ “Master”), was the founder of a mode...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

Birth of Osip Mandelstam (January 15, 1891)

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Osip Mandelstam, a famous Russian poet, was the author of one of the finest essays on Armenia in the twentieth century. His sojourn in the...