Sunday, April 20, 2014

April 20, 1948: Death of Avetis Aharonian

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Avetis Aharonian, known as the “singer of Armenian sorrow,” was one of the popular names of Eastern Armenian literature in the first half...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

April 16, 1923: Foundation of Armenfilm

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The first Armenian movie, called “Armenian Cinema” (Հայկական սինեմա), was filmed in 1912 in Cairo (Egypt). In the same year, it was sho...
Friday, April 4, 2014

April 4, 1945: Death of Vahan Tekeyan

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Poet and public figure, Vahan Tekeyan belonged to the surviving generation of the Armenian Genocide and during the last three decades o...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

March 29, 1912: Death of Gabriel Sundukian

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This year is the 90th anniversary of the National Academic Theatre of Armenia. Not by chance, it is named after Gabriel Sundukian. This...
Saturday, March 22, 2014

March 22, 1925: Death of Alexander Miasnikian

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Few communist leaders are still celebrated in Armenia after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the second independence. Alexander Miasni...
Saturday, March 15, 2014

March 15, 1921: Assassination of Talaat Pasha

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On March 16, 1921, one of the headlines of The New York Times read: “Talaat Pasha Slain in Berlin Suburb.” After giving the details of the ...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Birth of Hrachia Adjarian - March 8, 1876

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In times when “social mobility” was not a fashionable concept yet, the son of a shoemaker could become the foremost expert of the Armenian l...