Thursday, November 20, 2014

November 20-23, 1923: The “Self-Liquidation” of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Yerevan

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The first years of the Soviet experience were marked by the struggle to establish the foundations of the new regime that included the need t...
Friday, November 14, 2014

November 14, 1829: Birth of Mikael Nalbandian

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Francis Scott Key is just remembered as the author of the lyrics of the U.S. national anthem. It is not the same in the case of Mikael Nalb...
Friday, November 7, 2014

November 7, 1922: Inauguration of the National Library of Armenia

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The biggest repository of Armenian literature in the world is the National Library of Armenia, founded in 1921, but officially inaugurated ...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

October 23, 1908: Birth of Anna Ter Avetikian

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This name is probably unfamiliar to the English reader. Anna Ter Avetikian was the first female architect of Armenia and the designer of som...
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

October 21, 1978: Death of Anastas Mikoyan

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Anastas Mikoyan was perhaps the only politician that lived through the first half century of the Soviet regime, from the days of Lenin to ...
Monday, October 13, 2014

October 13, 1668: Completion of the first printing of the Armenian Bible

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After more than two and half years of work, the printing of the first edition of the Armenian Bible was finished in Amsterdam (Netherlands) ...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

October 8, 451: Opening of the Council of Chalcedon

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The fourth ecumenical council that convened in Chalcedon became a turning point in the history of the Armenian Church, even though the Armen...