Monday, June 29, 2015

Death of Hampartzum Limonjian (June 29, 1839)

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Hampartzum Limonjian, better known by the sobriquet Baba Hampartzum, was one of the most important figures of Armenian music. He opened a n...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Assembly of Shahabivan (June 24, 444)

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In a period when the kingdom had fallen (428) and the country was divided between Persia and Byzantium, the Armenian Church rose as the mai...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Birth of Axel Bakunts (June 13, 1899)

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Axel Bakunts was the most important prose writer in the first generation of Soviet Armenian literature. As many other intellectuals, he w...
Friday, June 5, 2015

Death of Vahram Papazian (June 5, 1968)

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From Constantinople to Yerevan and from Paris to Moscow, Vahram Papazian would become the most accomplished Shakespearean actor of the Ar...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Declaration of United Armenia (May 28, 1919)

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At the time of the independence of the first Republic of Armenia (May 1918), its population also included a mass of refugees from Western A...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Opening of the Monument of Sardarabad (May 25, 1968)

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Sardarabad, located 25 miles to the west of Yerevan, became the last Armenian stance against the advance of the invading Third Ottoman Arm...
Friday, May 15, 2015

Death of Tovma Medzopetsi (May 15, 1446)

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Tovma Medzopetsi was the last noteworthy name in the long chain of Armenian medieval historians. As many others before him, his historica...