Monday, January 30, 2017

Birth of Paris Marie Pishmish (January 30, 1911)

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Like her colleague Alenoush Terian in Iran, Paris Marie Pishmish played an instrumental role to establish the study of modern astronomy in...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

Birth of Haig Patigian (January 22, 1876)

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The growth of the Armenian American community in the early twentieth century included the names of various artists. One of them was th...
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...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Birth of Nicholas Adontz (January 10, 1871)

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A statue of Nicholas Adontz near the museum of history of Sisian, named after him. Nicholas Adontz was one of the most influential...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Birth of Nairi Zarian (December 31, 1900)

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Many Soviet Armenian writers who flourished in the first half of the twentieth century were survivors of the Armenian Genocide. Several of...
Sunday, December 25, 2016

Death of Anita Conti (December 25, 1997)

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Anita Conti belongs to the category of remarkable people of Armenian origin to be found throughout history. She was known throughout the w...
Thursday, December 15, 2016

Birth of Johannes Lepsius (December 15, 1858)

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In the fateful years that led to the end of the Ottoman Empire, Johannes Lepsius was the one personality who tried to raise Armenian issues...