This Week In Armenian History
Monday, June 26, 2017
Birth of Krikor Zohrab (June 26, 1861)
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Known as the “prince of the Armenian short novel,” he was also a skillful and highly regarded lawyer, as well as an experienced member of ...
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Birth of Kristapor Araratian (June 18, 1876)
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A generation of Armenian professional soldiers who had distinguished themselves in the Russian army led the military of the firs...
Friday, June 9, 2017
Death of Karen Asrian (June 9, 2008)
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Chess has remained a beloved activity in Armenia since Soviet times, and especially after Tigran Petrosian became world champion from 196...
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Treaty of Batum (June 4, 1918)
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In the early months of 1918, two parallel processes developed in the Southern Caucasus: on the one hand, Ottoman military actions, and on...
Saturday, May 27, 2017
Death of Kevork Chavoush (May 27, 1907)
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There were names that rose to legendary proportions at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century, when Turkish and...
Monday, May 15, 2017
Birth of Arman Manookian (May 15, 1904)
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The Hawaiian scenes of Arman Manookian, an Armenian-American painter with a premature and tragic end, have been rediscovered in the last y...
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...
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