Monday, June 25, 2018

Birth of Levon Orbeli (June 25, 1882)

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Levon (also known as Leon) Orbeli was the middle brother in a family of scientists and an important physiologist, mostly active in Russia...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Deportation to Altai (June 14, 1949)

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The great wave of repression of 1936-1938, which cost the lives of millions of Soviet citizens, had several thousands of victims in Arme...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Death of Ara Sarkissian (June 13, 1969)

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Ara Sarkissian is considered the founder of Soviet Armenian sculpture.   He was born in the suburb of Makrikeuy, near Constantinople, ...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

Birth of Vartan Makhokhian (May 31, 1869)

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Ivan (Hovhannes) Aivazovsky is the premier seascape painter in Armenian art, but his younger contemporary, Vartan Makhokhian (also spell...
Monday, May 28, 2018

First Commemoration of Independence in Soviet Armenia (May 28, 1988)

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During the Soviet regime, the history of the first independence of Armenia was thoroughly distorted and the commemoration of May 28 was l...
Monday, May 21, 2018

Death of Parsegh Ganachian (May 21, 1967)

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The best known of Gomidas Vartabed’s “five disciples” and an accomplished composer and choirmaster himself, Parsegh Ganachian is also kno...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Death of Keri (May 15, 1916)

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Keri, a veteran leader of the Armenian liberation movement at the turn of the twentieth century, became also a prominent military figure ...