This Week in Armenian History
Birth of Natalia Melikian (May 20, 1906)
Natalia Melikian was a pioneering female scientist in Armenia. Her actual name was Natalia Ter Melik...
Birth of Tateos Agekian (May 12, 1913)
Tateos Agekian was a Soviet astrophysicist of Armenian descent and one of the pioneers of Russian an...
Birth of Ruben Hovsepian (May 5, 1939)
Ruben Hovsepian was one of the notable figures of the so-called “youth prose” in Armenia during the ...
Birth of Hovhannes Shiraz (April 27, 1915)
Poet Hovhannes Shiraz, one of the most popular names in Armenia and the Diaspora during Soviet times...
Death of Catholicos Abraham III (April 18, 1734)
Abraham of Crete was born in Heraklion, Crete, in the seventeenth century and was Armenian Prelate o...
Death of Lili Chookasian (April 9, 2012)
Lili Chookasian became an acclaimed opera singer after she started singing opera in the late 1950s, ...
Death of Mgrdich Margosian (April 7, 2022)
Mgrdich Margosian was the last representative of Armenian provincial literature in the Armenian lang...
Birth of Khoren Abrahamian (April 1, 1930)
Khoren Abrahamian was one of the renowned actors of Armenian theater and cinema in the 1960s-1990s. ...
Death of Catholicos Hakob V (March 21, 1763)
Hakob Shamakhetsi was one of the prominent figures of the Armenian Church in the 18th century. H...
Death of Simon Weber (March 12, 1929)
Simon Weber was a German orientalist and Armenian Studies scholar who wrote prolifically about Armen...