19
Apr
Birth of General Sebouh (April 20, 1872)
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General Sebouh was one of the remarkable fighters of the Armenian liberation movement at the turn of...
This Week in Armenian History
12
Apr
Birth of Levon Isahakian (April 16, 1908)
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Levon Isahakian was born on April 16, 1908, in Alexandropol (now Gyumri). He graduated from the facu...
06
Apr
Birth of Vertanes Papazian (April 12, 1866)
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Vertanes Papazian was a prolific writer who delved into subjects of social and national interest at ...
29
Mar
Birth of Avedik Evdokiatsi (April 1, 1657)
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Confessional struggle in the Armenian community took important proportions at the beginning of the e...
22
Mar
Death of Tigran Chukhajian (March 23, 1898)
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Dikran Chukhajian was the first author of operas in Armenian reality, and his first opera became fam...
16
Mar
Death of Petros Ghapantsi (March 20, 1784)
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In a period where Armenian literature was still going through a transition between the old and the n...
08
Mar
Death of Aramayis Sahakian (March 14, 2013)
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While Soviet Armenian “official” satire did not enjoy, for obvious reasons, the freedom needed to fu...
01
Mar
Birth of Jacob Künzler (March 8, 1871)
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Missionary, doctor and nurse, Protestant deacon, eyewitness of the Armenian Genocide and rescuer and...
22
Feb
Birth of Samvel Mkrtchyan (February 25, 1959)
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Reading the list of translations by Samvel Mkrtchyan is simply humbling. His translation of a text l...
15
Feb
Death of Tigrane Polat (February 17th, 1950)
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One of the finest engravers of France of his time, Tigrane Polat (or Polad) was born on March 23, 18...