This Week in Armenian History
Death of Haik Asatrian (January 13, 1956)
Haik Asatrian was an Armenian political theorist and an associate and close friend of Garegin Nzhdeh...
Death of Armenag Salmaslian (January 7, 1971)
Armenag Salmaslian was born on December 10, 1888, in Mkhalich, a village near Brusa (Bursa), in Turk...
Death of Rev. Fr. Hovhannes Hunkearbeyendian (December 28, 1894)
We know that Hrachia Adjarian was the author of the monumental 7-volume etymological dictionary of t...
Death of Ida Kar (December 24, 1974)
Ida Kar was a photographer active mainly in London after 1945. She made a significant contribution t...
Birth of Vigen Khechumian (December 15, 1916)
Vigen Khechumian was one of the most original and less known prose writers of Soviet Armenian litera...
Birth of Friedrich Windischmann (December 13, 1811)
Friedrich Windischmann, a Roman Catholic theologian, was noted as one of the best authorities on Arm...
Death of Louise Nalbandian (December 2, 1926)
Louise Nalbandian was one of the pioneering names in Armenian Studies in the 1960s, with a promising...
Birth of Varazdat Harutiunian (November 29, 1909)
Varazdat Harutiunian was one of the best known names in the study of Armenian architecture in Armeni...
Death of Levon Mirijanian (November 16, 2004)
Poet Levon Mirijanian had a wide literary and public activity in Armenia from the 1960s to the 2000s...
Death of Father Kapriel Menevishian (November 14, 1936)
Father Kapriel Menevishian was a well-known name of the Vienna branch of the Mekhitarist Congregatio...