25
Mar
Birth of Vazgen Gevorgian (March 31, 1923)
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Gregory of Narek’s poem “Book of Lamentations” (Narek, in popular denomination) is considered the mo...
This Week in Armenian History
18
Mar
Death of General Sempad (March 20, 1956)
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A fearless fedayee and comrade of arms of General Antranig, General Sempad fought for twenty years f...
11
Mar
Death of Kristapor Mikayelian (March 17, 1905)
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Kristapor Mikayelian, one of the founders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, devoted half of ...
04
Mar
Death of Ashugh Jivani (March 5, 1909)
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Jivani was perhaps the last great name in the old Armenian tradition of the wandering ashughs (troub...
24
Feb
The Sumgait Massacres (February 28, 1988)
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More than three decades of Azerbaijani anti-Armenian violence and destruction were kicked off by the...
18
Feb
DEATH OF KARAPET MELIK-OHANJANIAN (February 22, 1970)
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Distinguished Armenologist Karapet Melik-Ohanjanian, a survivor of the Stalinist persecutions, has m...
11
Feb
Birth of Madatia Karakashian (February 11, 1818)
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A pioneer of Armenian critical historiography, Madatia Karakashian was a prolific author who left hi...
04
Feb
Death of Sose Mayrig (February 9, 1953)
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The Armenian fedayee movement at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries ...
28
Jan
Death of Maro Markarian (January 29, 1999)
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Along with Silva Kaputikian, Maro Markarian was perhaps the best known female poet in Soviet Armenia...
21
Jan
BIRTH OF SUREN AGHABABIAN (JANUARY 22, 1922)
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Suren Aghababian was one of the influential names in Soviet Armenian literary scholarship and critic...