This Week in Armenian History

23 Apr

This Week in Armenian History

THE FIRST COMMEMORATION OF THE GENOCIDE IN SOVIET ARMENIA (April 24, 1965)

• October 20, 2021
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On April 24, 1926, the mourning bells sounded at the Holy See of Echmiadzin for the last time. The C...

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16 Apr

This Week in Armenian History

Birth of Shirvanzade (April 18, 1858)

• October 20, 2021
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Shirvanzade, one of the major names in Armenian realist novel and theater, was born Alexander Movsis...

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09 Apr

This Week in Armenian History

Birth of Arshile Gorky (April 15, 1904)

• October 20, 2021
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There are many cases in the history of arts and letters when an artist who has been engulfed by a tr...

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02 Apr

This Week in Armenian History

Birth of Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikian (April 3, 1922)

• October 20, 2021
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The Bazhbeuk-Melikians, a family with old roots in Tiflis, nowadays Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia,...

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26 Mar

This Week in Armenian History

Birth of Parsegh Tuglaciyan (April 1, 1933)

• October 20, 2021
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Parsegh Tuglaciyan (known in Turkish milieus as Pars Tuglaci) had an extensive production in Armenia...

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19 Mar

This Week in Armenian History

Birth of Harry Babasin (March 19, 1921)

• May 12, 2023
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Harry Babasin, one of so many Armenians who have made their name in the non-Armenian milieu and with...

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12 Mar

This Week in Armenian History

Death of Artashes Abeghian (March 13, 1955)

• October 18, 2021
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Armenian Studies scholars have frequently engaged in science, but also in public affairs. Artashes A...

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05 Mar

This Week in Armenian History

Death of Khachik Dashtents (March 9, 1974)

• October 18, 2021
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A survivor himself, Khachik Dashtents was one of the writers who resurrected the theme of the genoci...

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27 Feb

This Week in Armenian History

Birth of Rupen Sevag (February 28, 1885)

• October 18, 2021
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Rupen Chilingirian was born on February 28, 1885, in the village of Silivri (Eastern Thrace), near C...

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19 Feb

This Week in Armenian History

DEATH OF ALEXANDER YERITSIAN (February 21, 1902)

• October 18, 2021
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Alexander Yeritsian is one of those names of Armenian scholarship that have remained almost unknown ...

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