This Week in Armenian History
Death of Arshak Bourjalian (September 4, 1946)
Arshak Bourjalian was a well-known figure in the avant-garde of Russian and Armenian theater during ...
Birth of Sumpad Boroyan (August 28, 1875)
General Sumpad, also known by the pseudonym of Makhluto, was one of the figures of the fedayee movem...
Death of Perch Zeytuntsian (August 21, 2017)
Perch Zeytuntsian was an Armenian playwright, screenwriter, and novelist who served as the first Min...
Death of Nikol Aghbalian (August 15, 1947)
Educator, literary critic, public figure, scholar. These are some of the many hats that Nikol Aghbal...
Birth of Sarkis Katchadourian (August 9, 1886)
Painter Sarkis Katchadourian, besides his place in Armenian art, should also be remembered for redis...
Birth of Hrant Shahinian (July 30, 1923)
Two-time golden medalist in the Olympic Games of Helsinki (1952), Hrant Shahinian was the first Arme...
BIRTH OF SHARA DALIAN (July 16, 1893)
Shara Dalian was an extraordinary singer of Armenian popular songs and opera, especially as an unsur...
Death of Nar-Dos (July 13, 1933)
The literary school known as realism had two main representatives in Eastern Armenian literature. No...
Death of Karen Jeppe (July 7, 1935)
This year marks the 85th anniversary of the death of Karen Jeppe, the guardian angel of Armenian orp...