This Week in Armenian History
DEATH OF ALEXANDER YERITSIAN (February 21, 1902)
Alexander Yeritsian is one of those names of Armenian scholarship ...
Death of Hamazasp Servantzdiants (February 18, 1921)
The first years of the twentieth century did not lack in heroic exploits, and Hamazasp Servantzdiant...
Birth of Ashkharbek Kalantar (February 11, 1884)
Ashkharbek Kalantar was an important player in the founding of arc...
Death of Ross Bagdasarian (January 16, 1972)
“Alvin and the Chipmunks”? In Armenian history, really? That was a...
Birth of Vartan Vartanov (January 12, 1853)
“Pavlovian conditioning,” “Pavlovian theory,” “Pavlov’s dog.” Thes...
DEATH OF SEMBAT SHAHAZIZ (January 5, 1908)
Sembat Shahaziz (Shahazizian) was born on September 17, 1840, in t...
Death of Georgi Yakulov (December 28, 1928)
Avant-garde painter and scenographer Georgi Yakulov lived most of his life in Moscow, but did n...