This Week in Armenian History
Birth of Petros Kalantarian (October 20, 1735)
Petros Kalantarian was the first Armenian doctor who received his medical education in Russia. H...
Birth of Rafael de Nogales Méndez (October 14, 1877)
Rafael de Nogales Méndez was a soldier of fortune, adventurer, and witness of the Armenian Genocide....
Death of Atabek Khenkoyan (October 8, 1935)
Atabek Khenkoyan, also known with the pseudonym of Khenko-Aper, was considered one of the best autho...
Death of Charles Aznavour (October 1, 2018)
Statues, parks, and special coins in France, Armenia, and other countries have remembered French Arm...
Death of Kevork Pamukciyan (September 23, 1996)
Kevork Pamukciyan was a prolific Turkish Armenian writer, historian, and biography researcher. H...
Birth of Nicol Kalanderian (September 7, 1881)
Nicol Kalanderian was a noted composer of Armenian lyrical songs and others grounded in folk music a...
Death of Nikoghos Tahmizian (August 30, 2011)
Nikoghos Tahmizian was the foremost name of Armenian musicology in the second half of the twentieth ...
Birth of Vagharshak Elibekian (August 23, 1910)
Painter Vagharshak Elibekian reconstructed the picturesque image of old Tbilisi, the capital of Geor...
Death of Richard Yardumian (August 15, 1985)
Richard Yardumian was an Armenian-American classical music composer who was associated to Eugene Orm...
Death of Anayis (August 4, 1950)
Anayis is one of the lesser known female writers of Western Armenian literature, particularly rememb...