This Week in Armenian History
Birth of Pavel Lisitsian (November 6, 1911)
Pavel (Poghos) Lisitsian was born on November 6, 1911, in Vladikavkaz (Northern Caucasus). His fathe...
Death of Hakob Khachatryantz (November 1, 1960)
Hakob (Iakov) Khachatryantz was one of the most accomplished translators of Armenian literature into...
Death of Angelo Ephrikian (October 30, 1982)
Musicologist Angelo Ephrikian was one of the rediscoverers of the work of Antonio Vivaldi in Italy. ...
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 ...