This Week in Armenian History
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...
The Cartozian Case Ruling (July 28, 1925)
A hundred year ago this day, a pivotal legal case, United States v. Tatos Osgihan Cartozian, came to...
Death of Kamo (July 14, 1922)
Simon Ter-Petrosian, better known by his nome de guerre Kamo, was a Bolshevik revolutionary and an e...
Death of Catholicos Coadjutor Papken I (July 9, 1936)
Archbishop Papken Guleserian was one of the prolific members of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the...
Birth of Jak Ihmalyan (June 30, 1922)
Jak Ihmalyan was a Turkish Armenian painter, political activist, and university teacher who lived mo...
Birth of Garnik Ananian (June 22, 1934)
Garnik Ananian was a prolific literary critic and commentator in Armenia. He was born in Ijevan. ...
Death of Raoul Aslan (June 17, 1958)
Raoul Aslan was one of the most popular Austrian actors in the 1920-1950 period. He was born Raou...
Birth of Aram Merangulian (June 8, 1902)
Composer and musician Aram Merangulian hand an important role in Armenian folklore music with the cr...