This Week in Armenian History
Birth of Mikhail Vartanov (February 21, 1937)
Mikhail Vartanov is considered an important cinematographer and documentarian of his generation note...
Birth of Davit Hovhannes (February 17, 1945)
Davit Hovhannes (Hovhannisian) was born on February 17, 1945, in Yerevan. He was the son of poet Hra...
Death of Grigor Khalatiants (February 8, 1912)
Grigor Khalatiants, historian and philologist, was an important name in Armenian Studies in the late...
Death of Hovhannes Mirza-Vanandetsi (February 3, 1841)
Hovhannes Mirza-Vanandetsi was one of the exponents of Armenian classicism in the nineteenth century...
Birth of Mher Abeghian (January 26, 1909)
Mher Abeghian was a well-known in Soviet Armenian painting in the 1940s-1980s period. He was born...
Birth of Manya Ghazaryan (January 20, 1924)
Manya Ghazaryan, a prolific art historian, was born on January 20, 1924, in Tbilisi (Georgia). She g...
Birth of Hrach Zartarian (January 15, 1897)
Hrach Zartarian was one of the important yet lesser-known names of French Armenian literature in the...
Birth of Charles Dowsett (January 2, 1924)
Charles Dowsett was the first person to hold a position in Armenian studies at a British university....
Death of Osip Mandelstam (December 27, 1938)
Osip Mandelstam, one of the foremost Russian poets of the early twentieth century, was also celebrat...
Birth of Hovhannes Badalian (December 15, 1924)
December 15 marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Hovhannes Badalian, one of the most reco...