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<title><![CDATA[Aram Andonian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3460/Aram-Andonian</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:21:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Aram Andonian (1875, Istanbul - December 23, 1952, Paris) was an Armenian journalist, historian and writer.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Krikor Balakian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3459/Krikor-Balakian</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:19:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Krikor Balakian 1875 – 8 October 1934), was an Armenian bishop, an eyewitness to the Armenian Genocide and a witness at the trial in Berlin against Soghomon Tehlirian, the murderer of Talât Pasha. Krikor Balakian is the great-uncle of Peter Balakian, the US-American writer and poet.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Nazaret Daghavarian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3458/Nazaret-Daghavarian</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:18:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Nazaret Daghavarian (Chaderjian, 1862, Sebastia - 1915) was an Armenian doctor, agronomist and public activist, one of the founders of Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU).]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Hagop Baronian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3457/Hagop-Baronian</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Hakop Baronian (1843–1891) was an influential Armenian writer, satirist, educator, and social figure in the 19th century. Born in Edirne, Paronian is widely acknowledged as the greatest Armenian satirist of all time, closely followed by Yervant Odian.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Erukhan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3456/Erukhan</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:12:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Erukhan (1870-1915) was the pen name for Yervant Srmakeshkhanlian. He was an Armenian writer of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was arrested, tortured, and killed by the Turkish authorities during the Armenian Genocide.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Diran Kelekian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3455/Diran-Kelekian</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:10:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Diran Kelekian (Dikran Kelegian, 1862, Kayseri - 1915, Çankırı) was an Ottoman Armenian journalist, writer and professor of Ottoman University (Istanbul), editor of "Cihan" (since 1883) and "Sabah" (since 1908) newspapers. Armenian Genocide victim.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Mekhitar]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3454/Mekhitar</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:07:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Mekhitar da Pietro, known as Abbot Mekhitar, also spelled Mkhitar, (meaning Mekhitar of Sebaste) born Petros Manuk (Manouk Petrosian) (1676-1749) was an Armenian Catholic monk (convert from Armenian Orthodox) and a prominent scholar and theologian (see Vardapet) who founded what would become the Mekhitarist Order.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Yervant Odian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3453/Yervant-Odian</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 05:49:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Yervant Odian (1869-1926) is considered to be one of the most influential Armenian satirists, along with the roughly contemporary Hagop Baronian. Odian's writings, which include novels and short stories, often humorously point out humanity's vices. He had the unique ability to conceive of and write stories at any given instant.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Vartan Pasha]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3452/Vartan-Pasha</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 05:15:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Vartan Pasha (Hovsep Vartanian or Osep Vartanian) was an Ottoman Armenian statesman, author and journalist of the 19th century, promoted to the rank of "Pasha" after three decades in the service of the state.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Karekin Pastermadjian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3451/Karekin-Pastermadjian</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:22:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Karekin Pastermadjian, more famously known by his nom de guerre Armen Karo, was one of the distinguished leaders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and an ambassador.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Ruben Sevak]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3450/Ruben-Sevak</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:20:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Rupen Sevag (February 15, 1885 - August 26, 1915) was an Armenian poet, prose-writer, and doctor.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Levon Shant]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3449/Levon-Shant</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:18:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Levon Shant (born Levon Seghoposian on April 6, 1869 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire - died November 29, 1951 in Beirut; Lebanon), was an Armenian playwright, novelist, poet, and founder of the Hamazkayin National Cultural Foundation.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Siamanto]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3448/Siamanto</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:11:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Atom Yarjanian, better known by his pen name Siamanto (1878 - 1915), was an influential Armenian writer, poet and national figure from the late 19th century and early 20th century. He was killed by the Turkish authorities during the Armenian Genocide.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Papken Siuni]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3447/Papken-Siuni</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:09:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Bedros Parian (1873-1896) better known by his nom de guerre Papken Siuni, was an important figure in the Armenian national movement, an Armenian Revolutionary Federation member and the leader, alongside Karekin Pastermadjian (Armen Garo), of the 1896 Ottoman Bank takeover.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Bedros Tourian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3446/Bedros-Tourian</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:07:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Bedros Tourian or Petros Duryan (1851-1872) was a famous Western Armenian poet, playwright and actor.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Daniel Varujan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3445/Daniel-Varujan</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:01:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Daniel Varujan or "Taniel Varujan"(April 20, 1884-August 26, 1915) is one of the significant Armenian poets of the 20th century.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Agop Dilaçar]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3425/Agop-Dilaçar</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:28:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Agop Martayan Dilaçar (May 22, 1895 – September 12, 1979) was an Armenian-Turkish linguist who specialized in Turkic languages and the first Secretary General and head specialist of the Turkish Language Association.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Can Arat]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3424/Can-Arat</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:26:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Can Arat (born January 21, 1984 in Merdivenköy, Istanbul) is a defender playing for the Turkish Premier Super League club İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor. He is 1.90 meters tall and weighs 82 kilograms.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Alen Markaryan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3423/Alen-Markaryan</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:25:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Alen Markaryan, (born 27 May 1966, İstanbul) is a Turkish supporters leader (Turkish: Amigo) and sport columnist with Armenian descent. He is one of the most famous members of Group Çarşı.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Nurhay Nakis]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3422/Nurhay-Nakis</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:23:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Nurhay Nakis was born on 1955 in Sivas, Turkey, of Armenian parents, is the president of Deportivo Armenio Futbol Club of Buenos Aires. From his childhood he has been a soccer fan, in 1971 when an Argentine team came to Turkey to play Beşiktaş J.K., Nakis went to Argentina to become one of the finest people in Argentine soccer, he was nicknamed 'El Armenio'.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Arat Dink]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3421/Arat-Dink</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:21:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Arat Dink (born 1979 in İstanbul-Turkey) is a Turkish journalist of Armenian origin and the executive editor of Agos, a bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper published in Istanbul.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Daron Acemoğlu]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3420/Daron-Acemoğlu</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:10:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Kamer Daron Acemoğlu Turkish pronunciation: or Acemoglu (born September 3, 1967 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish economist of Armenian descent.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Hrant  Dink]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3419/HrantDink</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:51:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Hrant Dink (September 15, 1954 – January 19, 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian editor, journalist and columHrant Dink (September 15, 1954 – January 19, 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian editor, journalist and columnist.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Etyen Mahçupyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3418/Etyen-Mahçupyan</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:48:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Etyen Mahçupyan (born 1950 in Istanbul) is a Turkish-Armenian journalist and writer. Since 2007 he has been the editor-in-chief of Agos, the Armenian community's weekly newspaper. He also contributes to the Turkish national dailies Taraf and Zaman.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Mıgırdiç Margosyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3417/Mıgırdiç-Margosyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3417/Mıgırdiç-Margosyan</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:46:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Mıgırdiç Margosyan (December 23, 1938–) is a Turkish author of Armenian descent.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Zahrad]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3416/Zahrad</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3416/Zahrad</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:45:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Zareh Yaldizciyan (10 May 1924– 21 February 2007), better known by his pen name Zahrad, was a Western Armenian poet.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Berç Türker Keresteciyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3415/Berç-Türker-Keresteciyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3415/Berç-Türker-Keresteciyan</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:43:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Berç Keresteciyan (aka Berç Türker Keresteciyan or Berç Keresteciyan Türker) (1870 – 1949) was a Turkish bank executive and politician of Armenian descent.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Artin Penik]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3414/Artin-Penik</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3414/Artin-Penik</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:41:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Artin Penik (1921 – August 15, 1982) was a Turkish-Armenian who committed suicide by self-immolation in protest of the terrorist Esenboga airport attack by the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA, also known as Third October) on August 10, 1982.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Onno Tunç]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3413/Onno-Tunç</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3413/Onno-Tunç</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:19:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Onno Tunç (full name Ohannes Tunçboyacıyan) was a leading Turkish-Armenian musician, working mainly as a composer and an arranger.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Yaşar Kurt]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3412/Yaşar-Kurt</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3412/Yaşar-Kurt</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:18:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Yaşar Kurt (b. 1968 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish rock artist of Armenian origin.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Udi Hrant Kenkulian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3411/Udi-Hrant-Kenkulian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3411/Udi-Hrant-Kenkulian</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:16:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Udi Hrant Kenkulian, often referred to as Udi Hrant ("oud-player Hrant") or as Hrant Emre ("Hrant of the soul") was an oud player of Turkish classical music, and a key transitional figure in its transformation into a contemporary popular music.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Cem Karaca]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3410/Cem-Karaca</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:07:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Muhtar Cem Karaca also called as Cem Baba (Daddy Cem or Father Cem). Legend by his fans, was a prominent Turkish rock musician and one of the most important figures in the Anatolian rock movement.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Hayko Cepkin]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3409/Hayko-Cepkin</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:05:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Hayko Cepkin is a Turkish musician who is mostly known for the unique music he constructs that ranges from alternative rock to melodic tunes.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Catholicos of All Armenians]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3396/Catholicos-of-All-Armenians</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:22:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Catholicos of All Armenians is the chief bishop of Armenia's national church, the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is one of the Oriental Orthodox churches that do not accept the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3393/Grégoire-Pierre-Agagianian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3393/Grégoire-Pierre-Agagianian</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:11:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Krikor Bedros Aghajanian was a Cardinal and leader of the Armenian Catholic Church. He served as Patriarch of Cilicia from 1937 to 1962, and Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in the Roman Curia from 1958 to 1970. Agagianian was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Michael Petros III Kasparian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3392/Michael-Petros-III-Kasparian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3392/Michael-Petros-III-Kasparian</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:10:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Michael Petros III Kasbarian was a member of the Order of St. Antoine, from Aleppo, Syria.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Jacob Petros II Hovsepian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3391/Jacob-Petros-II-Hovsepian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3391/Jacob-Petros-II-Hovsepian</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:01:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Hagop Petros II Hovsepian

Hagop Petros II Hovsepian was born in Aleppo, Syria.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Abraham Petros I Ardzivian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3390/Abraham-Petros-I-Ardzivian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3390/Abraham-Petros-I-Ardzivian</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:00:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Abraham Petros I Ardzivian was an Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia. In 1738, the Armenian Catholics of Aleppo obtained a church and brought a license to return Ardzivian to Aleppo 1739.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Mkrtich Khrimian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3389/Mkrtich-Khrimian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3389/Mkrtich-Khrimian</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:56:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Mkrtich Khrimian also known as Khrimian Hayrik, was an Armenian writer, newspaper editor, and political and religious leader. He served as the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Prelate of Van  and Catholicos of All Armenians.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Karekin II Kazanjian of Constantinople]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3388/Karekin-II-Kazanjian-of-Constantinople</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3388/Karekin-II-Kazanjian-of-Constantinople</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:55:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Archbishop Karekin II Kazanjian was the 83rd Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Mesrob II Mutafyan of Constantinople]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3387/Mesrob-II-Mutafyan-of-Constantinople</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3387/Mesrob-II-Mutafyan-of-Constantinople</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Archbishop Mesrob II Mutafyan, also known as Mesrop Mutafyan is the 84th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Guregh Israeli]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3386/Guregh-Israeli</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3386/Guregh-Israeli</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:51:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Patriarch Gurtegh Israeli was Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem serving the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem as bishop under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1944 to 1949, succeeding Patriarch Mesrob Nishanian who had served from 1939 to 1944.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Yeghishe Derderian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3385/Yeghishe-Derderian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3385/Yeghishe-Derderian</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:49:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Patriarch Yeghishe Derderian was Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem serving the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem as bishop under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1960 to 1990.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Torkom Manoogian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3384/Torkom-Manoogian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3384/Torkom-Manoogian</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:48:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Patriarch Torkom Manoogian is the current Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem serving the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem as Archbishop under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Timeline of Armenian history]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3268/Timeline-of-Armenian-history</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3268/Timeline-of-Armenian-history</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:41:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ 6000-4000 BC: Neolithic cultures of the South Caucasus, such as the Shulaveri-Shomu culture. 4000 BC: The Book of Genesis identifies the land of Ararat as the resting place of Noah's Ark after the "great deluge" described there. 3400-2000 BC: Kura-Araxes culture.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenians in Turkey]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3264/Armenians-in-Turkey</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3264/Armenians-in-Turkey</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:52:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Armenians in Turkey have an estimated population of 40,000 to 70,000 (the Hamshenis are not included). Most are concentrated around Istanbul.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3206/Armenian-Patriarch-of-Constantinople</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3206/Armenian-Patriarch-of-Constantinople</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:42:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople also known as Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul is today head of The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, one of the smallest Patriarchates of the Oriental Orthodox Church but one that has exerted a very significant political role and today still exercises a spiritual authority.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Komitas Vardapet]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3205/Komitas-Vardapet</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3205/Komitas-Vardapet</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:23:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Soghomon Gevorki Soghomonyan - Komitas Vardapet by Western Armenian transliteration also Gomidas Vartabed, born on September 26 or October 8 1869 in Kütahya, Ottoman Empire, died on October 22, 1935 in Paris, France, was an Armenian priest, composer, choir leader, singer, music ethnologist, music pedagogue and musicologist. Many regard him as the founder of modern Armenian classical music.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Gregory the Illuminator]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3204/Gregory-the-Illuminator</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3204/Gregory-the-Illuminator</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:20:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Saint Gregory the Enlightener is the patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He was a religious leader who is credited with converting Armenia from paganism to Christianity, Armenia thus being the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion in 301 A.D.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[David Yang]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2995/David-Yang</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2995/David-Yang</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:52:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Davíd Yang, born 1968, Founder and Chairman of the Board of ABBYY, Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Laureate of Russian Government Award in Science and Technology.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Nubar Gulbenkian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2994/Nubar-Gulbenkian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2994/Nubar-Gulbenkian</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:50:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Nubar Sarkis Gulbenkian (1896–1972) was an Armenian petroleum magnate and socialite born in the Ottoman empire . The son of Calouste Gulbenkian, he was born on the Bosporus but taken out of the country at an early age.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Matild Manukyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2993/Matild-Manukyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2993/Matild-Manukyan</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:48:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Matild Manukyan (1914 - February 17, 2001) was a wealthy Turkish businesswoman of Armenian descent. She was a real property investor and she made a fortune in brothel business.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Bagrat Asatryan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2992/Bagrat-Asatryan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2992/Bagrat-Asatryan</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:46:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Bagrat A. Asatryan also transliterated Bagrat Asatrian or Assatrian, is an Armenian economist and the former Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia from 1994 to 1998. He is one of the architects of the modern-day Republic of Armenia.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Eduardo Eurnekian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2991/Eduardo-Eurnekian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2991/Eduardo-Eurnekian</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:32:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Eduardo Eurnekian was born to immigrants from Armenia, in 1933. His family established a textile manufacturer which prospered with the Argentine economy and became an important supplier to international sporting apparel firm Puma.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Mother Armenia]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2831/Mother-Armenia</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2831/Mother-Armenia</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:34:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Mother Armenia is the female personification of Armenia. Her most visual rendering is a monumental statue in Victory Park overlooking the capital city of Yerevan, Armenia.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Andranik Toros Ozanian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2830/Andranik-Toros-Ozanian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2830/Andranik-Toros-Ozanian</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:26:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Andranik Toros Ozanian/Antranig Toros Ozanian, Zoravar Andranik/Zoravar Antranig, (February 25, 1865 – August 31, 1927) was an Armenian general, political and public activist and freedom fighter, greatly admired as a national hero.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Dikran Tchouhadjian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2829/Dikran-Tchouhadjian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2829/Dikran-Tchouhadjian</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:16:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Dikran Tchouhadjian (1837 - March 11, 1898) was an Armenian composer, conductor, public activist and the founder of the first opera institution in the Ottoman Empire.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Alexander Spendiaryan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2816/Alexander-Spendiaryan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2816/Alexander-Spendiaryan</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:05:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Alexander Spendiaryan (November 1, 1871 –May 7, 1928) was an Armenian music composer, conductor, founder of Armenian national symphonic music and one of the patriarchs of Armenian classical music.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Aram Khachaturian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2815/Aram-Khachaturian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2815/Aram-Khachaturian</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:51:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Aram Khachaturian (June 6, 1903 – May 1, 1978) (born in Tiflis, Georgia) was a Soviet-Armenian composer whose works were often influenced by Armenian folk music.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Anahit Tsitsikian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2807/Anahit-Tsitsikian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2807/Anahit-Tsitsikian</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:35:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Anahit Tsitsikian (1926–1999) was the first renowned Armenian woman-violinist who during the Soviet times toured around the world in more than 100 cities; a professor who taught at the State Conservatory in Yerevan for approximately 40 years.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Arno Babajanian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2806/Arno-Babajanian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2806/Arno-Babajanian</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:30:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Arno Harutyuni Babajanian (January 22, 1921 – November 11, 1983) was a Soviet Armenian composer and pianist, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1956) and Soviet Union (1971).]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armen Movsessian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2805/Armen-Movsessian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2805/Armen-Movsessian</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:29:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Armen Movsessian is a violin player. His formal training as a musician began as a child. He received his high school diploma from the Tchaikovsky's School of Music for the musically gifted, and earned his B.A. and Master’s from the Yerevan Conservatory named after Komitas.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Vache Sharafyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2804/Vache-Sharafyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2804/Vache-Sharafyan</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:26:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Vache Sharafyan is a composer from Armenia. He graduated with distinction from the Composition Department of Yerevan State Musical Conservatory in 1990.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Gevorg Sargsyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2803/Gevorg-Sargsyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2803/Gevorg-Sargsyan</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:23:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Gevorg Sargsyan (born October 5, 1981) is an Armenian conductor. Winner of Sir Georg Solti Foundation grant-award for 2006, Gevorg Sargsyan is one of the youngest and most renowned Armenian conductors.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Eduard Topchjan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2802/Eduard-Topchjan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2802/Eduard-Topchjan</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:08:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Topchjan studied violin at the Yerevan Komitas Conservatory and went on to study conducting with Armenian conductor Ohan Durian followed by consultations from Sir George Solti, Claudio Abbado and Nello Santi.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Samvel Yervinyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2801/Samvel-Yervinyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2801/Samvel-Yervinyan</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:06:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Samvel Yervinyan is a musician and composer. He plays the violin. He began studying at the age of 7 in Spenderian Music School under the tutoring of Armen Minasian.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Gostan Zarian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2761/Gostan-Zarian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2761/Gostan-Zarian</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 07:26:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Kostan Zaryan, was born in Shamakhy, on February 2, 1885. His father, Christopher Yeghiazarov, was a prosperous general in the Russian Army—"a strong man, profoundly Christian and Armenian"—who spent most of his life fighting in the mountains of the Caucasus.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Hovhannes Tumanyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2760/Hovhannes-Tumanyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2760/Hovhannes-Tumanyan</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 07:23:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Hovhannes Tumanyan (February 19, 1869 - March 23, 1923), is considered to be one of the greatest Armenian poets and writers. His work was mostly written in tragic form, often centering on the harsh lives of villagers in the Lori region.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Yeghishe Charents]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2759/Yeghishe-Charents</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2759/Yeghishe-Charents</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 07:10:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Yeghishe Charents (March 13, 1897 – November 29, 1937) was an Armenian poet and public activist. Charents was one of the most outstanding poets of the twentieth century, touching upon a multitude of topics that ranged from his experiences in the First World War, socialism, and, more prominently, on Armenia and Armenians.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Gregory of Narek]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2758/Gregory-of-Narek</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2758/Gregory-of-Narek</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 07:06:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Grigor Narekatsi (951–1003) is a canonized saint. He was an Armenian monk, poet, mystical philosopher and theologian, born into a family of writers.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Saint Mesrob]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2757/Saint-Mesrob</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2757/Saint-Mesrob</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 07:01:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Saint Mesrop Mashtots (361 or 362 - February 17, 440) was an Armenian monk, theologian and linguist. He is best known for having invented the Armenian alphabet, which was a fundamental step in strengthening the Armenian Church, the government of the Armenian Kingdom.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Arman Padaryan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2756/Arman-Padaryan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2756/Arman-Padaryan</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 06:57:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ General Manager of the Komitas Quartet, General Manager of Hover Chamber Choir, Country Armenia Director of YerazArt, Inc., Deputy Director of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Robert Amirkhanyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2755/Robert-Amirkhanyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2755/Robert-Amirkhanyan</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:57:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Robert Amirkhanyan (born in November 16, 1939 in Yerevan) is an Armenian composer and songwriter. Professor of Yerevan State Conservatory.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Vardan Adjemyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2754/Vardan-Adjemyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2754/Vardan-Adjemyan</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Vardan Adjemian (born 1956, a.k.a Vardan Atshemyan) is an Armenian composer of orchestral, operatic and chamber works whose works have been performed worldwide.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Tigran Mansurian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2753/Tigran-Mansurian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2753/Tigran-Mansurian</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:51:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Tigran Mansurian (born 27 January 1939 in Beirut) is a notable Armenian musician and composer. In 1947 Mansurian's family moved to Armenia, finally settling in the capital Yerevan in 1956.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Toros Toramanian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2749/Toros-Toramanian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2749/Toros-Toramanian</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:39:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Toros Toramanian (1864 - March 1, 1934) was a prominent Armenian architect and is considered "the father of Armenian architectural historiography."]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Alexander Tamanian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2748/Alexander-Tamanian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2748/Alexander-Tamanian</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:37:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Alexander Tamanian (March 4, 1878, Yekaterinodar - February 20, 1936, Yerevan) was an Armenian neoclassical architect, who is remembered today for his work in the city of Yerevan.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Gennady Timchenko]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2655/Gennady-Timchenko</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2655/Gennady-Timchenko</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 05:51:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Gennady Nikolayevich Timchenko is a prominent businessman, active in the energy trading business, citizen of Finland[1] , currently living in Geneva, Switzerland.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Ara Abrahamian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2648/Ara-Abrahamian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2648/Ara-Abrahamian</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 05:35:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Ara Abrahamian (born 27 July 1975 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired Armenian-Swedish wrestler in Greco-Roman wrestling.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Manvel Gamburyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2644/Manvel-Gamburyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2644/Manvel-Gamburyan</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 05:32:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Manvel "Manny" Gamburyan, (born May 8, 1981), is an Armenian American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter 5.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Robert Emmiyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2641/Robert-Emmiyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2641/Robert-Emmiyan</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 05:15:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Robert Emmiyan (born February 16, 1965 in Leninakan) is a retired long jumper who represented USSR and later Armenia.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Yurik Vardanian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2640/Yurik-Vardanian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2640/Yurik-Vardanian</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 05:08:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Yurik Norairovich Vardanian (born June 13, 1956 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR is a former Olympic weightlifter for the USSR. He trained at Lokomotiv in Leninakan, Armenia.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Vazgen Manukyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2639/Vazgen-Manukyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2639/Vazgen-Manukyan</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 05:06:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Vazgen Manukyan (born February 13, 1946) was Prime Minister of Armenia from 1990 to 1991. From 1992 to 1993 Manukyan was acting Minister of Defense.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Levon Mkrtchyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2632/Levon-Mkrtchyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2632/Levon-Mkrtchyan</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 04:58:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Artavazd Ashoti Peleshyan (born November 22, 1938, Leninakan) is an Armenian director of film-essays, a documentarian in the history of film art and a film theorist.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Edmond Keosayan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2631/Edmond-Keosayan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2631/Edmond-Keosayan</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 04:55:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Edmond Gareginovich Keosayan (9 October 1936 – 21 April 1994) was an Armenian Soviet film director and musician.1952-54 - worked in Yerevan watch factory.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Levon Ishtoyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2630/Levon-Ishtoyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2630/Levon-Ishtoyan</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 04:53:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Levon Arutyunovich Ishtoyan (born September 3, 1947 in Gyumri, Soviet Union) is a retired Soviet football striker. He emigrated to the United States in the late 1980s and opened a private sportschool in Los Angeles in 2008.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Svetlana Svetlichnaya]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2629/Svetlana-Svetlichnaya</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2629/Svetlana-Svetlichnaya</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 04:50:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Svetlana Afanasyevna Svetlichnaya (born 15 May 1940) is a Soviet and Russian actress most famous for her role in The Diamond Arm (Brilliantovaya Ruka).]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Mher Mkrtchyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2628/Mher-Mkrtchyan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2628/Mher-Mkrtchyan</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 04:48:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Mher (Frunzik) Mushegovich Mkrtchyan ( 4 July 1930 – 29 December 1993) was a popular Soviet Armenian actor who was named a People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1984.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Hovhannes Shiraz]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2627/Hovhannes-Shiraz</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2627/Hovhannes-Shiraz</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 04:46:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ He was born Hovhannes (Onik) Karapetyan in the city of Alexandropol, then part of the Russian Empire (now Gyumri, Armenia). His first work called Beginning of Spring was published in 1935.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Shushanik Kurghinian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2626/Shushanik-Kurghinian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2626/Shushanik-Kurghinian</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 04:43:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Shushanik Kurghinian (August 18, 1876 – November 24, 1927) was an Armenian writer who became a catalyst in the development of socialist and feminist poetry.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Khachatur Avetisyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2625/Khachatur-Avetisyan</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 04:41:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Avetisyan was born in Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia). He graduated from the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory where he studied composition with professor Edvard Mirzoyan.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Olga Chekhova]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2624/Olga-Chekhova</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 04:37:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova or Tchechowa (14 April 1897, Aleksandropol – 9 March 1980, Berlin, Germany) was a German-born Russian actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred Hitchcock's Mary (1931).]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armen Tigranian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2623/Armen-Tigranian</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 04:35:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Armen Tigranian (26 December 1879, Alexandropol – 10 February 1950, Tbilisi) was an Armenian music composer. His best-known works were two national operas, Anoush (1912) and Davik-Bek (1950); the latter of which premiered only months before his death and was his final composition.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Avetik Isahakyan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2622/Avetik-Isahakyan</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 04:32:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Avetik Isahakian (October 31 [O.S. October 19] 1875), Ghazarapat, near Aleksandropol, current Gyumri, Russian Empire – October 17, 1957, Yerevan) was a prominent Armenian lyric poet, writer, academian and public activist.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Sergey Merkurov]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2621/Sergey-Merkurov</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 04:30:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Sergey Dmitrievich Merkurov (7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1881 - 8 June 1952) was a prominent Soviet sculptor-monumentalist of Greek-Armenian descent.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[George Gurdjieff]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2620/George-Gurdjieff</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 04:10:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (January 13, 1866? – October 29, 1949) was a Greek-Armenian mystic and spiritual teacher. He called his discipline "The Work" according to Gurdjieff's principles and instructions, or the "Fourth Way".]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Anania Shirakatsi]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2618/Anania-Shirakatsi</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 03:51:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Anania Shirakatsi (610 – 685) was an Armenian mathematician, astronomer and geographer. He is commonly attributed to having written the Geography (Ashkharhatsuyts, in Armenian).]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Gevorg Emin]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2604/Gevorg-Emin</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 09:05:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Gevorg Emin was an Armenian poet, essayist, and translator. Emin was born Gevorg Muradian, the son of a school teacher, in the town of Ashtarak.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Norair  Sisakian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2601/NorairSisakian</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 09:01:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Norair Martirosovich Sisakian (January 12, 1907, Ashtarak - March 12, 1966, Moscow) was a Soviet Armenian biochemist, academic, one of the founders of space biology, an outstanding organizer of science, a member of the Pugwash movement of scientists for peace.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Smbat Shahaziz]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2593/Smbat-Shahaziz</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 08:33:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Smbat Shahaziz (1840, Ashtarak, Armenia - January 5, 1908, Moscow, Russia) was an Armenian educator, poet and publicist.]]></description>

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