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<title><![CDATA[Avshar Wine Factory]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3401/Avshar-Wine-Factory</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3401/Avshar-Wine-Factory</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:43:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Avshar Wine Factory is one of the leading producers of alcohol drinks in Armenia. From 1968 the factory began to act as a state company but with the independence of Armenia and market economic transitions the factory was in need of radical change and since 1995 it was privatized.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Turkish Van]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3399/Turkish-Van</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3399/Turkish-Van</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:34:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Turkish Van, or simply just Van, is a recognized cat breed that was created from the cats native to the Lake Van area. The cats of this type are named in Turkish Van Kedisi in Armenian vana katu, and in Kurdish.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenian Gampr dog]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3398/Armenian-Gampr-dog</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3398/Armenian-Gampr-dog</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:29:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Armenian Gampr is a dog breed that originated at Armenian Highlands, including the territories of modern Eastern Anatolia of Turkey and the Republic of Armenia, and bred by local people by primitive selection.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Agriculture in Armenia]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3397/Agriculture-in-Armenia</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3397/Agriculture-in-Armenia</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:26:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Armenia has 2.1 million hectares of agricultural land, 72% of the country's land area. Most of this, however, are mountain pastures, and cultivable land is 480,000 hectares (452,900 hectares arable land, 27,300 hectares in orchards and vineyards), or 16% of the country's area.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Ottoman Armenian casualties]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3267/Ottoman-Armenian-casualties</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3267/Ottoman-Armenian-casualties</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:31:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Ottoman Armenian casualties refers to the number of deaths of Ottoman Armenian people between 1914 to 1923. The Republic of Armenia and several other nations recognize the deaths to have occurred during an Armenian Genocide.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenian Sport in the Ottoman Empire]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3266/Armenian-Sport-in-the-Ottoman-Empire</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3266/Armenian-Sport-in-the-Ottoman-Empire</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:25:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Armenian sports clubs and sportsmen played an important role in the development of sport in the Ottoman Empire. The number of the Armenian sports clubs in the Ottoman Empire reached 100.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Ottoman Armenian population]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3265/Ottoman-Armenian-population</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3265/Ottoman-Armenian-population</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:17:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Ottoman Armenian population size within the Ottoman Empire between 1914 and 1915 is a controversial topic. Most estimates by Western scholars range from 1.5 to 2.5 million.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenia–France relations]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3263/Armenia–France-relations</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3263/Armenia–France-relations</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:32:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Franco-Armenian relations have existed since the French and the Armenians established contact in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and are close to this day. 2006 was proclaimed the Year of Armenia in France.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Genocide Remembrance Day]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3262/Genocide-Remembrance-Day</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3262/Genocide-Remembrance-Day</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:27:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Genocide Remembrance Day is a national holiday in Armenia and is observed by Armenians in dispersed communities around the world on April 24.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[1965 Yerevan demonstrations]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3261/1965-Yerevan-demonstrations</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3261/1965-Yerevan-demonstrations</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:25:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The 1965 Yerevan demonstrations were a 24 hour protest in Yerevan, Armenian SSR on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. It is said that this event constitutes the first step in the struggle for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Tsitsernakaberd]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3260/Tsitsernakaberd</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3260/Tsitsernakaberd</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:20:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Tsitsernakaberd is a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide; it is located on a hill overlooking Yerevan, Armenia. Every year on April 24, hundreds of thousands of Armenians gather here to remember the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide that took place in the Ottoman Empire carried out by the Turkish government.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenian Genocide Memorial in Larnaca]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3259/Armenian-Genocide-Memorial-in-Larnaca</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3259/Armenian-Genocide-Memorial-in-Larnaca</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:15:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Armenian Genocide Memorial in Larnaca, Cyprus, is a monument dedicated to the martyrs and the survivors of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Christian monasticism]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3257/Christian-monasticism</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3257/Christian-monasticism</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:33:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Christian Monasticism is a practice which began to develop early in the history of the Christian Church, modeled upon scriptural examples and ideals, including those in the Old Testament, but not mandated as an institution in the scriptures.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3209/Armenian-Patriarchate-of-Jerusalem</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3209/Armenian-Patriarchate-of-Jerusalem</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:06:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem also known as the Armenian Patriarchate of St. James ("Apostolic See of St. James in Jerusalem") is located in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Echmiadzin Gospels]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3207/Echmiadzin-Gospels</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3207/Echmiadzin-Gospels</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:52:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Echmiadzin Gospels is a 10th century Armenian Gospel Book produced in 989 at the Monastery of Bgheno-Noravank in Syunik.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Treaty of Kars]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3038/Treaty-of-Kars</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3038/Treaty-of-Kars</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:43:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Treaty of Kars was a friendship treaty between the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, which in 1923 declared the Republic of Turkey, and representatives of Soviet Armenia, Soviet Azerbaijan and Soviet Georgia with participation of Bolshevist Russia.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenian–Azerbaijani War]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3037/Armenian–Azerbaijani-War</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3037/Armenian–Azerbaijani-War</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:34:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Armenian-Azerbaijani war, which started after the Russian Revolution, was a series of brutal and hard to classify conflicts in 1918, then from 1920 to 1922 that occurred during the brief independence of Armenia and Azerbaijan and afterward.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Democratic Republic of Armenia]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3036/Democratic-Republic-of-Armenia</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3036/Democratic-Republic-of-Armenia</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:21:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA, Hayastani Demokratakan Hanrapetut’yun; also known as the First Republic of Armenia) was the first modern establishment of an Armenian republic.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Turkish–Armenian War]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3035/Turkish–Armenian-War</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3035/Turkish–Armenian-War</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:12:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Turkish–Armenian War was a conflict fought between the Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA) and Turkish Revolutionaries of the Turkish National Movement which lasted from 24 September to 2 December, 1920 and largely took place in present-day northeastern Turkey and northwestern Armenia.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenian Genocide]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3034/Armenian-Genocide</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/3034/Armenian-Genocide</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:42:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Armenian Genocide – also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, as the Great Crime – refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenian Air Force]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2836/Armenian-Air-Force</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2836/Armenian-Air-Force</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:00:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Armenian Air Force is a small air arm formed by independent Armenia in 1992 in the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It is organized and equipped principally to provide Armenian ground forces with tactical air support in the form of ground attack and airlift in mountainous terrain.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Erebuni Airport]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2835/Erebuni-Airport</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2835/Erebuni-Airport</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:57:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Erebuni Airport (ICAO: UDYE) is a joint civil and military airport serving Yerevan and the country of Armenia. It is located 7.3 kilometers south of the center of Yerevan.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Shirak Airport]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2834/Shirak-Airport</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2834/Shirak-Airport</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:53:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Shirak Airport (IATA: LWN, ICAO: UDSG) is an international airport serving Gyumri and the province of Shirak. It is located about 5 km from the center of Gyumri.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Zvartnots International Airport]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2833/Zvartnots-International-Airport</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2833/Zvartnots-International-Airport</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:49:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Zvartnots International Airport (IATA: EVN, ICAO: UDYZ) is located near Zvartnots, 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. The airport was built in 1961.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Byurakan Observatory]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2832/Byurakan-Observatory</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2832/Byurakan-Observatory</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:42:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, or Byurakan Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Armenian Academy of Sciences.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenians in the Ottoman Empire]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2817/Armenians-in-the-Ottoman-Empire</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2817/Armenians-in-the-Ottoman-Empire</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:08:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Armenistan became a province of the Ottoman Empire under Selim II (1524 – 1574). Armenia remained under Ottoman rule for three centuries, until after the Russo–Turkish War (1828–1829), when Eastern Armenia was ceded to the Russian Empire.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Derenik Demirchian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2814/Derenik-Demirchian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2814/Derenik-Demirchian</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:42:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Derenik Karapeti Demirchian or Derenik Demirchyan was an Armenian poet, novelist and translator as well as playwright.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Sergei Parajanov Museum]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2813/Sergei-Parajanov-Museum</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2813/Sergei-Parajanov-Museum</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:35:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Sergei Parajanov Museum is a tribute to Soviet Armenian director and artist Sergei Parajanov and is one of the most popular museums in Yerevan. It represents Parajanov's diverse artistic and literary heritage.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[National Gallery of Armenia]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2812/National-Gallery-of-Armenia</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2812/National-Gallery-of-Armenia</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:47:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The National Gallery of Armenia is the national art gallery of Armenia founded in 1921 as the artistic section of the State Museum. It is located on the Republic Square in Yerevan.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Cafesjian Museum of Art]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2811/Cafesjian-Museum-of-Art</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2811/Cafesjian-Museum-of-Art</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:45:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Gerard L. Cafesjian Museum of Art (also known as the Cafesjian Museum of Art) is an art museum in Yerevan, Armenia. It is situated in central Yerevan in the area in and around the Cascade.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Yerevan State Institute of Economy]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2810/Yerevan-State-Institute-of-Economy</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2810/Yerevan-State-Institute-of-Economy</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:43:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Yerevan State Institute of Economy (YSINE) is a high-education institute, located in Yerevan, Armenia. It was founded on August 6, 1975, on the basis of economical faculties of Yerevan State University.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2809/Yerevan-State-University-of-Architecture-and-Construction</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2809/Yerevan-State-University-of-Architecture-and-Construction</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:42:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A technical school opened within the newly-established Yerevan State University in 1921, graduating its first students in 1928.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Fondation Université Française en Arménie]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2808/Fondation-Université-Française-en-Arménie</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2808/Fondation-Université-Française-en-Arménie</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:38:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Fondation Université Française en Arménie is a French language higher educational institution in Armenia. Instruction is primarily in French and Armenian.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[American University of Armenia]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2800/American-University-of-Armenia</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2800/American-University-of-Armenia</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:03:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The American University of Armenia (AUA) is a private, nonsectarian, independent university founded in 1991 in Yerevan, Armenia. Its creation inspired in the aftermath of the 1988 Leninakan Earthquake.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Eurasia International University]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2799/Eurasia-International-University</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2799/Eurasia-International-University</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:01:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Eurasia International University (EIU) is an Armenian university providing education to local and international students. Established in 1997, EIU has branches in Yerevan, Ijevan and Noyemberian, Republic of Armenia.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Russian-Armenian State University]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2798/Russian-Armenian-State-University</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2798/Russian-Armenian-State-University</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:59:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Russian-Armenian State University (RAU) (also known as Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University) is located in Yerevan, Armenia in the Arabkir district.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[State Engineering University of Armenia]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2797/State-Engineering-University-of-Armenia</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2797/State-Engineering-University-of-Armenia</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:56:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The State Engineering University of Armenia is a technical university located in Yerevan, Armenia. Established as the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in 1933, it provides educational and research programs in various fields of technology and science related to engineering.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Yerevan State University]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2764/Yerevan-State-University</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2764/Yerevan-State-University</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 07:37:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Yerevan State University (YSU) is a university in Yerevan, Armenia. It is the largest university in Armenia. It was founded on May 16, 1919. Its faculties contain 110 departments.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Yerevan State Linguistic University]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2763/Yerevan-State-Linguistic-University</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2763/Yerevan-State-Linguistic-University</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 07:34:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Bryusov (YSLU), is a university in Yerevan, Armenia, which trains specialists in Russian, English, French, German, Spanish languages, practical psychology, history, political science, area studies and other humanities.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Yerevan State Medical University]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2762/Yerevan-State-Medical-University</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2762/Yerevan-State-Medical-University</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 07:30:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi is a leading medical school in Yerevan, Armenia. YSMU was founded in 1920. The highest administrative organ is the University Council, which convenes at least twice a year.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Gavar Special School]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2752/Gavar-Special-School</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2752/Gavar-Special-School</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:46:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Gavar Special School was founded in 1976 for the Gegharkunik region of the Republic of Armenia. Although the Gegharkunik region had many administrative centers, but the children with mental and physical handicaps are educated in Gavar.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Lord Byron School]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2751/Lord-Byron-School</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2751/Lord-Byron-School</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:42:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Lord Byron School #20 was founded in 1988 in Gyumri following the Spitak earthquake that devastated the city, by funds provided by the British Government as well as donations raised by the British people.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[QSI International School of Yerevan]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2750/QSI-International-School-of-Yerevan</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2750/QSI-International-School-of-Yerevan</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:40:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The QSI International School of Yerevan is an international school in Yerevan, Armenia and part of the Quality Schools International group. It is an independent, coeducational day school which offers an educational program to children of all nationalities ages 3 to 18.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2747/Yerevan-Komitas-State-Conservatory</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2747/Yerevan-Komitas-State-Conservatory</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:30:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Yerevan State Musical Conservatory or Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory is a conservatory located in Yerevan, Armenia. It was founded in 1921 as a music studio, and re-founded two years later as a higher musical education institution.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Yerevan History Museum]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2746/Yerevan-History-Museum</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2746/Yerevan-History-Museum</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:27:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Yerevan History Museum is the history museum of Yerevan founded in 1931 as Communal Museum. It is located in Yerevan City Hall building in Armenia.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Matenadaran]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2745/Matenadaran</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2745/Matenadaran</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:23:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, is an ancient manuscript repository located in Yerevan, Armenia. It holds one of the world's richest depositories of medieval manuscripts and books which span a broad range subjects, including history, philosophy, medicine, literature, art history and cosmography in Armenian and many other languages.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2744/House-Museum-of-Aram-Khachaturian</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2744/House-Museum-of-Aram-Khachaturian</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:19:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Aram Khachaturian House-Museum opened in Yerevan, Armenia in 1982 and is devoted to the exhibition of the Armenian composer’s personal artifacts, as well as to the research and study of his creative output.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[History Museum of Armenia]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2743/History-Museum-of-Armenia</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2743/History-Museum-of-Armenia</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:17:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The History Museum of Armenia is the national museum of Armenia founded in 1919 as Ethnographic-Anthropological Museum-Library. It is located on the Republic Square in Yerevan.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Charents Museum of Literature and Arts]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2742/Charents-Museum-of-Literature-and-Arts</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2742/Charents-Museum-of-Literature-and-Arts</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:07:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Charents Museum of Literature and Arts of Armenia is the largest repository of Armenian manuscripts and books encompassing the last three hundred years.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[ARF History Museum]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2741/ARF-History-Museum</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2741/ARF-History-Museum</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:06:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Armenian Revolutionary Federation History Museum is a museum in Yerevan, Armenia, that displays the history of the ARF and of its notable members.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Nersisyan School]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2740/Nersisyan-School</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2740/Nersisyan-School</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:02:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Nersisyan School was an Armenian school in Tiflis, Russian Empire. Nersisyan School existed exactly one century, from 1824 to 1924. It was founded by Nerses Ashtaraketsi.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenian Distance Learning Network]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2739/Armenian-Distance-Learning-Network</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2739/Armenian-Distance-Learning-Network</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 08:59:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Armenian Distance Learning Network is the first Armenian e-learning project. The project was launched in early 2002 and was restructured and updated in January, 2006.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Education in Armenia]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2738/Education-in-Armenia</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2738/Education-in-Armenia</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 08:53:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In its first years of independence, Armenia made uneven progress in establishing systems to meet its national requirements in social services.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Bambir]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2652/Bambir</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2652/Bambir</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 05:47:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Bambir-1 is an Armenian folk-rock band, formed in 1978 in Gyumri, who have gained acknowledgement in Armenia and abroad. They have performed in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and the United States.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Goravan State Nature Reservation]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2482/Goravan-State-Nature-Reservation</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2482/Goravan-State-Nature-Reservation</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 03:09:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Goravan State Nature Reservation (also known as Sands of Goravan State Reservation) is a specially protected nature area in the Ararat Province of the Republic of Armenia.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Sevan National Park]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2480/Sevan-National-Park</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2480/Sevan-National-Park</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 02:53:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Sevan National Park in Armenia was established in 1978 to protect Lake Sevan and the surrounding areas. Sevan National Park falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Nature Protection, and is managed as a research center, which monitors the ecosystems, and undertakes various conservation measures.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Ani]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2388/Ani</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2388/Ani</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 09:07:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Ani is a ruined and uninhabited medieval city-site situated in the Turkish province of Kars, beside the border with Armenia. It was once the capital of a medieval Armenian kingdom that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Tigranakert]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2387/Tigranakert</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2387/Tigranakert</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 09:03:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Tigranakert was a city possibly located near present-day Silvan, Turkey, east of Diyarbakır. It was founded by the Armenian Emperor Tigranes the Great in the 1st century BC.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Haghpat Monastery]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2386/Haghpat-Monastery</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2386/Haghpat-Monastery</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 09:01:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Haghpat Monastery, also known as Haghpatavank, is a medieval Armenian monastery complex in Haghpat, Armenia.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Akhtala monastery]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2383/Akhtala-monastery</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2383/Akhtala-monastery</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 03:26:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Akhtala is a 10th-century fortified Armenian Apostolic Church monastery located in the village of Akhtala in the marz of Lori, 185 kilometers (114.885 miles) north of Yerevan.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Noraduz cemetery]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2382/Noraduz-cemetery</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2382/Noraduz-cemetery</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 03:19:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Noraduz cemetery is a medieval cemetery with a large number of early khachkars located in the village of Noraduz, Gegharkunik marz near Gavar and Lake Sevan, 90 km north of Yerevan.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Goshavank]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2380/Goshavank</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2380/Goshavank</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 03:10:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Goshavank' meaning Monastery of Gosh), is a 12-13th century Armenian monastery located in a village of Armenia named Gosh (Tavush marz), was originally known as Nor-Getik.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Cathedral of Ani]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2379/Cathedral-of-Ani</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2379/Cathedral-of-Ani</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 03:04:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Cathedral of Ani is an Armenian church built in 1001 A.D by the architect Trdat in the ruined ancient Armenian capital of Ani, located in what is now the extreme eastern tip of Turkey, on the border with modern Armenia.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Makaravank Monastery]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2378/Makaravank-Monastery</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2378/Makaravank-Monastery</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 09:45:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Makaravank is a tenth to thirteenth century church complex in Achajur Village of Tavush Marz, Armenia, on the slope of Paitatap Mountain. Though the monastery is no longer used for services, the complex is well preserved.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Lesser Armenia]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2377/Lesser-Armenia</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2377/Lesser-Armenia</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 09:14:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Lesser Armenia refers to the Armenian populated regions, primarily to the West and North-West of the ancient Armenian kingdom and North-East of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2370/Armenian-Kingdom-of-Cilicia</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2370/Armenian-Kingdom-of-Cilicia</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 09:36:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia. It was located in Cilicia, the region north and west of the Gulf of Alexandretta of the Mediterranean Sea, in what is today southern Turkey.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Kingdom of Armenia]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2369/Kingdom-of-Armenia</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2369/Kingdom-of-Armenia</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 09:33:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Kingdom of Armenia was an independent kingdom from 190 BC to AD 387 and a client state of the Roman and Persian empires until 428, stretching from the Caspian to the Mediterranean seas.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[History of Armenia]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2359/History-of-Armenia</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2359/History-of-Armenia</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 08:08:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Armenia lies in the highlands surrounding the Biblical mountains of Ararat. The original Armenian name for the country was Hayk, later Hayastan, translated as the land of Haik, and consisting of the name Haik and the suffix '-stan'.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Armenia–Turkey relations]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2344/Armenia–Turkey-relations</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/2344/Armenia–Turkey-relations</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 06:35:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Armenian–Turkish relations have been strained by a number of historical and political issues, including the Armenian Genocide and the continuing Turkish attempts at its denial.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Ogilvy &amp; Mather]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/634/Ogilvy--Mather</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/634/Ogilvy--Mather</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:00:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Ogilvy &amp; Mather is an international advertising, marketing, and public relations agency based in New York City and owned by the WPP Group. The company operates 497 offices in 125 countries around the world and employs approximately 16,000 professionals.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[Avedis Zildjian Company]]></title>
<link>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/529/Avedis-Zildjian-Company</link>
<guid>http://www.hanragitaran.com/view/article/529/Avedis-Zildjian-Company</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:15:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Avedis Zildjian Company is a cymbal manufacturer founded in Istanbul by an Armenian named Avedis Zildjian in the time of the Ottoman Empire.]]></description>

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