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| Aram Andonian |
| Posted on: September 17, 2010, 6:21 am |
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| Aram Andonian (1875, Istanbul - December 23, 1952, Paris) was an Armenian journalist, historian and writer. |
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| Nazaret Daghavarian |
| Posted on: September 17, 2010, 6:18 am |
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| Nazaret Daghavarian (Chaderjian, 1862, Sebastia - 1915) was an Armenian doctor, agronomist and public activist, one of the founders of Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU). |
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| Hagop Baronian |
| Posted on: September 17, 2010, 6:17 am |
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| 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. |
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| Erukhan |
| Posted on: September 17, 2010, 6:12 am |
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| 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. |
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| Yervant Odian |
| Posted on: September 17, 2010, 5:49 am |
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| 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. |
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| Ruben Sevak |
| Posted on: September 17, 2010, 4:20 am |
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| Rupen Sevag (February 15, 1885 - August 26, 1915) was an Armenian poet, prose-writer, and doctor. |
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| Levon Shant |
| Posted on: September 17, 2010, 4:18 am |
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| 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. |
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| Tags: Hamazkayin National Cultural Foundation, poet, novelist, playwright, Armenia, Lebanon, Beirut, Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, Levon Seghoposian, Levon Shant |
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| Siamanto |
| Posted on: September 17, 2010, 4:11 am |
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| 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. |
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| Daniel Varujan |
| Posted on: September 16, 2010, 6:01 am |
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| Daniel Varujan or "Taniel Varujan"(April 20, 1884-August 26, 1915) is one of the significant Armenian poets of the 20th century. |
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| Alen Markaryan |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 7:25 am |
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| 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. |
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| Arat Dink |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 7:21 am |
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| 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. |
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| Daron Acemoğlu |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 7:10 am |
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| Kamer Daron Acemoğlu Turkish pronunciation: or Acemoglu (born September 3, 1967 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish economist of Armenian descent. |
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| Hrant Dink |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 6:51 am |
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| 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. |
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| Berç Türker Keresteciyan |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 6:43 am |
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| Berç Keresteciyan (aka Berç Türker Keresteciyan or Berç Keresteciyan Türker) (1870 – 1949) was a Turkish bank executive and politician of Armenian descent. |
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| Artin Penik |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 6:41 am |
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| 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. |
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| Yaşar Kurt |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 6:18 am |
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| Yaşar Kurt (b. 1968 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish rock artist of Armenian origin. |
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| Armenian Gampr dog |
| Posted on: August 21, 2010, 7:29 am |
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| 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. |
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| Agriculture in Armenia |
| Posted on: August 21, 2010, 7:26 am |
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| 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. |
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| Ottoman Armenian casualties |
| Posted on: August 2, 2010, 5:31 am |
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| 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. |
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| Armenia–France relations |
| Posted on: August 2, 2010, 4:32 am |
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| 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. |
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| Tsitsernakaberd |
| Posted on: August 2, 2010, 4:20 am |
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| 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. |
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| Khachkar |
| Posted on: August 2, 2010, 4:09 am |
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| A khachkar or khatchkar (meaning cross-stone) is a cross-bearing carved memorial stele covered with rosettes and botanical motifs, characteristic of Armenian art and found in Armenia. |
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| Gregory the Illuminator |
| Posted on: July 24, 2010, 4:20 am |
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| 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. |
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| Armenian Apostolic Church |
| Posted on: July 24, 2010, 4:07 am |
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| The Armenian Apostolic Church is the world's oldest National Church and is one of the most ancient Christian communities. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion in 301 AD, in establishing this church. |
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| Saint Gayane Church |
| Posted on: July 24, 2010, 4:02 am |
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| The Church of Saint Gayane is a 7th century Armenian church in Ejmiatsin, the religious center of Armenia. It was built by Catholicos Ezra in 630. Its design remains unchanged despite partial 17th century renovations of the dome and of some ceilings. |
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| Ejmiatsin, Armenia |
| Posted on: July 24, 2010, 3:57 am |
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| Ejmiatsin is the fourth largest city in Armenia. Ejmiatsin is the spiritual centre of Armenia and the seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians, the head of the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church. |
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| Shoghakat |
| Posted on: July 24, 2010, 3:54 am |
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| The Church of Shoghakat was erected in 1694 by Prince Alamal Sotoretsi during the time of Catholicos Nahapat in the present day city of Etchmiadzin, Armenia in the Armavir Province. This church together with other nearby sites is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
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| Saint Hripsime Church |
| Posted on: July 24, 2010, 3:51 am |
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| Saint Hripsimé Church is one of the oldest surviving churches in Armenia. The church was erected by Catholicos Komitas atop the original mausoleum built by Catholicos Sahak the Great in the year 395 AD that contained the remains of the martyred Saint Hripsimé to who the church was dedicated to. |
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| Sanahin Monastery |
| Posted on: July 24, 2010, 3:50 am |
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| Sanahin Monastery is an Armenian monastery founded in the 10th century in the Lori Province of Armenia. |
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| Geghard |
| Posted on: July 24, 2010, 3:45 am |
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| The monastery of Geghard is a unique architectural construction in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
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| Etchmiadzin Cathedral |
| Posted on: July 23, 2010, 9:29 am |
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| Etchmiadzin Cathedral (originally known as the Holy Mother of God church) is a 4th century Armenian church in the town of Ejmiatsin, Armenia. |
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| Armenian–Azerbaijani War |
| Posted on: June 21, 2010, 8:34 am |
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| 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. |
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| Turkish–Armenian War |
| Posted on: June 21, 2010, 8:12 am |
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| 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. |
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| Battle of Sardarapat |
| Posted on: June 21, 2010, 6:37 am |
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| The Battle of Sardarapat was a battle of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place near Sardarapat (modern-day Armavir), Armenia from May 21 to May 29, 1918. |
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| Sardarapat Memorial |
| Posted on: June 21, 2010, 6:36 am |
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| Sardarapat Memorial is a memorial complex to the Battle of Sardarapat located in the village of Araks, in the Armavir Province of Armenia, 11 kilometers southwest of Armavir town. |
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| Hoktember |
| Posted on: June 21, 2010, 6:35 am |
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| Hoktember (until 1935, Sardarapat) is a town in the Armavir province of Armenia. |
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| Sardari Berd |
| Posted on: June 21, 2010, 6:32 am |
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| Sardari Berd sits on the right before the cemetery in the village of Hoktember in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is actually historically associated with the city of Armavir which was then known prior to 1932 as Sardarabad or Sardarapat. |
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| Odzaberd |
| Posted on: June 21, 2010, 6:30 am |
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| Odzaberd (formerly Teyseba referring to the Urartian fortification, later Ishkanaberd) is located east of the town of Tsovinar and at the south-east corner of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik province, Armenia. |
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| Shengavit Settlement |
| Posted on: June 21, 2010, 5:28 am |
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| The Shengavit Settlement is an archaeological site in present day Yerevan, Armenia located on a hill south-east of Lake Yerevan. It has been inhabited during four distinct settlement phases since the Early Bronze Age, from the late 4th century BC to the early 2nd century BC. |
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| Smbataberd |
| Posted on: June 21, 2010, 5:26 am |
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| Smbataberd (meaning Fortress of Smbat the Prince of Syunik) is a fortress located upon the crest of a hill between the villages of Artabuynk and Yeghegis in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. |
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| Noravank |
| Posted on: June 16, 2010, 8:22 am |
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| Noravank is a 13th century Armenian Apostolic Church monastery, located 122 km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge made by the Amaghu river, nearby the city of Yeghegnadzor, Armenia. |
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| Khor Virap |
| Posted on: June 12, 2010, 6:44 am |
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| The Khor Virap monastery is a 7th century Armenian monastery in the Ararat plain in Armenia, very close to the border with Turkey and the closest point in Armenia to Mount Ararat, the national symbol of Armenia. |
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| Noravank Monastery |
| Posted on: June 11, 2010, 8:38 am |
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| Noravank is a 13th century monastery, located 122 km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge made by the Darichay river, nearby the city of Yeghegnadzor, Armenia. |
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| Sevan |
| Posted on: June 11, 2010, 8:11 am |
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| Sevan (until 1935, Elenovka or Yelenovka) is a city in Armenia, in the Gegharkunik Province, lies on the northern shores of Lake Sevan. |
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| Artsvashen |
| Posted on: June 11, 2010, 8:08 am |
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| Artsvashen also Romanized as Artzvashen, is an exclave of Armenia's Gegharkunik province which is controlled by Azerbaijani army since 1992. |
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| Lichk |
| Posted on: June 11, 2010, 8:03 am |
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| Lichk (formerly Gël and Gyol) is a village located south of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik province of Armenia. Lichk and Gyol both mean "lake" in Armenian and Turkish, respectively. |
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| Martuni |
| Posted on: June 11, 2010, 8:00 am |
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| Martuni is a city located in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It is near Lake Sevan which is a largest lake in the Caucasus. Its population is estimated to be 11,987 as of 2008. |
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| Nerkin Getashen |
| Posted on: June 11, 2010, 7:59 am |
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| Nerkin Getashen is a fishing village on the south coast of Lake Sevan in Gegharkunik, Armenia. In the early medieval it was the capital of the region known during that time as Kot. |
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| Gegharkunik Province |
| Posted on: June 4, 2010, 5:57 am |
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| Gegharkunik is a province (marz) of Armenia. It is in the east of the country, bordering Azerbaijan. At 5,348 km², Gegharkunik is the largest province in Armenia by area. |
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| Vayots Dzor Province |
| Posted on: June 4, 2010, 5:36 am |
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| Vayots Dzor is a province of Armenia. It lies in the south-east of the country, bordering Nakhichevan in east and Karabakh in west, and it covers an area of 2,308 km². |
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| Garni Temple |
| Posted on: June 4, 2010, 5:28 am |
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| Garni is a temple complex located in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, situated approximately 32 km southeast from Yerevan. |
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| Bjni Fortress |
| Posted on: June 4, 2010, 5:22 am |
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| Bjni Fortress is a castle located in the village of Bjni in the Kotayk Province of Armenia built in the 9th to 10th centuries by the royal Pahlavuni family of the Bagratuni Dynasty. |
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| Amberd |
| Posted on: June 4, 2010, 5:16 am |
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| Amberd is the name given to the 7th century Armenian fortress located 2,300 meters above sea level, on the slopes of Mount Aragats at the confluence of the Arkashen and Amberd rivers in the province of Aragatsotn, Armenia. |
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| Armenian Air Force |
| Posted on: June 4, 2010, 5:00 am |
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| 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. |
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| Erebuni Airport |
| Posted on: June 4, 2010, 4:57 am |
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| 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. |
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| Zvartnots International Airport |
| Posted on: June 4, 2010, 4:49 am |
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| 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. |
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| Mother Armenia |
| Posted on: June 4, 2010, 4:34 am |
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| 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. |
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| National Gallery of Armenia |
| Posted on: June 3, 2010, 6:47 am |
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| 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. |
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| Yerevan State Institute of Economy |
| Posted on: June 3, 2010, 6:43 am |
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| 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. |
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| Armen Movsessian |
| Posted on: June 3, 2010, 6:29 am |
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| 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. |
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| Vache Sharafyan |
| Posted on: June 3, 2010, 6:26 am |
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| Vache Sharafyan is a composer from Armenia. He graduated with distinction from the Composition Department of Yerevan State Musical Conservatory in 1990. |
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| Samvel Yervinyan |
| Posted on: June 3, 2010, 6:06 am |
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| 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. |
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| American University of Armenia |
| Posted on: June 3, 2010, 6:03 am |
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| 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. |
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| State Engineering University of Armenia |
| Posted on: June 3, 2010, 5:56 am |
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| 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. |
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| Yerevan State University |
| Posted on: May 29, 2010, 7:37 am |
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| 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. |
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| Yerevan State Linguistic University |
| Posted on: May 29, 2010, 7:34 am |
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| 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. |
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| Yerevan State Medical University |
| Posted on: May 29, 2010, 7:30 am |
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| 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. |
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| Hovhannes Tumanyan |
| Posted on: May 29, 2010, 7:23 am |
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| 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. |
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| Yeghishe Charents |
| Posted on: May 29, 2010, 7:10 am |
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| 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. |
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| QSI International School of Yerevan |
| Posted on: May 28, 2010, 9:40 am |
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| 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. |
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| Alexander Tamanian |
| Posted on: May 28, 2010, 9:37 am |
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| 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. |
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| Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory |
| Posted on: May 28, 2010, 9:30 am |
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| 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. |
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| Yerevan History Museum |
| Posted on: May 28, 2010, 9:27 am |
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| 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. |
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| Matenadaran |
| Posted on: May 28, 2010, 9:23 am |
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| 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. |
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| House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian |
| Posted on: May 28, 2010, 9:19 am |
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| 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. |
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| ARF History Museum |
| Posted on: May 28, 2010, 9:06 am |
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| The Armenian Revolutionary Federation History Museum is a museum in Yerevan, Armenia, that displays the history of the ARF and of its notable members. |
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| Nersisyan School |
| Posted on: May 28, 2010, 9:02 am |
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| 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. |
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| Education in Armenia |
| Posted on: May 28, 2010, 8:53 am |
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| In its first years of independence, Armenia made uneven progress in establishing systems to meet its national requirements in social services. |
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| Bambir |
| Posted on: May 20, 2010, 5:47 am |
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| 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. |
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| Robert Emmiyan |
| Posted on: May 20, 2010, 5:15 am |
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| Robert Emmiyan (born February 16, 1965 in Leninakan) is a retired long jumper who represented USSR and later Armenia. |
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| Yurik Vardanian |
| Posted on: May 20, 2010, 5:08 am |
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| 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. |
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| Levon Mkrtchyan |
| Posted on: May 20, 2010, 4:58 am |
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| 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. |
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| Hovhannes Shiraz |
| Posted on: May 20, 2010, 4:46 am |
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| 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. |
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| Khachatur Avetisyan |
| Posted on: May 20, 2010, 4:41 am |
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| 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. |
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| Olga Chekhova |
| Posted on: May 20, 2010, 4:37 am |
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| 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). |
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| Goris |
| Posted on: May 20, 2010, 3:47 am |
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| Goris (until 1924, Geryusy, Geryusi or Gerusi; formerly, Goraik, Gores, Hin Kores, Kores, Korus, Koru, Kuris, Zangizour, Zankazour, and Kyuryus) is a city in the Syunik Marz of Armenia. |
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| Tags: Armenia, Syunik, Kyuryus, Zankazour, Zangizour, Kuris, Koru, Korus, Kores, Hin Kores, Gores, Goraik, Gerusi, Geryusi, Geryusy, Goris |
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| Dilijan |
| Posted on: May 20, 2010, 3:41 am |
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| Dilijan is a lush, green city located in the northern Armenian province of Tavush. It is one of the most important resorts of Armenia, situated in Dilijan National Park. |
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| Dastakert |
| Posted on: May 20, 2010, 3:40 am |
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| Dastakert is a town in the Syunik Province (marz) of Armenia. It is located on a distance of 236 km south to the capital Yerevan and 127 km north-west to the city of Kapan. |
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| Berd |
| Posted on: May 20, 2010, 3:39 am |
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| Berd is a city in Armenia in the province of Tavush, and considered the regional center for the Shamshadin area. It is located to the left of the Tavush rivers, 211 km from Yerevan, and is surrounded by low mountains. |
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| Gyumri |
| Posted on: May 19, 2010, 9:43 am |
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| Gyumri is the capital and largest city of the Shirak Province in northwest Armenia. It is located about 120 km from the capital Yerevan, and, with a population of 168,918 (2008; up from 150,917 reported at the (2001 census), is the second-largest city in Armenia. |
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| Hrazdan |
| Posted on: May 19, 2010, 9:31 am |
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| Hrazdan is the capital of the Kotayk province of Armenia. The name Hrazdan is derived from the Middle-Persian name Frazdan. Farzdan is connected to the Zoroastrian mythology. |
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| Ashtarak |
| Posted on: May 19, 2010, 8:29 am |
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| Ashtarak is an industrial city in Armenia, on the Kasagh River gorge approx. 20 km northwest from Yerevan, and is the capital of Aragatsotn province. |
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| Artik |
| Posted on: May 19, 2010, 8:27 am |
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| Artik is a city located in the Shirak (marz) province of Armenia. It has a population of 14,949 people, down from the 25,100 reported in the 1989 census. |
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| Artashat |
| Posted on: May 19, 2010, 8:12 am |
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| Artashat is a city on the Araks River in the Ararat valley. It is the provincial capital of the Ararat Province in Armenia. One of the oldest cities of Armenia, today Artashat is one of the modern cities of Armenia. |
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| Armavir, Armenia |
| Posted on: May 19, 2010, 8:07 am |
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| Armavir is a city located in western Armenia. The 1989 census reported that the city had a total population of 46,900, but this has declined considerably: the 2001 census counted 32,034; estimate for 2008 is 26,387. |
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| Ararat, Armenia |
| Posted on: May 17, 2010, 4:05 am |
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| Ararat is a city in Armenia in the province of Ararat, about 42 km northwest of Yerevan. The center of a building industry as well as a railway station exist here. |
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