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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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| Ottoman Armenian population |
| Posted on: August 2, 2010, 5:17 am |
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| 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. |
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| Armenians in Turkey |
| Posted on: August 2, 2010, 4:52 am |
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| Armenians in Turkey have an estimated population of 40,000 to 70,000 (the Hamshenis are not included). Most are concentrated around Istanbul. |
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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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| Komitas Vardapet |
| Posted on: July 24, 2010, 4:23 am |
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| 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. |
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| Armenian Genocide |
| Posted on: June 21, 2010, 6:42 am |
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| 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. |
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| Nubar Gulbenkian |
| Posted on: June 16, 2010, 8:50 am |
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| 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. |
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| Matild Manukyan |
| Posted on: June 16, 2010, 8:48 am |
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| 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. |
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| Dikran Tchouhadjian |
| Posted on: June 4, 2010, 4:16 am |
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| 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. |
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| Armenians in the Ottoman Empire |
| Posted on: June 3, 2010, 8:08 am |
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| 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. |
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| Alex Manoogian |
| Posted on: March 25, 2010, 9:45 am |
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| Alex Manoogian (1901 Smyrna, Ottoman Empire - 10 July 1996, Detroit) was an Armenian-American businessman, industrial engineer, and philanthropist. Detroit's Manoogian Mansion bears his name. |
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| Avedis Zildjian Company |
| Posted on: March 24, 2010, 4:15 am |
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| The Avedis Zildjian Company is a cymbal manufacturer founded in Istanbul by an Armenian named Avedis Zildjian in the time of the Ottoman Empire. |
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| Yousuf Karsh |
| Posted on: March 22, 2010, 5:57 am |
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| Yousuf Karsh, CC, born December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002, was a Canadian photographer of Armenian heritage, and one of the most famous and accomplished portrait photographers of all time. |
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