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| 1965 Yerevan demonstrations |
| Posted on: August 2, 2010, 4:25 am |
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| 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. |
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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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| Echmiadzin Gospels |
| Posted on: July 24, 2010, 4:52 am |
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| The Echmiadzin Gospels is a 10th century Armenian Gospel Book produced in 989 at the Monastery of Bgheno-Noravank in Syunik. |
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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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| 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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| Yelpin |
| Posted on: June 11, 2010, 8:21 am |
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| Yelpin is a village community located in the South-West of Armenia in Vayots Dzor province (marz). It is located 97 km away from Yerevan and 27 km away from provincial center Yeghegnadzor. |
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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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| Erebuni Fortress |
| Posted on: June 4, 2010, 5:24 am |
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| Erebuni Fortress also known as Arin Berd is a fortified city from the ancient kingdom of Urartu, located in what is present-day Yerevan, Armenia. |
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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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| Alexander Spendiaryan |
| Posted on: June 3, 2010, 8:05 am |
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| 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. |
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| Sergei Parajanov Museum |
| Posted on: June 3, 2010, 7:35 am |
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| 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. |
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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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| Cafesjian Museum of Art |
| Posted on: June 3, 2010, 6:45 am |
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| 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. |
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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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| Anahit Tsitsikian |
| Posted on: June 3, 2010, 6:35 am |
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| 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. |
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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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| Eurasia International University |
| Posted on: June 3, 2010, 6:01 am |
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| 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. |
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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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| Robert Amirkhanyan |
| Posted on: May 28, 2010, 9:57 am |
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| Robert Amirkhanyan (born in November 16, 1939 in Yerevan) is an Armenian composer and songwriter. Professor of Yerevan State Conservatory. |
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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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| 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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| History Museum of Armenia |
| Posted on: May 28, 2010, 9:17 am |
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| 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. |
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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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| Edmond Keosayan |
| Posted on: May 20, 2010, 4:55 am |
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| Edmond Gareginovich Keosayan (9 October 1936 – 21 April 1994) was an Armenian Soviet film director and musician.1952-54 - worked in Yerevan watch factory. |
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| Avetik Isahakyan |
| Posted on: May 20, 2010, 4:32 am |
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| 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. |
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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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| Gevorg Emin |
| Posted on: May 19, 2010, 9:05 am |
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| 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. |
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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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| 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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| Aparan |
| Posted on: May 17, 2010, 4:03 am |
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| Aparan is a town in Armenia, located in the Aragatsotn province, about 50 kilometers north-north-west of Yerevan. |
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| Tags: Yerevan, Aragatsotn, Armenia, K’asagh, Kasagh, K’asakh, P’araznavert, Abaran Verin, Aparanpol, Aparan Verin, Aparanbol, Bash Aparan, Aparan |
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| Abovyan |
| Posted on: May 17, 2010, 3:56 am |
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| Abovyan is a city in Armenia in the province of Kotayk. It is located 10 km northeast of Yerevan. In 2008, the city has an estimated population of 36,705, down from 59,000 at the 1989 census and 44,569 at the 2001 census. |
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| Akhtala monastery |
| Posted on: May 13, 2010, 3:26 am |
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| 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. |
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| Noraduz cemetery |
| Posted on: May 13, 2010, 3:19 am |
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| 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. |
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| Garni Gorge |
| Posted on: May 11, 2010, 9:15 am |
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| The Garni Gorge is situated 23 km east of Yerevan, Armenia, just below the village with the same name. On a promontory above the gorge, the 1st century AD Garni temple may be seen. |
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| Hrazdan River |
| Posted on: May 11, 2010, 8:39 am |
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| The Hrazdan is a major river of Armenia. It starts at the northwest extremity of Lake Sevan and flows south through the Kotayk marz and Armenia's capital, Yerevan. |
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| Yerevan Lake |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 8:21 am |
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| Yerevan Lake located in the capital of Armenia in Yerevan. Lake Yerevan (4000 BC and 90,000 BC respectively) Erebuni marks the beginning of 2,780 years of continuous inhabitation. |
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| Kapan |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 8:15 am |
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| Kapan; former names include Ghapan, Ghap’an, Kafin, Kafan, Katan, Qafan, Zangezur, and Madan) is the capital of the Syunik province (marz) of Armenia. The city is located 316 kilometers from Yerevan. |
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| Tags: Yerevan, Armenia, marz, Syunik province, Madan, Zangezur, Qafan, Katan, Kafan, Kafin, Ghap’an, Ghapan, Kapan |
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| Mount Aragats |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 8:04 am |
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| Mount Aragats is a large andesitic-to-dacitic stratovolcano in NW Armenia about 40 km NW of the capital city of Yerevan. It is the highest point in Armenia, located in the province of Aragatsotn, northwest from Yerevan. |
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| Agarak, Syunik |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 7:15 am |
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| Agarak is a city founded in 1949, in Syunik Province, Armenia. It is considered the southern end of Armenia as it is located on the left bank of river Araks on the border with Iran, 9 km south-west to Meghri. |
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| Hrachia Acharian |
| Posted on: April 14, 2010, 9:03 am |
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| Hrachia Hakobi Acharian (March 8, 1876, Constantinople - April 16, 1953, Yerevan, Soviet Armenia) was a prominent Armenian linguist, etymologist and philologist, Professor, Academic of Armenian Academy of Sciences. |
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| Tags: Czechoslovakian Institute of Oriental studies, French Linguistic Association, Academic of Armenian Academy of Sciences, Professor, philologist, etymologist, Armenian linguist, Soviet Armenia, Yerevan, Constantinople, Hrachia Hakobi Acharian |
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| Gagik Tsarukyan |
| Posted on: March 25, 2010, 9:01 am |
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| Gagik Nikolay Tsarukyan, also known by his nickname Dodi Gago, is an Armenian politician and a wealthy businessman. He is seen as the most influential of Armenia's government-connected "oligarchs". |
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| Arthur Sarkissian |
| Posted on: March 23, 2010, 9:52 am |
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| Arthur Sarkissian was born in Gyumri, Armenia. Sarkissian attended the School of Fine Arts there in 1977, followed by the Yerevan State Pedagogical University (Drawing) in 1989. |
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| Garegin Khachatryan |
| Posted on: March 22, 2010, 6:11 am |
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| Garegin Khachatryan was born in Yerevan, 17 September 1975. Son of Rafik Khachatryan - Khachar Afo - who was a sculptor of the Union of the Artists of the USSR and Armenia and a brave participant of the National Liberation movement of Armenians |
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| Arshile Gorky |
| Posted on: March 20, 2010, 9:10 am |
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| Arshile Gorky, born April 15, 1904? – July 21, 1948, was an Armenian-born American painter who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. |
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