Frunzik (real name – Mher) Mkrtchyan was a popular Soviet Armenian actor who was named a People’s Artist of the Soviet Union in 1984. He was born on July 4, 1930 in Armenia, in Leninakan current Gyumri. His talent and […]
Frunzik (real name – Mher) Mkrtchyan was a popular Soviet Armenian actor who was named a People’s Artist of the Soviet Union in 1984. He was born on July 4, 1930 in Armenia, in Leninakan current Gyumri. His talent and […]
Dhol (drum) is an Armenian percussion musical instrument, a drum with a cylinder-shaped body that is covered with either one or two membranes. Previously used in military campaigns, dhol is currently used in ensemble with zurna, accompanied by dancing, processions. […]
Many historians and scientists of the world have tried to solve the riddle: how could such a small nation without large military force confront so many disasters, and not only survive on the face of the world, but to be […]
“The sea is my life”, – said Aivazovsky, passionately and, indeed, deified and worshipped this object of his indefatigable love. He was a painter of Armenian descent living and working in Crimea, most famous for his seascapes, which constitute more […]
National Academic Theatre of Yerevan after G. Sundukyan, was founded in 1922. It is the oldest modern theatre in Armenia. Famous actors and directors such as Vardan Ajemian, Valentin Podpomogov, Hrachia Ghaplanyan, Vahram Papazian, Hrachya Nersisian, Avet Avetisian, and Arus […]
In 1869, Armenian land gave birth to a composer, collector of folk songs, priest, music ethnologist, singer, choirmaster, teacher, and founder of the Armenian National Classical Composer School of Komitas. Soghomon Soghomonyan was born in Alatolu, in a family deeply […]
Armenians have been playing chess for centuries, since the region was part of Sassanid Persia, and the game was heavily promoted when Armenia was part of the Soviet Union. Though the population is only 3.2 million, in recent years Armenia […]
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory after Viktor Hambartsumyan is one of the leading academic institutions, Academy of Sciences of Armenia. The observatory is located in the Aragatsotn in Armenia on the southern slope of Mount Aragats at an altitude of about 1500 […]
Cilician kingdom is Armenian feudal principality, and earlier a kingdom, which existed in Cilicia from 1080 to 1375, and flat Cilicia – to 1515. The process of formation of the new state was not an easy one – Byzantium jealously […]
Henri Troyat was born in Armavir, while according to another version, Moscow is indicated as his birthplace – in an Armenian merchant family, according to another source, the father of the writer “Aslan Tarasov came from the North Caucasian mountaineers, […]
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