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Karabakh Committee
Karabakh Committee ( hy, Ղարաբաղ կոմիտե) was a group of Armenian intellectuals recognized by many Armenians as the ''de facto'' leaders in the late 1980s. The Committee was formed in 1988, with the stated objective of reunification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. The committee was arrested by Soviet authorities on 11 December 1988 on charges of obstructing humanitarian aid from Azerbaijan after the December 7 1988 Armenian earthquake, but were released on 31 May 1989, subsequently forming the Pan-Armenian National Movement. In 1990 ''The New York Times'' described the committee as "the most influential nationalist group in Armenia." Members *Levon Ter-Petrosyan *Vazgen Manukyan *Babken Ararktsyan *Ashot Manucharyan *Vano Siradeghyan Vano Smbati Siradeghyan ( hy, Վանո Սմբատի Սիրադեղյան; November 13, 1946 – October 15, 2021) was an Armenian politician and writer. He held several high-ranked positions in the 1990s. He served as Minister of Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samson Ghazaryan
Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution of the monarchy. He is sometimes considered as an Israelite version of the popular Near Eastern folk hero also embodied by the Sumerian Enkidu and the Greek Heracles. The biblical account states that Samson was a Nazirite, and that he was given immense strength to aid him against his enemies and allow him to perform superhuman feats, including slaying a lion with his bare hands and massacring an entire army of Philistines using only the jawbone of a donkey. However, if Samson's long hair were cut, then his Nazirite vow would be violated and he would lose his strength. Samson is betrayed by his lover Delilah, who, sent by the Philistines officials to entice him, orders a servant to cut his hair while he is sleeping and turns him over to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan. As the war progressed, Armenia and Azerbaijan, both former Soviet Republics, entangled themselves in protracted, undeclared mountain warfare in the mountainous heights of Karabakh as Azerbaijan attempted to curb the secessionist movement in Nagorno-Karabakh. The enclave's parliament had voted in favor of uniting with Armenia and a referendum, boycotted by the Azerbaijani population of Nagorno-Karabakh, was held, in which a majority voted in favor of independence. The demand to unify with Armenia began in a relatively peaceful manner in 1988; in the following months, as the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Nationalism
Armenian nationalism in the modern period has its roots in the romantic nationalism of Mikayel Chamchian (1738–1823) and generally defined as the creation of a free, independent and united Armenia formulated as the Armenian Cause ( hy, Հայ Դատ, or ''Hye Dat''). Armenian national awakening developed in the 1880s in the context of the general rise of nationalism under the Ottoman Empire. The Russian Armenia followed with significant causes. The Armenian Apostolic Church has been a great defender of Armenian nationalism, with leaders like Khrimian Hayrik who devoted his life to the peasantry. The establishment of modern Armenia (1991) and Armenian social fabric becoming more complex gradually decrease the political influence of Hay Dat and shifted towards a modern Armenian nationalism modeled as a liberal nationalism. National awakening The situation of the non-Muslim minorities within the Ottoman Empire changed substantially as a result of reforms introduced during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karabakh Committee
Karabakh Committee ( hy, Ղարաբաղ կոմիտե) was a group of Armenian intellectuals recognized by many Armenians as the ''de facto'' leaders in the late 1980s. The Committee was formed in 1988, with the stated objective of reunification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. The committee was arrested by Soviet authorities on 11 December 1988 on charges of obstructing humanitarian aid from Azerbaijan after the December 7 1988 Armenian earthquake, but were released on 31 May 1989, subsequently forming the Pan-Armenian National Movement. In 1990 ''The New York Times'' described the committee as "the most influential nationalist group in Armenia." Members *Levon Ter-Petrosyan *Vazgen Manukyan *Babken Ararktsyan *Ashot Manucharyan *Vano Siradeghyan Vano Smbati Siradeghyan ( hy, Վանո Սմբատի Սիրադեղյան; November 13, 1946 – October 15, 2021) was an Armenian politician and writer. He held several high-ranked positions in the 1990s. He served as Minister of Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gomidas Institute
The Gomidas Institute (GI; hy, ԿԻ) is an independent academic institution "dedicated to modern Armenian and regional studies." Its activities include research, publications and educational programmes. It publishes documents, monographs, memoirs and other works on modern Armenian history and organizes lectures and conferences. The institute was founded in 1992 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. It is based in London and maintains a United States branch in Cleveland. British-Armenian historian Ara Sarafian serves as its executive director. Since 1998, the institute has been publishing a quarterly journal titled ''Armenian Forum'' ( ). The institute is named after Komitas (''Gomidas'' in Western Armenian pronunciation). Noteworthy publications Ottoman/Turkish Armenia and the Armenian genocide * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Russian/Soviet/Post-Soviet Armenia and the Caucasus * * * * * * * * * * Armenian Literature * * * * * Armenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agop J
Hakop ( hy, Հակոբ in Eastern Armenian, pronounced ''hakob'' or in Western Armenian, pronounced ''hagop'' is a common Armenian first name. It is the Armenian version of he, יַעֲקֹב, Standard ''Yaʿaqob'' Tiberian ''Yaʿăqōḇ''; ar, يعقوب, ''Yaʿqūb''; "heel"; Septuagint Greek and thus a cognate of the English names Jacob and James. In the United States, a common English version is Jack. It has been used in Armenian since pre-Christian times. Its diminutive form is also common in the Armenian: Hakopik ( or ). It is sometimes used as a last name as well, by adding the "ian" suffix: Hagopian ( or ). Notable people named Agop *Agop Dilaçar (or Hagop Martayan) (1895–1979), Armenian-Turkish linguist specialist in Turkic languages and the first Secretary General and head specialist of the Turkish Language Association *Agop Jack Hacikyan (born 1931), Canadian-Armenian university Professor of Literary Studies, historian, academic and writer. *Agop Terza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samvel Gevorgyan
Samvel ( hy, Սամվել) is a name. It may refer to: *Samvel Babayan (born 1965), leader of the Dashink political party in Artsakh *Samvel Darbinyan, Armenian football coach *Samvel Gasparov (born 1938), Soviet/Russian film director and short story writer *Samvel Karapetian, Armenian historian, researcher, and architecture expert *Samvel Melkonyan (born 1984), Armenian football midfielder *Samvel Petrosyan, Armenian football manager * Samvel Shoukourian (born 1950), computer scientist, academician of NAS RA *Samvel Tumanyan (born 1949), Armenian politician *Samvel Yervinyan (born 1966), musician and composer See also *Samuel (name) Samuel ( Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl'') is a male given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. From its appearance it seems to have the meaning of "God has set" or "God has placed", appearing to derive from ... {{given name Armenian masculine given names [Baidu] |
Davit Vartanyan
Boat suspended from radial davits; the boat is mechanically lowered Gravity multi-pivot on Scandinavia'' file:Bossoir a gravité.jpg, Gravity Roller Davit file:Davits-starbrd.png, Gravity multi-pivot davit holding rescue vessel on North Sea ferry file:Freefall lifeboat.JPG, Freefall lifeboat on the ''Spring Aeolian'' file:Frapping line.jpg, Frapping line Labeled Tricing Gripe Steps to launch davit Roller Gravity Davit A davit (pronounced "dayvit" or see Wiktionary) is any of various crane-like devices used on a ship for supporting, raising, and lowering equipment such as boats and anchors. Davit systems are most often used to lower an emergency lifeboat to the embarkation level to be boarded. The lifeboat davit has falls (now made of wire, historically of manila rope) that are used to lower the lifeboat into the water. Davits can also be used as man-overboard safety devices to retrieve personnel from the water. The maintaining and operation of davits is all under jurisdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hambardzum Galstyan
Hambardzum Paylaki Galstyan (; December 14, 1955 – December 17, 1994) was an Armenian politician and historian who served as the Chairman of the Yerevan City Council (Mayor of Yerevan) from 1990 to 1992 and was a prominent member of the Karabakh Committee. He was murdered by unknown assailants in December 1994. Biography Hambardzum Galstyan was born on December 14, 1955 in Yerevan. He graduated from the Faculty of History of Yerevan State University with the qualification of historian-ethnographer. From 1978 to 1983 he worked at the Armenia Ethnography Museum as a senior researcher. In 1983 he defended his doctoral dissertation at the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography in Moscow and received the degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences. Starting from 1988 he actively participated in the Karabakh movement to unite the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast with Armenia. He became one of the leaders of the movement and was a member of the Karabakh Committee, which coordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Ghazaryan
Rafael Ghazaryan ( hy, Ռաֆայել Ղազարյան, 26 January 1924 – 3 November 2007, Yerevan) was an Armenian radio-physicist, academician, public activist, a member of Karabakh Committee. Ghazaryan was a World War II veteran. He is an author of a number of works on radiophysics, laser atmosphere technics and light modulation, a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. He was the founder of laser technics cafedras at Yerevan State University and Yerevan Polytechnic Institute. In 1988, along with other members of Karabakh Committee, he was arrested by Soviet authorities. In 1989, he became the Vice President of the Supreme Council (parliament) of Armenian SSR, in 1990-95 he headed the parliamentarian Committee of Science and Education. He was also the director of Engineering Center "Mashtots".Engineering Center "Mashtots" http://www.sci.am/resorgs.php?oid=9&langid=1 In his final years, he was one of the leaders of the “Intellectual Forum” (Armenia A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
