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Ads by Google Related Topics Armenian Genocide Armenian alphabet Armenian people Western Armenian Eastern Armenian Armenian verbs      Armenian History Armenians had rights, which were denied other minorities. Caught in the middle of these warring powers, some Armenians were deported by the Ottomans to Constantinople from Tabriz, Karabagh, and Nakhichevan and others, by the Iranians, to Iranian Azerbaijan from Van. The majority of the Armenians remained loyal to the Dashnaks, while the minority, who had communist sympathies, either went underground or left with the Iranian Socialists when they fled to Russia in 1946. http://home.wanadoo.nl/edmond_k/armhist.html   (6567 words)      CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Armenia The Catholicos Papken in the Synod of Vagharchapat (491) solemnly condemned in the presence of the Armenian, Iberian, and Albanian bishops the Council of Chalcedon. The Council of Chalcedon, which condemned that error, was held while the Armenians were fighting against the Persians' endeavour to crush out Christianity. As soon as they heard of the council and of the action it had taken, opposition arose against it, and the charge of the Monophysites that Chalcedon had but renewed the Nestorian error was readily believed. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01736b.htm   (4390 words)      Frequently Asked Questions about the Armenian Genocide The massacres, expulsions, and further mistreatment of the Armenians between 1920 and 1923 were carried by the Turkish Nationalists, who represented a new political movement opposed to the Young Turks, but who shared a common ideology of ethnic exclusivity. The decision to carry out a genocide against the Armenian people was made by the political party in power in the Ottoman Empire. The Young Turk regime had long been planning the Armenian Genocide and reports of atrocities being committed against the Armenians in the eastern war zones had been filtering in during the first months of 1915. http://www.armenian-genocide.org/genocidefaq.html   (1653 words)      Armenian Genocide - Armeniapedia.org Later, the government would claim these weapons were proof that Armenians were about to rebel. As other Christian minorities gained their independence one by one, the Armenians became more isolated as the only major Christian minority. A coup by 'progressive' Young Turks in 1908 replacing the Sultans government was supported by Armenians. http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Armenian_Genocide   (1083 words)      Armenian Genocide Another irony is that while Armenians have been doing their utmost to portray Turks as Nazis (in an effort to equate themselves with Holocaust victims, the one group best known to have fallen prey to genocide), Turks did their best to save Jews during World War II... For nearly a century, the Western World has wholeheartedly accepted that there has been an attempt by the Ottoman Turks to systematically destroy the Armenian people, comparable to what the Nazis committed upon the Jews during World War II. Whenever there is an attempt to present "the other side," the passage is usually preceded by "The Turkish Government claims..." Keeping in mind we all know how dishonest spokespeople from any government can be. http://www.tallarmeniantale.com   (2309 words)      [No title] My own belief is that if we had all spoken of the annihilation of the Armenians, the Holocaust of World War Two might not have happened on so great a scale. Indeed, it has been reported that, in trying to reassure doubters of the morality and viability of his genocidal schemes, Hitler stated, `Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?' (p. Many see the lack of action and reaction following the Armenian genocide as a critical precedent for the ensuing Jewish Holocaust of World War II. http://www.dance.demon.co.uk/AGC/Articles/ArmenianDance.html   (2744 words)      Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) Many Armenian books and artifacts brought to this country by immigrants and survivors were being discarded and forever lost with each passing death or relocation. And later, for centuries Armenia was a Christian nation in an area dominated by Islam. In this holocaust, more than a million Armenians lost their lives. http://www.almainc.org   (719 words)      Genocide1915.info - The Armenian Genocide Recognition Struggle! Their memories will serve as a reminder of what prejudice, racism, nationalism and false progressivism can do if not confronted. Sign the petition - Condemning the Armenian Genocide and support its recognition worldwide. The Historical and Political Dimensions of the Artsakh (Karabakh) Conflict http://www.genocide1915.info   (699 words)      Armenian Literature, History, Religion, etc. Report on the American Red Cross relief expedition of 1896 to Asia Minor, which was headed by Clara Barton—the legendary founder of the American Red Cross Society is added to the Armenian Genocide section. Because of that the budapest.sumgait.info web site has been launched to provide more information on the case both for journalists and general public. Presenting The history of the Cilician Armenian state and law by professor Alexey Suqiasyan in the Russian section and works by Brother Mehruzhan Babajanyan on Christianity and Armenian church, including some of his works for children in the Armenian section of the library. http://www.armenianhouse.org   (991 words)      Armenian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Many dialects appeared when Armenian communities became separated by geography or politics, and not all of these dialects remained mutually intelligible. It constitutes an independent branch of the Indo-European language family, though many Indo-Europeanists believe it forms a subgroup with the Greek and Indo-Iranian families (see Clackson 1994 for extensive discussion). This page was last modified 19:22, 5 March 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_language   (967 words)      The Armenian Reality The truth will prevail and the Armenian lies will be thrown away at the garbage bin of the history Has Talat Pasha sent a secret telegram that orders genocide? This Memorial is also dedicated to all the victims of Armenian Terrorism (1975-1985) that spilled the blood of innocent people in Europe and United States of America. http://www.armenianreality.com   (323 words)      Armenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In addition, the effects of the 1988 Spitak Earthquake, which killed more than 25,000 people and made 500,000 homeless, are still being felt. The unicameral parliament (also called the National Assembly) is controlled by a coalition of three political parties: the conservative Republican party [1], the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, and the Country of Law party. Armenians voted overwhelmingly for independence in a September 1991 referendum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia   (2963 words)      Introduction to Armenian Rugs This city, strategically located on the route to the Black Sea port of Trabizond between Persia and Europe, was famous for its Armenian rugs which were prized by the Arabs. The Armenian city of Artashat was famous for its "ordan" dye and was referred to as "the city of the color red" by the Arab historian Yaqut [1]. Karabagh refers to a region, not an ethnic group. http://zangezur.tripod.com/rugs/armrug.html   (2214 words)      Armenian Miniatures Liberation from the Arab yoke and the political independence attained by a number of Armenian feudal lords brought about long years of peace and favored the economic and cultural revival of the country. It is quite possible that the Armenian painter gave definite mending to the presentation of those warriors, seeing in them those national heroes who would overthrow evil and liberate the people. This is a detail, which as a rule does not exist in other works of Armenian miniature on the same subject, while other peoples, especially those in the West, often present the Virgin with an apple, a pomegranate or some other fruit in her hand. http://www.armsite.com/miniatures   (5553 words)      Armenian Studies at the Hebrew University This is the more so when we remember the striking similarities between the Armenian and Jewish history -- independence, dispersion and exile, holocaust and genocide, a pride in their distinctive heritages and the will to fight for them against all odds. The Armenians have been part of the culture of the land for 1500 years or more. The Life of Adam and Eve: The Biblical Story in Judiasm and Christianity -- The Life of Adam and Eve is an apocryphal story about the experience of the first human couple after their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. http://micro5.mscc.huji.ac.il/~armenia   (370 words)      Discover Armenia Turkey denies that a genocide took place, and claims that a much smaller number died in a civil war. IN 301 AD, Armenians were the first nation to make Christianity their state religion. According to the majority of historians, between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians were murdered or died of starvation. http://www.armeniaemb.org/DiscoverArmenia   (2142 words)      Armenian Terror - Main Page The governor who is in charge of today’s government, the head of Karabakh Mafia by your expression, disgraced Armenian community in full presence of parliamentarians of European Union in some way with their expressions in interest of him and his idealist supporters. With this memorandum, I would like to address Armenian community, who have been kept apart from us because of the upheavals and disturbance caused by some aggressive and idealist people of Armenian descent. His maneuver to deal with it is to wage a war... http://www.armenianterror.net   (236 words)      Armenia and Armenian News - PanARMENIAN.Net Baku Should Be Called to Account for Xenophobia, Racism and Violence against Armenians The TV interview of the Armenian President may be considered to be an indirect answer to the statements by the Azeri party. The TV interview of Armenian President Robert Kocharian became a hallmark event, especially after the Rambouillet meeting. http://www.panarmenian.net   (730 words)      UM-Dearborn The State of California Center for Excellence on the Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights and Tolerance Dennis R. Papazian, Modern Genocide: The Curse of the Nation State and Ideological Political Parties. The Harbord Report also dealt with the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide. http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/facts   (702 words)      Armenian Directory Yellow Pages and Internet Website Directory If you have any comments or suggestions, please email us at: uniarts@armenian.com This non-partisan, non-sectarian publication now for the entire United States and Canada Nationwide has been serving the Armenian Communities in California and abroad since 1980. The first of its kind, is a professional publication dedicated to providing the most complete up to date information to individuals and businesses. http://www.armenian.com   (171 words)      Armenian Internet Website Search Engine If you have any comments or suggestions, please email us at: uniarts@armenian.com This search engine will search our database of Armenian web sites on the Internet. Our goal is to provide the most comprehensive Armenian links page on the net. http://www.armenian.com/websites.html   (217 words)