feel https://www.reddit.com/r/azerbaijan/comments/fjjk5p/why_is_azerbaijan_not_more_well_known_in_world/ #armenia #azerbaidjan #talk
in the following posts you’ll see our videos from the last trip to Lori, you’ll see #coaf - children of armenia building designed by Paul Kaloustian, 12th century Kobayr monastery which looked much cooler when they did not start the restoration work, and Odzun church and village. #walk #armenia #kobayr #odzun #friends
this is an amazing building, designed by paul kaloustian, i know him. it belongs to coaf - children of armenia, they have buses, which bring kids from the vicinity to classes - drawing, music, theatre, dances, yoga, programming, various natural languages. they also have a hotel, in that building, so staying in it helps the project. it is not expensive, but the location and design are amazing. the centre built with modernistic aesthetics in mind. in hotel you can see naked concrete walls. i like that very much. stayed there a couple of days ago, hostpitability was extra ordinary even by armenian norms.
#coaf #debet #sheep #smart #armenia #lori
#architecture #sevan #armenia
dont know exactly who is the author of the photos
one of my friends reminded me of this channel. i have actually been in the recording studio in Vanadzor, which you can see at the end of the video, and Lernapat is the village very close to Vanadzor, like almost a suburb. the guys visit villages, film the life there, talk to the people, and collect songs. then record those with the aesthetics close to them - they like rock.
i personally have mixed feelings, i am tired of rock, and i am not sure turning folk songs in to rock is good idea, but anyway - this will be interesting for you to watch and listen, i believe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpbwV_By5Lk #armenia #music #lernapat #vanadzor #music #armenian-music #armenian_music #mountains #folk #song
says: do you know who is the main promoter of armenia? it’s turkey. if not turkey, nobody would remember us. if not turkey, who time after time remembers and says something about armenia, that we are bad guys, or that there was never a genocide. thus someone living in island may think, stop, wait, which armenia, and try to find it on the map, which is indeed not easy.
continues: i would go further and claim, that turkey saved armenians. when turkey conducted genocide of armenians, armenians practically did not exist as nation. in turkey and russia they were forgetting how to speak armenian, and were speaking empire languages. there was no single party that would claim the independence of armenia is its goal. instead the goals were to make turkey or russia a better countries, so that equality for all, would mean also equality for armenians. the genocide is what forced armenians to face that they are different. because they are treated differently. the genocide was the reason for them to remember that they need security, army, borders. if not the genocide, most likely we would not have this armenia today. so thank you turkey, this nation would not exist, if not you. we would dissolve like every old nation does. we did not want to survive, but you were saying - hey armenians, comon, lets play war, hey you, defend yourself, take this weapon. yes, take the weapon, we are gonna play with you.
#sarcasm #armenia #history
վերջն ա էս նկարը։ #ֆոտո
ոնց ա գլուխը դրել հեռախօսելիս։ սպանիչ ա։ ապշելու ա։
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ու սա երկրորդ սիրելի լուսանկարն ա, որ մինչեւ հիմա արել եմ ։)
#լուսանկար #ժապավեն #MinoltaX700 #IlfordDelta400 #Yerevan #Armenia #Muraba #կապ #երեւան
#ժապաւէն #նորայր_չիլինգարեան #հալդի
@{ մարիամ ; wordsthatidefend@spyurk.am} 01.03.2019, 12:32:10
նորայրը ։) #MinoltaX700 #FujiC200 #28mm #Yerevan #Armenia #լուսանկար #ժապավեն #կապ
յունիս 2017։
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAWWcKtgzG8 ancient capital of #armenia - #ani, and pantheon of armenian gods on the #nemrout mountain in the vlog by the #russian historian.
chief of pm’s staff is playing techno set at the celebration of the independence of armenia.
his playing hydrae by frankie and sandrino.
#yerevan #armenia #independence #set
our PM in his own town Ijevan with kids.
can you see how relaxed are the kids? nobody afraids or tries to be ‘decent’ because he is with an important person.
i like this man so much. #armenia
and did you see what he have had done with Merkel? he took her to the people, to the streets, they were making photos with people, her bodyguards were shocked, never experienced something like that.
Israeli dronemaker said to have bombed Armenians for Azerbaijan faces charges
#israel #armenia #azerbaijan #war #drone #bombing #military #2016 #artsakh
Pashinian met with Venediktov.
Pashinian: Ilham Aliyev should send his son to serve in Karabakh as well, this would mean - like me - would have a personal stake in peace; interview with @aavst @EchoMskRu “We don’t want war, but we are determined to defend ourselves” https://echo.msk.ru/sounds/2246298.html #russian #artsakh #armenia
so today (yesterday technically) russian soldiers were shooting in armenian village. what was going on is described pretty well in this video in russian language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSP7AaudUWE #russia #armenia
So, Samvel Martirosyan writes on telegram, that he spoke with Artsakh military and other gov people, and
a. The probability of new offensive (Azerbaijani, obviously), is extremely high now. b. Because now it is hard for them to be invisible while approaching our positions (we have cameras and drones), the easiest way to bring military to the border is conducting military exercises. And now Azerbaijan is conducting military exercises without a pause, and it looks like those are very expensive. c. The probability of war will be much higher after July 14, when the football championship will be over. Before that starting the war can offend the Russian side. By the same logic, now they almost don’t shoot at the borders. e. The offensive probably will start from the south, so that less people will be affected, to decrease response of international community.
#armenia #artsakh #war #peace #nkpeace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuLRJLJjCz0 #exactly #russian #armenia
A great shot by a Polish photographer Maciej Dakowicz #Armenia 2017: Few seconds before the catastrophe.
so our new pime minister makes lives on facebook every day, even several times per day. first he showed how the gov rooms look like, then he tells us about the news and decisions he made, and why did he make those. these all without pathos, tables, very simple, he continues to be that simple guy who, it seems does not enjoy these luxurious rooms, and tries to be useful to us. #armenia
there are two good #telegram channels to follow events in #armenia in #russian` https://t.me/hetqinrussian https://t.me/infocomru
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1927943233902715&id=260603653970023 #saakashvili #armenia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_iTStVljbs #tankian #armenia
there is civil disobedience, clashes with police, and protests here. i am of course with the people. authorities brought a lot of power. let’s see what happens this night. https://www.evnreport.com/politics/armenia-in-crisis-again #yerevan #armenia
https://issuu.com/urbanlab_am/docs/ind-scape-preprint #yerevan #armenia
wow such a nice video about one decisive fragment of armenian history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d4FHivSplU #armenia #history #persia #empire #politics #freedom
In Armenia, Mount Aragats looms overhead as a permanent fixture in the sky binding people from all walks of life together
text about one of armenian design companies.
this is a very bad scan. shot in june 2014. airport of goris, armenia, near shinuhayr village. my father told me, he was a pilot, that they were calling this airport an aircraft carrier, because the runway ends at the gorge border. no other place for an airport in the vicinity.
mamiya 1000dtl, zenitar fish-eye 16mm (i did not have other ultrawide angle lens that time), kodak cft.
#architecture #armenia #airport #goris #shinuhayr #photo #film
city of ani on theatlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/01/the-ancient-ghost-city-of-ani/100668/ #ani #armenia
these are film photos, but lofi, taken with ‘soap’ automatic, fixed focus camera.
https://aniramsky.com/portfolio/hayastan-3-autumn/ - bw photos https://aniramsky.com/portfolio/hayastan-2/ - colour photos
check his site for more work. #lofi #armenia #photo #sketch
#sevan #architecture #modernism #armenia #mazmanian #kochar #photo #lake
the cheapest fuji film - c200, mamiya zm, 28mm lens.
i am not sure it’s good but it’s true. #armenia #artsakh #georgia
this photographer has a lot of armenia photos made on leica monochromatic sensor. https://www.flickr.com/photos/74638417@N03/ #armenia #monochrome
#independence #sep21 #armenia
the most popular show in Armenia (among netflix users) is Sherlock. (:
#sherlock #tv #netflix #show #armenia #map
early eighties.
#gagik_haroutiunian #photography #shadows_of_time #black_and_white #film #book #armenia #photo #autumn
early eighties, yerevan, phone booths.
#gagik_haroutiunian #photography #shadows_of_time #black_and_white #film #book #armenia #photo #yerevan
#gagik_haroutiunian #photography #shadows_of_time #black_and_white #film #book #armenia #photo #war #artsakh
bread queue, artsakh, early nineties.
#gagik_haroutiunian #photography #shadows_of_time #black_and_white #film #book #armenia #photo #war #artsakh
early nineties, artsakh.
#gagik_haroutiunian #photography #shadows_of_time #black_and_white #film #book #armenia #photo #war #artsakh #girl
again, 1988, liberty square.
#gagik_haroutiunian #photography #shadows_of_time #black_and_white #film #book #armenia #photo #yerevan #protest #history #1988 #liberty_square
this photo is taken during the protests of 1988, probably early morning. yerevan, liberty square, back then theatrical.
#gagik_haroutiunian #photography #shadows_of_time #black_and_white #film #book #armenia #photo #yerevan #protest #history #1988 #liberty_square
i would like to share some photos from the exhibition, and the book, by Gagik Haroutiunian. I’ve already shared this one before, but this photo is of a better quality. or may be not.
so, the photo is called ‘president’, and dated 1991. however, we can see the flag of armenian soviet socialistic republic, and obviously it’s 1990, atd LTP was not a president yet, he was a speaker.
#gagik_haroutiunian #photography #shadows_of_time #black_and_white #film #book #1990 #1991 #armenia #photo #ltp #flag
from the book and exhibition of photos made by Gagik Haroutiunian, called ‘shadows of time’.
this photo is called ‘president’, and dated 1991. however, we can see the flag of armenian soviet socialistic republic, and obviously it’s 1990, atd LTP was not a president yet, he was a speaker.
#1990 #1991 #armenia #photo #ltp #flag
p. s. i remember those sessions of the parliament, i was following them every day from the beginning till the very last minute. every day. i was 13 years old.
this is very characterizing and sad, when the sentence like “you can only love armenia from afar” gets many likes and retweets.
i do believe that
one of the defining properties of love is being highly motivated to stay close.
#emigration #armenia #love
eventually. it is an astonishingly beauhiful road.
https://www.azatutyun.am/a/28709821.html #armenia #road
nice effort to create a site about armenian modernistic architecture.
#modernism #armenia #architecture #site
article by Mikayel Zolian in Regional Posh on repatriation. #armenia #repatriation
the text is astonishingly stupid, but you can see some pictures. https://vimeo.com/213748725 the place with the rock paintings in the beginning, well i have been there, not easy to get there, the mountain above (it’s 3500 m above the sea level) is called “ughtasar”, from “ught” - camel, and “sar” - mountain. it has two peaks that remind camels. #armenia
ok and these two, kodak portra 400, artik, armenia. #artik #armenia #landscape
indeed, insane
Forty-six years ago, in the midst of the Cold War, 44 scientists from the USSR and the United States gathered at the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory in Armenia. Each scientist had impeccable credentials, most of them were well-known in their field, and three were Nobel-Prize winners. The theme of the conference? Communicating with extraterrestrial intelligence.
https://haypopup.com/2017/08/03/the-soviet-era-conference-on-communicating-with-aliens/
#carl_sagan #victor_ambartsumian #frank_drake #marvin_minsky #armenia #aliens #conference #ceti #byurakan
by the way, you don’t get that it is not really fare that palestine gets a lot of attention, but artsakh(nagorno-karabakh) problem does not, and those who managed to not be expelled or killed, are now considered occupants just because they were able to stay alive and not become refugees. if they would become refugees, the international community, and people like you would say that “it’s very sad”, but now, when these people, well some of them, managed to live with dignity already more than 20 years, well, by paying with lives of many, of course, but live where they used to, now some think that this gives them right to tell that “these barbarians are killing each other”, which is actually very imperialistic thinking, but clearly, these people would not live there if not the failure to expell them because of the armenian resistance. and armenia does not get sanctions from the international community, because everybody knows the truth - there would be no single armenian in artsakh, if they would not defend themselves. and yes, if we would not help them.
actually, i really understand the importance of not changing the borders. because that could kindle the war, and many could be killed. so i am the first, seriously, who thinks, that changing the borders even on post soviet space, where those borders were drawn by colonial administration without taking in consideration what’s “fair” but because of their short term political interests, let’s say good relationships of early bolsheviks with turkey, and trading armenian land (i mean the actual republic of armenia, not some historical, virtual land) for the port cities (batumi), so still i think that changing borders is a very bad idea. but! when there is a choice - you don’t change the borders, and people live peacefully, even discriminated, but in peace, then let’s keep borders, bad peace is better than war.
but when people anyway get exterminated, then you don’t have peace anyway. whether you fight, or you die/leave without it. and i mean really exterminated, not like in crimea, where nobody had a danger of being even expelled. (well now tatars and ukrainians have that danger). i am already used to participate discussions why crimea and artsakh cases are absolutely different, but that will be too much for you. anyway this post won’t get much attention.
and yes, this is very important to me and each and every armenian, not because those are armenians, or we dream of an expansion, or “armenia from sea to sea”, there are armenians in georgia, and guess what, they live, well, sometimes get discriminated, but still, nobody exterminates them, and such a surprise, nobody said that armenia occupied parts of georgia, right? while i know, that during the russian-georgian war russia tried to ignite armenian-georgian conflict. i cannot prove that, but military people who knew, told me, - so this is important to each of us not because of imperialism we cannot actually afford, but because anyone has a friend or relative in artsakh. just anyone. when you know someone, you feel their pain, and you can identify with them as well. they always were, and are a part of our society. they were coming to study to armenia, they were working here, and though soviet azerbaijan made everything that there would be no feasible physical connection - for instance no real road from artsakh to armenia, but it was impossible to cut the connections that way. and when you know your friend’s sister or brother is under the fire, it’s very influential, you cannot be indifferent. it does not matter that’s not your sister. that’s too close to not care deeply.
i strongly believe there are cases, when you need to pay, but stay with dignity. let’s say, you are in a country where you can be punished for what you say, no free speech. first they burn your car, then they put you to jail. or you go to the political rally, and they catch you. that does not mean that you don’t have to go to the rally. that means that when you want to live with dignity, it means, you go to the rally, and you know you can end up in jail. that’s what you have to pay. it’s inevitable. otherwise you don’t respect yourself. so to me this is similar. they tried to eliminate the population, first by the help of soviet army, then by themselves. they failed miserably. now they sold a lot of oil and have a lot of military power, got a lot of arms from our “strategic partner and alley” called russia, and the military budget of their country exceeds the whole budget of armenia. we already paid by the years of blockade, huge emigration, stagnating economics. but that’s the price, when you have hostages. and we have hostages there, in artsakh, actually. that’s not a pleasure. nobody feels that we are occupants, we feel that we have people who live under constant threat. and one year ago, during 4-6 days war, that got confirmed. azeri army entered the villages, they could manage to, and killed, cut years, the elderly people who could not leave. the whole rhetoric of their media was along the lines of “armenians run from karabakh, it’s our land”, and after that they want to use all their resources to make us leave artsakh alone, to get control over it by using international community and the law. well that’s very nice. so we do not feel occupants, we feel like someone who has close hostages would feel. i don’t even talk about people who live in other places near the border, not necessarily in artsakh. or actually any of us could go to war at any moment, we know that. we are not happy about that. just it is what it is.
#armenia #artsakh #karabakh #freedom
i like the other mixes, this i did not listen yet, but will do now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN-qP1b7vcg #mix #armenia #viken_arman #dj #music
may be those ties are indispensable. may be they are colonial and exploitative. think of who controls energy in the country. but in many ways the relationship of armenia with today’s russia is far more colonial, than those relationships were before 1991.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8s8K_a1EMM #suny #armenia
over edited for my taste, but still: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xglsaK4C5ng
#armenia #yerevan
If you had ever wanted to go on a tour you should have had your play list approved beforehand. We could have never stated that we were going to perform the Beatles’ songs. Hrayr Kotoyan’s father, composer Vagharshak Kotoyan, was authorized to approve the roster. We cheated a little stating that we were going to sing the English coal miners’ song written by Lennon and McCartney.
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/special-report/24330/
#beatles #music #armenia #dreamers #history #film #ussr #censorship #sixties #1969 #sevan
The “Dreamers” film found 48 years later. http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/special-report/24330/
#armenia #rock #film
love muted colours. unfortunately they did not realize that sarian’s proposal was much better. #armenia #flag
lori, fioletovo, may 2013, kodak cft, mamiya-ze2 with 50mm f1.7 lens. i have no idea why i did not publish this photo before. may be i did not consider it to be good enough for publishing back then, and now my taste has changed and i can appreciate it more.
#armenia #lori #fioletovo #kodak-cft #kodakcft #film #filmphotography #landscape #village
Despite the challenges it faces, Armenian civil society remains energetic and defiant. Armenia has its share of human rights problems, but so far has resisted making the sharp authoritarian turn seen elsewhere in Eurasia in recent years. This is due to the dynamic nature of Armenian civil society, the importance of a semi-open political system to competing oligarchic groups, and political elites’ understanding that such a turn would aggravate the West and some influential diaspora figures, which Yerevan sees as hedges against Russian geopolitical and economic domination.
http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/12/07/armenia-at-twenty-five-rough-ride-pub-66351
#armenia #democracy
#lori-1 #lori #bazum #bazum_pass #pushkin_pass #armenia #wind-farm #power_plant #electricity #cloud #mountain
cloud over the lermontovo village, lori, armenia.
#cloud #lermontovo #village #lori #armenia
there was a short talk on quality of photographs and i decided to showcase my photo which has no technical quality, but i like it.
#lori-1 #wind-farm #bazum #pushkin_pass #bazum_pass #girl #wind-turbine #electricity #armenia #stepanavan #vanadzor
#vanadzor #girl #kid #armenia
#lori #lermontovo #armenia
Armenia has one of the most educated work forces in the world, outpacing not only the South Caucasus, but the EU AND the US.
though the quality of education… (: #armenia
http://oe1.orf.at/player/20170530/481820
Radiokolleg - Land der Steine
Kleiner Staat, große Diaspora (2). Gestaltung: Brigitte Voykowitsch
#armenia #deutsch #german #radio
#barcampevn17 #barcampevn #barcamp #armenia #yerevan
‘how raw file looks’ - an #article in #russian. (features #odzun monastery in #lori, #armenia) there are a lot of greens because of the design of bayer matrix. #raw #matrix #sensor
#fioletovo #lori #armenia #landscape #village
#fioletovo #lori #armenia #landscape #village
now on velvia (:
#fioletovo #lori #armenia #landscape #village
#fioletovo #lori #armenia #landscape #village
#fioletovo #lori #armenia #landscape #village
i almost never can resist stopping at that place.
#fioletovo #lori #armenia #landscape #village
via @{YA ; ya@sechat.org} (sorry cannot tag you) from this post.
the author’s original post, maybe. I believe this photo have been taken in Geghard, Armenia. Exactly here I guess.
#armenia #geghard #monastery #flowers #photo
there is a village in Armenia called Malishka. it sounds like a Slavic word, but it is not. and there were no molokans living around.
in some dialects, ‘mal’ means an animal, cattle. ‘ishka’, also known as ‘ishel’, ‘ashel’ means - to ‘maintain’, look after animals. so this is a village of animal maintainers. (:
#malishka #armenia #etymology
Dust cloud coming up from a flock of sheep by dawn of day. Geghama Mountains, Armenia.
by Tsovinar Martirossian, source #photo #armenia #flock #sheep
#horse #gargar #village #post #armenia #photo
i don’t always photograph monasteries, but when i do, it’s usually haghartsin. #haghartsin #armenia #photo #monastery #church
another photo of haghartsin is here, shot from not very balanced position.
photo by Tigran Ghahramanian. canon eos 300, canon ef 50mm f1.8, fuji film. #armenia #film #photo
Rafik Ordyan (Armenian: Ռաֆիկ Օրդյան; Russian: Рафик Ордян; September 25, 1948 – May 31, 1979) was a Soviet-Armenian engineer and handcrafter of automobiles, who designed and built the GT-77 race car which went on to capture 1st place in the 1977 Soviet Grand Prix.
http://isralove.org/load/7-1-0-185
#armenia #yerevan #gt-77 #racing #car #design
ok let me add all photos. some of them are by me, and some of them by Sona.
rot-54/2.6
all photos here and at behance project page.
#photo #orgov #radiotelescope #armenia #science
rot-54/2.6
all photos here and at behance project page.
#photo #orgov #radiotelescope #armenia #science
rot-54/2.6
all photos here and at behance project page.
#photo #orgov #radiotelescope #armenia #science
scanning hadidian archives.
#photo #slides #reversal #armenia
Yerevan in sixties. Slide from @{melizoic musings ; melizoic@spyurk.am} hadidian archives. Diasporian tourist group. Probably kodachrome.
#armenia #yerevan #60ies #sixties #kodachrome
Yerevan in sixties. Slide from @{melizoic musings ; melizoic@spyurk.am} hadidian archives. Diasporian tourists on Republic Square. Probably kodachrome.
#armenia #yerevan #60ies #sixties #kodachrome
Yerevan in sixties. Slide from @{melizoic musings ; melizoic@spyurk.am} hadidian archives. probably kodachrome.
#armenia #yerevan #60ies #sixties #kodachrome #kids
#armenia in #sixties. slide from @{melizoic musings ; melizoic@spyurk.am} hadidian archives. probably #kodachrome. #vagharshapat #etchmiadzin #etchmiatsin #church #60ies
#armenia in #sixties. slide from @{melizoic musings ; melizoic@spyurk.am} hadidian archives. probably #kodachrome. #vagharshapat #etchmiadzin #etchmiatsin #church #60ies
coming soon, never published before, yerevan and armenia in sixties from hadidian archives. (thanks to @{melizoic musings ; melizoic@spyurk.am} hadidian).
i believe it’s kodachrome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0nVzvD9QYk
#sixties #yerevan #armenia #kodachrome #film #reversal #slides #archive #scanning #minolta #scanner
article in #russian about armenian #modernism. #architecture #armenia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lptQsWD0LDQ
i have been there several times, enjoy the drone footage of ROT-52-2.6, radio optical telescope high in the mountains.
#armenia #physics #science #radiotelescope #orgov
https://youtu.be/zOXPGCGxRrQ?t=11m55s
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~ #armenia #philosophy #opposition #revolution #democracy
Մտէ՛ք նեղ դռնով. ինչքա՜ն լայն է դուռը եւ ընդարձակ՝ ճանապարհը, որ դէպի կորուստ է տանում, եւ բազմաթիւ են նրանք, որ մտնում են դրանով։ Ինչքա՜ն անձուկ է դուռը եւ նեղ՝ ճանապարհը, որ տանում է դէպի կեանք, եւ սակաւաթիւ են նրանք, որ գտնում են այն։
Մատթէոս 7:13
ռուսներն էլ մեմ ունեն՝ «մենք չենք փնտրում հեշտ ուղիներ», լրիւ այս խխունջի մասին է։
@{melizoic musings ; melizoic@spyurk.am} 25.11.2016, 11:57:27
Photo 15: snail / խխունջ
As we gathered for the hike above Shushi (photo 16), I was mesmerized watching this fellow slowly, painstakingly, successfully make it across this hurdle. My first thought was curiosity that he chose to go up and over, rather than going around. But then I wondered if I would have noticed him at all if he was just easily slinking underneath the metal fence like it was no big deal. Instead, I watched his entire journey until he was no longer visible on the other side of the wall, just as our hike was ready to depart.
It’s worth noting, perhaps, that this guy would have nearly filled the palm of my hand. I had never before seen (land) snails as large as those I saw in Armenia and Artsakh.
#photo #armenia #artsakh #shushi #snail
#խխունջ #մատթէոս #աստուածաշունչ #նոր_կտակարան #շուշի #նկար
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Matthew 7:13 http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-13.htm
also there is a Russian meme: ‘We do not seek for the easy ways”. The snail in question does not. (:
@{melizoic musings ; melizoic@spyurk.am} 25.11.2016, 11:57:27
Photo 15: snail / խխունջ
As we gathered for the hike above Shushi (photo 16), I was mesmerized watching this fellow slowly, painstakingly, successfully make it across this hurdle. My first thought was curiosity that he chose to go up and over, rather than going around. But then I wondered if I would have noticed him at all if he was just easily slinking underneath the metal fence like it was no big deal. Instead, I watched his entire journey until he was no longer visible on the other side of the wall, just as our hike was ready to depart.
It’s worth noting, perhaps, that this guy would have nearly filled the palm of my hand. I had never before seen (land) snails as large as those I saw in Armenia and Artsakh.
#photo #armenia #artsakh #shushi #snail
do you know how the settlement beneath is called? i believe it is Karin Tak (Քարին Տակ) which literally means ‘under the stone’. (:
@{melizoic musings ; melizoic@spyurk.am} 24.11.2016, 11:45:08
Photo 16: Above Shushi, Artsakh
Four weeks into my stay in Armenia, I took a trip to Artsakh with a rambunctious busload of other diasporans. The entire time, I wished I could ditch the group and just explore on my own time. Learn about a history I had, up until that point, simply not known, much less understood. I wished I had more Armenian under my belt so I could take time to talk with the families we stayed with in Shushi, to listen to their stories, understand their pain, their strength.
The morning of our departure, after three jam-packed days of being bussed from place to place to place and back again, we were given the opportunity to go on an optional hike above Shushi, at 7:30am, with just a few hours sleep under our belts. Only nine of us showed up. And during the two hours that followed, we hiked quietly, nearly too tired to talk, up the hills above Shushi. The hills were rich with scads of fragrant, wild herbs. The rocks dropped off dramatically around each bend, giving way to the valley below. After days of rain, the sky was clear, the air crisp, and we stood on the edge of this valley, just taking it all in. The current moment, beautiful, peaceful, and quiet under a morning sun. But also the layers upon layers of history, trauma, fierce pride, reverence, and unwaivering resolve amongst those we met to do whatever it took to keep calling this breathtaking place home.
#photo #artsakh #armenia
#jdr_douz #hounot #shoushi #shushi #karin_tak #canyon
me by ZONO - shot with Nexus S, not edited. #photo #armenia
Marish, shot by Sona with my participation. #photo #armenia #night
#photo #armenia #sevan #architecture #building #stars #sky
#photo #armenia #lake
#photo #armenia #autumnt #building #alley
#photo #armenia #backyard #kids
#photo #armenia #factory #abandoned
#photo #armenia #girl #portrait #shadow
#photo #armenia #entrance #building #windows
#photo #armenia #car #cars #house #backyard
#photo #armenia #town #backyard #kids #cat
#photo #armenia #town #backyard #kids
#photo #armenia #town #backyard
#photo #woman #armenia #town
what’s up bro?
#photo #armenia #town #cars #sky
#photo #armenia #door #design
two-headed. #photo #armenia #counter #pipes #town
#photo #armenia #town #design #door
#photo #armenia #town #car #volga #street
#photo #armenia #backyard
#photo #armenia #backyard
#photo #armenia #backyard
#photo #armenia #room #window #girl
sentry (two photos)
#photo #armenia #guard
inside out: abandoned factory in yerevan, armenia. two photos.
#photo #factory #abandoned #yerevan #armenia
girl in a village kitchen. and a kitchen without a girl.
#girl #photo #kitchen #armenia #village
kids in a village study sculpturing and making khachkar stones.
#photo #village #kids #armenia
agbu building in yerevan with solar panels. #photo #yerevan #armenia #solar_panels #building #agbu #solar_energy #green #backyard
syrian armenian refugee kid and his mother at the ‘halep’ (aleppo) trade centre in yerevan, armenia.
#photo #yerevan #armenia #syrian #armenian #halep #aleppo #kid
yeritasardakan metro station. (three photos)
#photo #yerevan #armenia #yeritasardakan #metro #building #architecture #street #people
#armenia #yerevan #photo #street #musician #building
#photo #armenia #lake #jacket #sweater #sand
From a Buick Petrol Station 8.
#photo #armenia #abandoned #petrol
let’s go, bro, let’s go to the canyon
#photo #armenia #kids #building
and I like this photo the most, shot by Nare, colour dye material for ancient Armenian books
#colour #paint #books #armenia #matenadaran #dye #yerevan #history #technology #art
another shot from Nare, Book of Lamentation by Grigor Narekatsi(951-1003), scribe by Stepanos Tyuriketsi at 1366 at Avag monastery.
#1366 #avag #monastery #grigor_narekatsi #stepanos_tyuriketsi #book_of_lamentation #armenian #armenia #book #literature
my friend Nare sent me some photos she made at Matenadaran, institute and archive of Armenian manuscripts.
this is Horses Medical Book by Faraj, written at 1296-1298. (:
#armenia #matenadaran #horse #horses #medicine #book #armenian #history #miniature
summer cinema hall in Yerevan (which i am in lovi with). shot by Mark Krymski back in early eighties, on a German Orwochrom slide film.
the architect Spartak Knteghtsian was often making solutions like this - there is some space as an entrance. Holes with trees may be refer to Le Corbusier’s experiments.
I was searching for this photo in vain, because original source does not show pictures, however they are visible at archive, luckily.
#armenia #yerevan #orwochrom #film #photo #modernism #architecture
Jewish grave with Armenian eternity sign near Yeghegnadzor, Armenia.
photo by my friend Dominik, I only made some post processing.
#Hebrew #Eternity #Armenia #photo
probably best from the recent photos of Levon Ter-Petrossian. by Nanda Gonzague
#photo #armenia #ltp #photography
by Sherry Akrami, Iranian photographer. she makes remixes. this photo features Geghard monastery, very close to Yerevan, Armenia.
#geghard #armenia #photo
photos by Christina Malkhasyan.
#photo #photos #armenia
photographer Davit Abrahamyan has managed to photograph different corners of Armenia from a sky height in all seasons and time of the day, portraying the uniqueness and specificity of each location, emphasizing both cultural singularity and mesmerizing beauty of every landscape.
http://www.boredpanda.com/full-fledged-beauty-of-armenia-captured-with-the-drone-photography/
#photo #photos #photography #drone #armenia #tavush #ijevan #dilijan #azat_reservoir #garni #byurakan #odzun #lori #tavush #vorotan
i have found these photos here. vachagan made them back in the winter 2014.
that was the next day after a car crash accident. in front of me there were two girls and one guy from azerbaidjan. vachagan was asking them about differences and similarities between azerbaidjani and turkish language. they said that formerly they were watching movies on tv or in cinema in russian, they were receiving films from russia. now they receive films from turkey, with turkish translations. she said, when the film comes to the end i realize that i didn’t even notice that it was in turkish, not in azerbaidjani.
we also asked them about the orthography. she answered that they’ve changed orthography 5 times - they were writing with arabic letters, then, during short independence in 1918-20 in latin letters, then cyrillic letters, then now again latin. she said “our president gave a promise that in two years all books will be reprinted with the new orthography”. “and, did they manage to reprint them?” - i have asked. “no” - she answered.
also she said very interesting and typical thing for someone from a country with authoritarian regime: she said she does not see any other good candidate rather than their ilham aliyev. she said “if not him - then who?”. well, isn’t it obvious that he did everything for you to think like that, my dear?
then they started to ask us about the language. they’ve said “we know there are eastern and western armenian languages. do you understand each other? how do you live in one small country and speak two languages?”
i have answered, that well, languages do not differ that much, and we perfectly understand each other, except for a couple of words that may have a bit different meaning. and i have added, that western armenian is spoken in the west only - in europe, usa, latin america. not in armenia as a rule.
and she asked naively - “why?” i hate mentioning the “genocide” word and the theme, so i remained silent for some time.
then the azerbaidjani guy who sat next to her, a guy in a shirt with some horizontal fur line on it, he smiled happily and started to whisper something in her ear. his face exprecced great satisfaction.
she said “ah, i understand”.
#film #photo #zenit #helios #tbilisi #restaurant #girl #chatting #armenia #azerbaidjan #armenian #azerbaidjani #turkish #genocide #armenian-genocide #language #orthography #evening #talk
Armen T. Marsoobian offers us the unique lens of the Dildilian family of Armenian photographers in provincial Anatolia. Around the turn of the twentieth century, the Dildilians worked to memorialize portraits of fragmenting families and to document everyday scenes in provincial cities such as Sivas, Samsun, and Merzifon. Marsoobian, himself a descendant of the Dildilians, has woven together the family’s remarkable photographic archive along with their memoirs and oral histories, to describe how through ingenuity and professional connections, the family and with them much of their art survived the genocide in 1915-16.
http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2016/08/armenian-photography-anatolia.html
#armenian #armenia #photography #history #1915 #armenian-genocide #marsoobian #family #photo #anatolia #podcast #photographer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL4JK_bDo0A
#armenia
Children are trying to convince geese to not work as hard and go home to take rest.
#children #kids #geese #goose #country #village #armenia #road #evening #pursuit #lori
cows are returning home from work.
#cows #evening #armenia #road #street #landscape #village #country #sky #mountains
i have not been in yerevan at vardavar, but destiny is more powerful than people’s tricks: i got wet laying at the swamp to make some photo, and later ended up running in the field under the thunderstorm to meet these guys. well, i enjoyed being showered by the sky. (: #armenia #landscape #shepherd #cows #mountains #rain
armenian fortresses served a purpose to defend from the invaders.
thus they were building fortresses at mountain passes.
persian or turkic fortresses were built around the residence of the ruler.
in order to protect him from the local population.
http://www.tourister.ru/responses/id_14438 http://www.tourister.ru/responses/id_14462 http://www.tourister.ru/responses/id_14058
#shoushi #armenia #artsakh #photos #impressions #history
#fioletovo #lori #armenia #photo #village #horse #landscape
#sevan #writers_house #lake #armenia #photo #self_portrait #fisheye #photos #modernism #architecture
#arzakan #armenia #kids #village #bicycle #photo
#arzakan #armenia #village #kid #bicycle #photo
coca-cola graffiti in arzakan village.
#coca-cola #graffiti #arzakan #village #armenia #photo
#village #arzakan #armenia #dog #photo
this puppy found something like a fur and was determined to take it somewhere.
my friend from Germany have been written
By the way, Thursday I have been in the German parliament when the deputies finally passed a bill on recognising the Armenian genocide. Brilliant discussion, very good argumentation. The cool thing is that the government didn’t want this decision, but the parliament just did it. Merkel and her most important ministers didn’t attend the session, because they had promised to Erdogan not to vote in favour of the recognition.
Even the deputies with Turkish roots have voted in favour of the recognition. Unfortunately, they have a lot of problems now and are threatend by Turkish nationals. They even get murder threats now and Erdogan has personnaly called these deputies “terrorists”.
#armenian_genocide #germany #turkey #armenia #merkel #erdogan #recognition #nationalism
i never photograph churches, but well i had a feeling that i want to do this photo.
#church #monastery #armenia #photo
Would Israel sell a used drone to a Hitler?
Suppose the Nazis were not murdering Jews but were murdering ‘only’, say, Slavs, Gypsies, and Jehovah’s Witnesses; and suppose our beloved State of Israel were in existence: Would you agree to our selling arms to the Nazis?
Israel is reported to have sold billions of dollars worth of arms, including to governments that are killing or threatening to attack victim peoples. Last week there came reports that an Israeli drone in the hands of Azerbaijan – a huge arms customer of ours – was responsible for the deaths of six Armenians in the enclave Nagorno-Karabakh. And most recently Azeri military transport planes were reported to have landed in Israel (perhaps to pick up and deliver arms) during the war with Armenia.
I am ashamed.
The Armenians were the victims of a major genocide 100 years ago that has even been called the “Armenian Shoah” by some Israeli scholars, including from Bar Ilan University. A great deal of their national and cultural ethos continues to focus passionately on the memory of that genocide (does that sound familiar to us Jews?). For many years now, we Israelis – whether led by Labor or Likud – have insulted and hurt the Armenian people by failing to recognize their genocide officially and formally. Would we ourselves tolerate another government – say the US or England – refusing to recognize the Holocaust because of their realpolitik interest with the perpetrator government?
One senior Armenian official has written several of us in Israel to express his deep pain as well as indignation, not only at our government’s cowardly and self-serving denials of the Armenian Genocide, but also at our thick military trade alliance with the Azeris, a Turkic people who adhere to Turkey’s bizarre and fascist tradition of rewriting history and denying the Armenian Genocide.
I am reminded of the prophet Natan crying out to King David for an earlier though more delectable murderous act of self-interest, or Elijah remonstrating Ahab about his murderous larceny: It’s bad enough that you killed him, are you also taking a profit from the sordid affair? (In the Hebrew: “Haratazachta v’gam yarashta?”)
In general, how willing are we Israelis to strengthen our economy by lucrative arms sales? Of course, “everyone” in the world is doing it, but do we have to also? Have we given up the vision of Israel as a moral leader of peoples on this planet? Is this idea tiresome, naïve, and childlike in a madly destructive and self-destroying world?
An alternative principle could be that we build arms first and foremost for the defense of Israel, and that we supply arms only to underdog peoples who are facing mass destruction and to allies like the US that are essentially committed to shared democratic values and to peace. Of course we will still make some mistakes, but at least our conscience will be more clear that we have not delivered arms to the ‘Nazis.’
To my Armenian colleagues and friends, I can only say that as a Jew and as an Israeli, I am mortified – and angry.
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/would-israel-sell-a-used-drone-to-a-hitler/
#israel #azerbaijan #armenia #nkpeace #artsakh #war
I have seen no place on my journey more beautiful or sadder than Ani
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/04/armenia-massacre-turkey-kurds-history/
#armenia #history #armenian-genocide #turkey #ani
today is a conventional date of the beginning of the 1915’s Armenian genocide in Turkey. Armenians all over the world commemorate the victims. Some of survivors are still alive. Almost all Armenians in the west are ancestors of survivors. Many of us have some relative who survived. My grandfather is also from the family of survivors from Van.
I never liked the date, in particularly, because I felt a link between the date and the victim psychology among the nation. This psychology of the victim was also stimulated and greeted in USSR, as a way to make Armenians more loyal to the empire, and make them sure that they won’t be able to survive without the big brother.
Today is of course, non working day in Armenia, however I came to work, to deal with problems caused by power outage. I was passing through the building and made this photo. This is an A4 b/w print of the We are our mountains monument in Artsakh, and photo of Monte Melkonian, hero of so called NK war. This is what regular radio engineer have printed to hung over it’s table. And though it may seem “militaristic” to hung a photo of a man in uniform, I believe, it’s not really.
(Monte was a very interesting person. when almost all of the Martakert district was lost, and Azerbaidjani army had much more power, he was able to take it back. He had no tanks, but to the end of war he had ~40 tanks under his control, all captured from the Azerbaijani army. He did not tolerate marauding and never allowed that.)
Why is this? Because something have changed. Armenians do not perceive themselves as victims to the such extent as in the past. The important part of an Armenian identity today is that Armenians were able to defend themselves in Artsakh, the population was not eliminated, ethnic cleansings conveyed by Azerbaidjan in late eighties and early nineties failed, at least in most of Artsakh.
They were able to prevent the next genocide. That is why Artsakh is extremely important for any Armenian. That’s a symbol of a victory, probably the most important victory throughout the last ~1000 years.
And what is very sad, that Artsakh has no many chances to be recognized by the International community, and interests of Turkey, which keeps Armenia in blockade, and Azerbaijan, which has oil, are more important to the big players.
It looks like almost any major force is interested to make Artsakh controllable by aggressive, non democratic, militaristic, not tolerant Azerbaijan, which recently again tried to use violence to, as they say, “reestablish territorial integrity”, and in reality, to clean up remaining parts of Artsakh from Armenians. Or, may be make them citizens of the country which conveyed ethnic cleansings, and destroyed every Armenian heritage they were able to.
#1915 #genocide #armenian-genocide #armenian_genocide #armenia #turkey #azerbaijan #artsakh #nkpeace #monte_melkonian #we_our_mountains
Down to earth interview with David Vardanyan, son of Armenian billionaire Ruben Vardanyan, who moved to Artsakh 9.5 months ago to serve as a simple soldier:
http://repatarmenia.org/eng/artsakh-chronicles-vardanyan/
#artsakh #nkpeace #armenia
William Saroian (right) and Zori Balaian
found this photograph at the isoc.am office, brought home and scanned.
#william_saroian #zori_balaian #photo #history #archive #armenia
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, BBC News, February 2012.
#armenia #azerbaijan #aliyev #armenians #enemies #peace #war #nkpeace #nkfreedom #nagorno-karabakh #artsakh #bbc #freedom
I remember the interview of the, as we call it, third Armenian republic’s, first president Ter-Petrossian to the one of Russian newspapers regarding Artsakh situation back in nineties. He said something like:
— Armenians are those who survived genocide. We cannot afford another one.
#armenia #genocide #armenians #artsakh #nkpeace
ah, just discovered them, these young girls formed a new band. It’s called “the universe”. (: they perform the coulpe of songs in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev8Lrcbt0Do
#music #armenian-music #armenia #girls
Azerbaijan was waiting for this revenge bore than 20 years.
Military and political preparations for the current events have been done during all these years.
Interesting question - why exactly now?
…
That’s simple: only Azerbaijan needs war today. And certainly known why - to return lost in 1994 territories, where now located not recognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Return of the territories, populated by Armenians under the control of Azerbaijan - that is understandable, concrete, never hidden, loudly declared task. Which wasn’t possible to solve 22 years by political means, and now, according to the definition of Karl von Klausevitz, is starting “the continuation of politics by other means”. However that is a politics of Azerbaijan alone, not the “all conflict sides”.
And it’s very much understandable, how this war can be stopped in 20 seconds. By one phone call from Kremlin to Baku, and one simple phrase: “Armenia is our ally”. Nobody in Baku is ready to fight Russia. And they would “go back to the previously prepared positions”. And defer “the continuation of politics by other means” to the better times, which are worser.
source (in russian)
#artsakh #armenia #azerbaijan #russia #kremlin #baku #war #nkpeace
probably grandmother from the previous post is someone like this.
source Une femme de 106 ans défendant sa maison en Arménie, 1990.
#armenia #1990 #photo #gradmother #war #nk #nkpeace
also from Waal:
Under this scenario, President Vladimir Putin can then intervene as the real peacemaker between the two sides and demand a peace deal that includes Russian peacekeepers on the ground.
The trouble with this theory is that Russia, although the most important secondary actor in the Karabakh conflict, does not control the situation on the ground. It is not powerful enough to make the Armenian or Azerbaijani military forces do as it wants. They are strongly independent bodies, answerable only to their own presidents. Russia’s ability to shape events is probably smaller than it looks.
#armenia #artsakh #war #nkpeace #nk #azerbaijan #russia #putin
The Azerbaijani side has more reason to break the ceasefire. As the losing side in the conflict of the 1990s, when it lost almost one seventh (or about 13.6 percent) of its de jure territory to the Armenians, Baku knows that one of its few tools of pressure on the Armenians is to violate the ceasefire and remind them that the status quo can be shaken.
by Thomas de Waal, from here: http://carnegie.ru/commentary/2016/04/02/dangerous-days-in-karabakh/iwiu
#artsakh #war #nkpeace #armenia #azerbaijan
defence forces of Artsakh have downed one more Azerbaijani helicopter, 2 tanks, and one UAV.
source (in armenian)
#Artsakh #war #Armenia
disturbing news from Artsakh/Azerbaijani “border” line:
Armenian Side Downed Azerbaijani Helicopter. Azerbaijani Side Has Losses
Azerbaijani Artillery Fire Killed 1 Child, Injured 2
‘Large-Scale’ Fighting Reported In Karabakh
Looks like Azerbaijan is trying to attack at the whole border line with Artsakh. Martuni is under Grad fire, Martakert is under attack, Helicopter was downed near the Mrav mountain chain. Looks like Azerbaijani press remains silent about it.
#artsakh #nkr #armenia #azerbaijan
It looks like Russia forces us to buy two Su-30 military air-planes. Probably it will cost us ~60.000.000 of dollars. I don’t quite get why do we need these planes.
There is a publication on Russian military blog, that there was some event a couple of days ago, during which “we asked” them to sell us these air-planes.
You probably are not aware, that we always “ask them”. And then they generously agree.
A couple of years ago we suddenly decided to “ask” them to support us in joining their union, which obviously they needed more for some reason, and which brings more problems to us, including, but not limited to the rise of prices, and no tangible benefit. Except if it can count as the benefit that Russia does not lead, or kindle war right now here. Yet.
Back to the theme. Armenia long ago decided to not develop it’s military aviation. It’s too expensive and not reasonable. Buying two Su-30’s sounds like nonsense to me.
These are heavy air-planes, that are able to carry a lot of weight to the very long distances, like a couple of thousands kilometres. What are we going to do with them? Attack ISIS? No seriously.
They are also completely useless, by taking in to consideration that Azerbaidjan successfully manages to block Stepanakert airport with it’s S-300 sets. What is the use of Su-30 in these circumstances?
Even if we would need a fighter jet, MIGs would fit more - they are lighter, more manoeuvrable and suitable for use on short distances.
$60.000.000 could be used to protect our near border villages and towns from the constant fire they get. There are many ways this money could be used instead.
#armenia #russia #war
Bridge over the Hakhum river, near Itsaqar, Berd, Armenia.
eos 6d, pentacon 50mm/f1.8 lenses.
#bridge #hakhum #river #itsaqar #berd #armenia #photos #6d #pentacon #country #road #photo
— i am somehow sad, because they did not take my money (bribe) - they respected my age. it’s sad that apparently i am that old, and I would prefer they would take money from me. :/
#bribe #money #respect #quote #talk #age #armenia
#photo #armenia #landscape #mountains
#photo #sevan #lake #armenia #landscape
yesterday at sevan lake.
#sevan #lake #mountains #armenia #panorama #shore #photo #landscape #photography
#photo #moon #rock #noravank #armenia
#photos #tatev #dzit-han #oil-mill #monastery #armenia #kids
more about oil mill at this page.
#photo #sevan #landscape #geghhovit #martuni #armenia
#sevan #armenia #horse #horses #landscape #aerials
say No to the constitutional reform ad. “Voch” means no in Armenian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QuK894GaUo
made me smile.
#armenia
yet another Hamassian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXYokz5Iwcs
(:
#tigran_hamasyan #tigran_hamassian #music #armenian-music #armenian_music #armenia
ok and this is a modern piece of Armenian jazz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EPxV8xl-e0
Hamassian is from Gyumri, second largest city of Armenia. He also works now in USA. This clip was shot by photographer Karen Mirzoian, dancer girl is an Armenian artist born in Beirut, grown up in NY, now she comes to Yerevan and lives here often.
#jazz #armenian-music #armenia #music
yet another video about Tatevik Hovhannisian, jazz singer. You can download album with jazz adaptations of folk Armenian songs made when she was emigrated to LA, at this link.
https://youtu.be/SSe85EtW3ug?t=16m26s
#jazz #tatevik_hovhannisian #armenian-music #music #armenia #history
while certain music was not welcomed very much in USSR, places like Caucasus were far away, hard to control, and sometimes even intentionally left more free, to prevent separatism. when armenian jazzmen was going to other parts of the empire they’ve got many negative feedbacks for their not conforming to the ideas of social realism beards and bourgeois music.
some then famous Russian performers had “grown up” in Armenia. For instance at 3.50 you can hear Larisa Dolina, ethnic Jewish from Azerbaidjan, who performed adaptation of folk Armenian song. Overall I cannot watch & hear these all now. Too boring for me. Third song seems too vulgar to me. At 13.23 though music gets better. (: No beards here of course. This was too official orchestra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQnjkuzwHQ
#music #history #jazz #armenia #armenian-music #dolina #orbelian #ussr #orchestra #folk #music
before my German friend left, we went to the place called “12 tables” to eat spas, amazing Armenian soup made from matsoun. I love it so much that I eat it every day. (:
When we were leaving it was late, the place is already closed. It somehow happened that we got acquainted with the owner (she also works there together with one assistant). She started discussion by noticing Mommintroll on my backpack. It turned out she’s from Artsakh. She said her mother was grown up and educated in Baku, and she does not know Armenian well. She married her father and moved to Martuni. They left it during the war, in 1992. By helicopter which took them to Yerevan. She described how they reached the helicopter in the night. She said “the toilet was in the courtyard, and we could not go to the toilet, because azeris would shoot us.”.
Then they moved to Poland, because they had relatives there. She returned to Yerevan several years ago, she spoke only Polish and Artsakh dialect of Armenian. She learned literate Armenian, the alphabet, and the grammar. She opened one of the best places in Yerevan, cafe-flat, with very tasty dishes. She’s proud she eventually made it completely smoke free.
She does not know if she’ll live here in the future. Because it’s not easy, even if you have business. I hope she will. Her assistant turned out to be a girl from Artsakh who came to study in Yerevan.
Her parents come to Armenia from time to time, but they don’t stay in Yerevan, they go to see their home in Martuni. “In Poland they live in rural area too.They don’t like big cities, many cars and noise” - she explained.
#artsakh #yerevan #12_tables #yellow_street #poland #polish #armenia #armenian #martuni #martouni #spas #matsoon #war #story #people
My German friend, when he lives in Yerevan, rents a room in some family apartment. it’s not only cheaper, but also he is able to socialize and understand locals better.
Last time he was renting a room in the flat of the elderly couple of musicians. they were speaking Russian, and were cursing Putin every day. He was asking, how it’s possible.
— Why, aren’t there people in Russia who disagree with his politics? — asked I and answered myself — Of course there are. Also, they speak Russian because educated people had to know well the language of the empire, and it was becoming a standard, default language for the educated class. it’s normal that educated people understand who is Putin, and don’t like him.
other time our German friend said:
— I’ve got acquainted with Armenian family from diaspora, from LA. They left Armenia in early eighties, but they look like stereotypical Americans - fat, they subsist hamburgers and they drink coca-cola. They were very thankful to Russia, they said: “Russia gave Armenians land to live and breed”.
He recounted it with small sparks in his eyes, wondering how we’ll react. i wanted to start explaining that it might be typical for Armenians who left in early eighties, and why. But my friend was unable to resist, and he shouted:
— it’s bullshit!
Now our German friend rents a room at the old woman’s apartment, previously she was soviet engineer. now she does “alternative medicine”. One of her patients has cancer and she believes that she can cure him with her movements. “When i awake, and see someone lays in the kitchen, i realize i cannot get a cup of water” - complains our friend. He also says that this elderly woman loves Putin.
— Why not? — said my local friend — Putin also can be considered as “alternative medicine”.
#putin #armenia #yerevan #medicine #talk #stories #friends
appartently, Vahram Martirosian published in 2012 his new book - script for the feature film about Charents. There is also story about Aghasi Khanjian and episode how he was killed by Beria.
(i only found this small size picture of the book cover from the orange competition facebook page. i have an impression that if there were no orange competetion, there would be no about coverage in media.) sigh. #vahram_martirosian #charents #khanjian #beria #armenia #history #book
we supposed to share pictures of food, right? let me do that. i have a low blood pressure and sometimes i need something sweet in order to be able to work. i’ve got this honey, it’s from Berkaber. I know this village, i have been around during my military service. it’s located right near the border and overall is really touchy. all those villages near the border are especially touchy.
These villages are always under the fire, however recently there was an escalation, and deaths among peaceful citizens. We’ve been told that our forces had a decent answer and as a result 16 soldiers dead at the other side. As far as i know, indeed our forces strike back their military, not their villages. I also know that very often our military forces don’t get permission to answer. Sadly this only leads to the escalation of the fire from the other side.
So this is a food photo - honey from the village I served near, made by hard-working people (and bees) who live under constant fire near the border of my small country.
#armenia #berkaber #honey #photo
my friend, from Artsakh writes:
I’m a school teacher in Karvachar, a small town heavily destroyed by war. For me it’s very important to make this place better for youth, to create place where they can spend their free time with benefits for themselves. And also - that will be the place where people can read and discuss their favorite books.
see more at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bookstore-cafe#/story
please contribute. it’s important.
#artsakh #armenia #karvachar #book #library #cafe #campaign #war #development #literacy
(: #armenia #september21 #independence #screenshot #independence_day #freedom
I went to Orgov to see it, but I was unable to make a photo of it. I’ll try again and may be it’ll be a good photo.
#orgov #radio_telescope #radiotelescope #armenia
this was back ~10 years ago, at the Microsoft event, where they were basically stating that years of freebie passed, and we have to buy officially licensed Windows copies. As an answer to those, who were whining that Armenia is a poor country, and may it be they can sell licenses cheaper, a guy from M$ answered:
— you buy cars, right? why do you agree to pay for cars, but not for software.
Then there was a voice from auditory.
— can you sell us second hand copies of 15 years old windows installers?
#microsoft #windows #proprietary_software #software #armenia
I had to enter that building, which is called “Dom Moskvy”, exactly like that, there is no translation to Armenian or English, so it does not call “House of Moscow” or something like that. Whatever, I had to enter it. I have entered it, and there are several doors, transparent doors. all of them - locked. I was waiting for some of them to open. No electronics, of course. It is called “Moscow”! Okay, how do I enter this? And then I notice the piece of paper with inscription - “ВХОД”. Just a piece of paper. It means “Entrance” in Russian. Okay, I was thinking where to push, eventually just pushed glass and entered the building.
After I had my conversation at reception I told them:
— you know, it was kinda hard to understand where to go at the entrance.
— there is an inscription - “Vkhod” - she told me.
— yes, but first it’s necessary to notice that, and secondly - I don’t read Russian.
Now yes, I read Russian. I know it perfectly. And I like that I know it perfectly. (: But almost all of my friends - don’t, since they were raised or even born in Syria, Iran, Netherlands, USA, etcetera. And I know how they suffer from the assumptions that each and every Armenian has to know Russian. This is one of those situations - it’s a trifle, but you don’t feel comfortable because of that trifle. Same is at the train station. Since Russia got our railways, they don’t write the list of races in Armenian. Only in Russian. When I asked at the cashier’s desk - they told me - “you can ask us, if you are illiterate, and we can explain you”. Okay, what if I don’t want to ask, can you print it in Armenian as well? “No”, - they said. “We won’t”.
So I told her I don’t know Russian. Can they print the same paper in Armenian, indicating that it’s an entrance?
— No - she answered. It’s a Russian building.
And that’s not a good thing to tell if you want someone just to leave. What does it mean it’s a Russian building? It means you expect only people who knows Russian? You have hell of offices in this buildings, are you sure no other person can come?
— It’s located in Yerevan, Republic of Armenia - I said. We have the law regarding the language.
She didn’t even want to talk about it. “It’s a Russian building” - she said. - “That’s all. We won’t add another inscription”.
That’s it.
I don’t feel happy because of similar stories. I don’t feel happy at all.
#russian #armenian #armenia #language #imperialism #expansion
chief enters the room and notices that everybody stand close to each other, talking.
— what are you discussing?
— sci-fi.
— oh, I thought you discuss constitutional “reform”, nevermind.
#talk #slap #armenia
this beauty periodically comes to Yerevan. Boeing 727-228(А) cn 22085/1665 was built in 1980. It started flight career in Air France (registration F-GCDE). Today airplane belongs to the Iranian company Iran Aseman Airlines (registration ЕР-ASD) and makes flights to Armenia from Tehran.
#boeing #boeing-727 #boeing_727 #727 #aserman_airlines #iran #tehran #armenia #yerevan #zvartnots #evn #airport #airplane
#armenia #yerevan #photo #kids
#photo #armenia #gyumri #film #kids
the guardian published some photos of “Yeraz” van, which was produced in Yerevan years ago. Crappy van, actually.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2015/feb/05/campervan-armenia-dream-in-pictures
#eraz #yeraz #photos #link #van #technologies #armenia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIpDTBAMVpY
#birthrightarmenia #armenia (@{դինջ վիշապաքաղ ; lubekar@spyurk.am} is one of the authors)
#Electric_power_transmission #armenia #landscape #photo
it turned out, our beautiful modernistic gull, hated by Khrushchev, our symbol of freedom, have been privatized. Now it is located in the restaurant, and her wing stretches above the fence.
#armenia #gull #seagull #freedom #modernism #photo #fence #restaurant #privatization #bird #architecture
#khanjians_house #architecture #armenia #photo
#photo #self-portrait #shadow #bridge #armenia
#photo #kids #football #saghmosavank #monastery #armenia #game #children
#ashtarak #armenia #radio_telescope #telescope #satellite #antenna #science #evening #research #history #architecture #photo #physics #radio
#photo #foto #abovian #armenia #kotayk #m4_highway #landscape
#byureghavan #armenia #town #photo
#photo #foto #razdan #armenia #evening #techno #city #landscape #thermal_power_station #power_plant #cooling_tower #industrial #Wärmekraftwerk #Kühlturm
I was unable to find out who is the author of the photo.
#photo #yerevan #charbakh #renationship #evening #underground #subway #armenia #bw #couple
Minkin’s article was the best.
When your ally fully depends on you; when he has nowhere else to go; when not only his well-being is in your hands, but also his life… Then the ally like that is called hostage. And if he supports you in anything, that’s very similar to “Stockholm Syndrome”. http://echo.msk.ru/blog/minkin/1535456-echo/
#russian #minkin #echo #article #armenia #russia #hostage #ally #1915 #genocide #politics #quote
Shai acknowledged that the Jewish state is reluctant to send a more high-level delegation to Yerevan for fear of upsetting Turkey. “We’re a small country and can’t fight with everyone all the time,” he told “The Jerusalem Post.”
#israel #armenia #armenian-genocide #genocide #turkey #1915 #knesset #delegation #recognition
Daron Acemoglu, author of “why nations fail” (he is of Armenian descent) speech via skype at AUA. Bad voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V2NYok4HRE
#why-nations-fail #daron-acemoglu #speech #talk #aua #yerevan #armenia
#karen_mirzoian #photo #karabakh #artsakh #football #armenia
#armenia #architecture #photo #black-and-white #yerevan
Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00011&RL=00985
#lavash #armenia #bread #culture #unesco
այսորուայ տեսանիւթը՝
aber diese kinder wüssten gar nicht, dass man fallen könne, sagt der engländer, und deshalb fielen sie nicht.
http://wiebkezollmann.de/der-weg-zu-gott/
#armenia #noravank #deutsch
#Անրի֊Կարտիե֊Բրեսոն #Կարտիե֊Բրեսոն #հայաստան #երեւան #լուսանկարներ #henri-cartier-bresson #cartier-bresson #photography #photo #yerevan #armenia
http://repatarmenia.org/eng/lucie-abdalian/
#lucie-abdalian #armenian-painters #story #repatriation #armenia #yerevan #new-york #nyc #canada
So Putin does not care that Artsakh(NK) Armenians will remain in total isolation from the world. He just needs Armenia to sign Eurasian-Union agreement at any price.
the preliminary treaty states that the customs checkpoints will be created in Kashatagh, Lachin, and other roads going to Karabakh. Imported products from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia with have relatively high tariffs, in accordance to the Eurasian Economic Union. According to the circulating news, Armenia plans to sign this treaty on October 10, and will go into effect on January 1(2015)
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/09/25/257880.html
#armenia #russia #eurasian-union #putin #humiliation #karabakh #artsakh #freedom
Rebuilding a life in Armenia after fleeing Syrian conflict http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2014/09/25/returning-home-syrian-armenians-look-to-rebuild/
#Armenia #Syria #refugees #photography
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RT @PANphotoAgency: Armenia From Air: From Tatev to Yerevan #landscapes http://t.co/TvaQfGufat http://t.co/x2sVHKstIQ
2014-09-17 15:42:52
#tatev #yerevan #photography #air #armenia #set #photo #photos
Julian Assange Says Talk of Armenian Genocide Censored in Turkey
http://asbarez.com/126864/julian-assange-says-talk-of-armenian-genocide-censored-in-turkey/
#assange #wikileaks #armenia #turkey #genocide #armenian-genocide #censorship
Was it nice by naive Europe and US to support movement in Ukraine toward EU, and then refuse to help in case of Russian aggression? They didn’t expect it? Or they are so afraid of Russia?
Was it nice that when US, Britain and Russia demanded Ukraine to refuse from all their nuclear power, and promised to be warrants of Ukrainian territorial wholeness, that Russia was first who broke the agreement, by aggression, while UK and US just forgot about the paper. US even refuses to sell weapons to Ukraine.
Now, because of absence of western military support, Ukraine cannot fight Russian tanks, and cannot fight professionals from Russia. That’s why Poroshenko had to retreat and do what the monster, the Russian Tsar wants.
but that was predicted back in March by the former Putin’s advisor, and I have shared his talk in Russian yesterday. Putin will go as far as West will allow him.
What can stop tanks? Unfortunately, yes, other tanks can stop tanks. Man with a bag did not stop tanks moving to Tiananmen square. Tanks killed people.
We here know very well that the only reason Azerbaijan did not start war against Armenia yet, is that we are trying to not lag far behind their militarization, which is very hard, cause we are blocked, and don’t have oil money they have. Anyway.
Tanks can stop tanks. Yazidis don’t have military power, that’s why genocide of yazidis in #2014 was possible. And no one, no one helped them from the civilized world. As well, as nobody is helping Ukraine to survive Russian aggression.
This is a very old interview, which dates March 28. Unfortunately there are no good resources in English, and best talks of Illarionov are not available in English.
Now we know, why Yanukovich refused to sign agreement with EU in the last moment. He said to his close people, that Putin promised to take Crimea and Eastern part of Ukraine if he signs the paper. He was pale and frightened as never, as they say.
Also now we know, that military operation in Crimea had no connection with Yanukovich running out of Ukraine, because according to the Defence Ministry of Russia, it started in Feb 20, four days before he run away. Yes, they minted medals, “for taking crimea”, and we can see on those medals that operation started earlier, than they were saying it started.
Also we know from the very careful studies in April, that in all Ukrainian regions overwhelming majority of the people did not feel insecure because of religion, language or ethnicity, and that majority wanted to keep Ukrainian wholeness, continue to be Ukrainian citizens. It’s obvious that there was no people’s movement, but all the troubles were organized by emulating of movement by Russian SpetzNaz.
And corruption, that’s a very good lever if you want to colonize someone. That’s the lever Russia knows how to use.
It’s very pity that by having their great potential, their scientists and engineers they, instead of creating a civilized and developed country, make draconian laws and force free and clever people to emigrate from Russia, so that only controllable and manipulatable, non educated people remain there. I hope one day Russia will become a country, we all would want to be friends with. Not the country which forces Armenia to change national language. Not the country which wants all resources, to control anything, and wants to dictate everything, pressures so hard, by not giving us to take a breath.
Yes, if you don’t like US in Iraq, you shouldn’t like Russia in Ukraine or in Armenia. Let us be free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jQZOUT_Iog
#ukraine #russia #tanks #military #putin #europe #azerbaijan #aggression #war #peace #nkpeace #armenia #freedom
In der Zeit vom 21.8. bis zum 16.9. bin ich in Georgien und Armenien unterwegs.
#armenia #story #georgia #german #deutsch
Putin went on to praise the philosophy of the “Eurasian idea” and to assert that Kazakhs endorse it and see benefits to “remaining in the space of the larger Russian world.”
Solzhenitsyn’s Greater Russian, Orthodox-driven nationalism, Elder notes, “once had him appear sorely out of touch, but today [is] increasingly fashionable.”
http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-putin-solzhenitsyn-1990-essay/26561244.html
Apparently it’s good that we don’t have Russians in Armenia. Otherwise Putin would “protect” them, and we would have bloody events like in Ukraine. But stop! Putin will protect us from ourselves! The paper we signed with Russia, CSTO paper, contains a point that Russia may “help” our authorities in case of inner, not only outer threat. It means they’ll “save” us from having democratic elections, and change corrupted government. They need this corrupted and puppet government to dictate to us. Otherwise, if we try, they’ll protect us from ourselves.
Also, they’ll protect people of Artsakh. They desperately need their forces there. Once they enter, they’ll never get out.
#eurasian-union #russian-world #russia #imperialism #CSTO #Armenia #freedom.
And I guess I know one of the reasons you cannot hear voices of post soviet countries, if it’s not Russia, and if it’s not Putin. That’s something like imperialistic complex - you don’t think these countries are important - what is important for you is US-Russia conflict. And you blame yourself, US government.
Other, smaller countries are so insignificant, they just cannot have their own interests, their own pain, and their own aspirations. That all should be games and manipulations of the greats. #facepalm
#politics #russia #ukraine #armenia #georgia #caucasus #ussr #interests
My Uncle, Catolicos Zareh I of the Holy See of Cilicia http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2014/my-uncle-catolicos-zareh-i-of-the-holy-see-of-cilicia/
#armenia #armenian #cilicia #history
I have uploaded some historical photos of computers and devices designed in Armenia with some descriptions http://norayr.arnet.am/RetroComputing/Armenian/photos/index.html
#computer #armenia #yerevan #mergelian #history #computers #retro #retro-computers #vintage #historical #technologies #information-technologies #masis #razdan #nairi #nairi-3 #nairi-4 #pgp #memory #tape #digital #computing #techno #Informatica #photos #photo #design
Hetq’s editor-in-chief Edik Baghdasaryan talks with soldiers at the frontline. They say:
…Since we hadn’t responded in kind to them for such a long time they figured the situation would continue like that. That they would attack and we would merely defend.
…They have many Turkish weapons. Their recon units have Israeli manufactured weapons. We have as much as our resources allow. We don’t have oil to buy all those weapons. Our weapons are a bit cheap but they get the job done.
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Reconnaissance Scouts on Karabakh Frontline Tight-Lipped About Themselves, Their Actions
Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:20 +0400, by none
The boys don’t talk and that’s it; they don’t want to describe anything. In response to questions about their actions, they say they were given a job and they did it. I then ask for their opinion about the armies of different countries; I ask about the best scouts.
#armenia #azerbaijan #artsakh #karabakh #nagorno-karabakh #nkr #freedom #defence #army #scout #scouts
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Yezidis March in Yerevan in Solidarity with Their Compatriots in Iraq (photos)
Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:37 +0400, by none
The marchers stopped in front of the embassies of the United States and France before gathering at the Armenian Government building on Republic Square.
#armenia #iraq #march #yezidis #yazidis #yerevan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_RYWsAhxl0
#armenian-music #armenia #mokats-harsner #music #authentic-light-orchestra #yerevan #armenian
System of a Down vocalist Serj Tankian has addressed the recent tensions along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border
“Until there is a lasting peace agreement on Nagorno-Karabagh, both Armenia and Azerbaijan will be both militarily and financially constrained and fall deeper into corruptive political practices subservient to one superpower or another. Karabagh, called Artsakh in Armenian, has been an enclave with a majority population of Armenians given to Azerbaijan by Stalin.
“I’ve been to Artsakh on a visit to Armenia years ago and have to say that the people living there are gracious, generous, kind and deserve peace and prosperity as we all do,” reads his post.
#system-of-a-down #soad #serj-tankian #tankian #karabakh #artsakh #nkr #nagorno-karabakh #nkpeace #armenia #azerbaijan #stalin #armenian #war #peace
As Conflict Escalates, Dictator Ilham Aliyev Needs to Be Stopped
While Syria burns, Gaza explodes and al Qaeda captures another Iraqi town, another full-blown conflict threatens to further destabilize the Middle East, this one between Armenia and Azerbaijan. For months now, Ilham Aliyev, one of the worst dictators alive, has been indiscriminately shelling the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, a formerly Soviet Socialist Oblast located within Soviet Azeri territory populated by ethnic Armenians.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-atamian/as-conflict-escalates-ilham-aliyev_b_5663964.html
#armenia #azerbaijan #aliyev #gaza #syria #iraq #nkr #nagorno-karabakh #armenians #artsakh #freedom
Is ‘Armenian’ an insult? Turkey’s prime minister seems to think so.
(already president)
#armenian #armenia #Erdogan #turkey #politics
I think it’s not sincere for me to post here nice pics, scientific researches, and cool gifs and get attention, while in the reality I am surrounded by not very lofty events.
That’s why I am posting, and I guess I will continue to post information about local events. I think it’s my fault that I wasn’t doing it before.
#armenia #politics #freedom #democracy #artsakh #nagorno-karabakh #war #peace
and this is the trailer of the movie by Fatih Akin, it will be screened at upcoming Venice Film Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA7j6zvApPI
that’s why he receive death threats
#armenia #turkey #armeniangenocide #armenian-genocide #fatih-akin #movie #history #politics
btw, my grandfather is survivor. from Van.
Death threats addressed to the film director and Agos following interview on the film about the #ArmenianGenocide http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/08/cengiz-film-about-1915-threats-armenians-agos-fatih-akin.html
#fatih-akin #agos #turkey #armenia #genocide #movie #threat
The man, identified as 31-year-old Karen Petrosyan, was detained on August 7 after mysteriously wandering into an Azerbaijani border village asking for a cup of tea.
http://www.rferl.org/content/death-border-azerbaijan-armenia/26525206.html
#armenia #azerbaijan
No progress repatriating body
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is holding dialogue with the relevant Azerbaijani agencies on handing over the body of captive Karen Petrosyan to Armenia, ICRC representative said.
Fariza Tagiyeva, a woman who discovered the lost Armenian villager, said the locals asked him why he was afraid, and he replied that he had no weapons with him.
Tagiyeva took Petrosyan to a tea-house of Agbulag village where youth surrounded Karen and began questioning. The local said he had nothing, except for a normal phone. Besides, Karen did not show any resistance, and the questions ended when the military came to the village.
http://news.am/eng/news/223539.html
#azerbaijan #armenia #icrc #red-cross
This poor guy even could not finish the school, studied only three grades, because he was kinda retarded. Living near the border, he crossed the border with Azerbaijan, and got captured there.
This is the video how brave strong soldiers deal with him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqaJA_dIGYM
(Actually, may be he didn’t, and Azerbaijanianian military have captured him in Armenia, but our government tells us he crossed the border)
Then Azerbaijan military publishes photos of him dressed in military uniform.
And then he suddenly dies.
The cause of death reported is cardiac failure. Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense yesterday declared that Petrosyan is a member of a sabotage group, the four other members of which were killed; meanwhile, Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia spokesperson Artsrun Hovhannisyan informed Epress.am earlier that the Armenian Armed Forces have not suffered any losses and Karen Petrosyan is a civilian.
http://www.epress.am/2014/08/09/256701.html - in #armenian, no corresponding #english article
in english: http://www.epress.am/en/2014/08/08/armenian-villager-captured-yesterday-died-today-azerbaijan-defense-ministry.html
#armenia #azerbaijan #chinari #tavush
“Our army, targeting Armenia with missiles, is ready to fulfil even the order of destroying Yerevan,” the statement says
http://www.businessinsider.com/armenia-and-azerbaijan-approaching-war-2014-8#ixzz39sDQ2k8M
#azerbaijan #armenia #nkpeace #war #peace #yerevan (:
#BBCtrending: The president who threatened war on Twitter
The novelty of his approach was not lost on his audience, who offered a live commentary on Aliyev’s posts. “Shows how far Twitter has come as a diplomatic platform. Now even wars are declared here…” wrote one user. And of course, it left him open to being heckled in real time. “@presidentaz just try :) we will kill you and your soldiers,” said one, “Dream big, fail big,” said another, and “Go home Ilham, you’re drunk,” replied a third.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-28710785
#azerbaijan #aliyev #armenia #war #peace #twitter #threat
These attacks are more likely to come from the Azerbaijani side, which has rejected international initiatives to stabilize the ceasefire by removing snipers from the front-line. As the losing side in the conflict, the Azerbaijanis make it their business to challenge the status quo, make the other side nervous and remind the world of the conflict.
http://carnegie.ru/eurasiaoutlook/?fa=56322&reloadFlag=1
#thomas-de-vaal #nkpeace #nkfreedom #armenia #azerbaijan #aliyev #armenians #peace #war #nagorno-karabakh #artsakh #freedom
#armenia #azerbaijan #aliyev #armenians #enemies #peace #war #nkpeace #nkfreedom #nagorno-karabakh #artsakh #bbc #freedom
so, what do I think about it, why after 20 smth years, Azerbaijan military makes much more attacks now?
Because of two possible reasons, IMHO.
a) As you may remember, Russia forced Armenia to refuse joining EU agreement, and join Eurasion Union. Armenia cut it’s connections with EU by demand of Putin. Then, Eurasian Union did not sign the paper with Armenia (how lucky we are) because they demand to put customs between Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
BTW, Armenia and NK have the same economic space, and joined World Trade Organization without problems. Why? Because NK has no other connection to the world, it’s in blockade. Actually, Armenia is also blocked by Azerbaijan and Turkey, but we still have Georgia and Iran. WTO asked Azerbaijan, if they agree to shut down NK blockade, then Armenia can join WTO without NK. Azerbaijan refused. But now Putin and Nazarbayev, the dictator club, demand us to leave this people in blockade. (: Our puppet president cannot agree, he has no support in the country, and it’s impossible to leave NK people blocked even by us. They hardly survive even now.
However, Putin does not care. He needs Armenia to sign the papers, whatever it takes. If we need to make customs on the Armenia-NK border, then we have to obey. If we don’t obey, he asks his friend, another dictator, who puts all his oil money into buying weapons (also from Russia) to heat the temperature at the Contact Line, and disrespect the ceasefire which lasted more than 20 years.
b) Putin needs to have his army to control NK. Thus he will control the territory, and can manipulate Armenia and Azerbaijan even more. In this case Azerbaijan, because he got everything he wanted from Armenia. Almost everything, we did not change the language law, did not obey and add Russian as the state language in Armenia. That’s in every paper Russia suggested within OSCE Minks group, that they need to put their “peacekeepers” in NK. When they control the territory, they can manipulate Azerbaijan to join Eurasian Union, by trading lives of Armenians living in NK. Also, they need to have military bases in Azerbaijan, and Aliyev-father promised it to Russia, and refused to do that later. So this is a way they can get what they want.
Thus Putin needs manipulate Aliyev to restart the war, to make war happen, then put “peacekeepers” and control the NK, thus three coutries in the region.
#nkpeace #nkfreedom #artsakh #nagorno-karabakh #armenia #azerbaijan #freedom #ceasefire #politics
#StopAliyev
Join the Social Media Campaign for #NKPeace and #NKFreedom
http://www.anca.org/action_alerts/action_disp.php?aaid=63293261
#artsakh #nagorno-karabakh #freedom #armenia #azerbaijan #aliev
Imperial Mindsets Survive Empires
What is the responsibility of historians and social scientists in the resurgence of imperial solutions to evaluate the present based on the past through critical lenses? Could things have been different in Russia and Turkey had historians and other social scientists been more critical assessors of imperial history, especially when educating the new generations in schools?
Gerard Libaridian on South Caucasus After USSR Collapsed
#history #imperial #empire #empires #mindset #responsibility #science #past #russia #turkey #iran #south-caucasus #armenia #georgia #azerbaijan #freedom #independence
on the road to Tatev
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տաթեւ չʼհասած, կամ երբ թեքւում ես մ2 մայրուղուց
#տաթեւ #շինուհայր #գորիս #բնապատկեր #լուսանկարներ
#photography #photos #tatev #shinuhayr #goris #landscape #armenia #syunik #photo #cc_norayr
The dotted/striped areas show where multilingualism is common. I love this map because it shows how odd Hungary, Basque, Estonia and Finland are in Europe. You can also notice the split areas in Moldova, Serbia/Kosovo, Cyprus, Belgium, Lapland, India and the obvious Kurdistan. I noticed that Albanian and Armenian are unique, as well.
http://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/post/90847865305/indo-european-languages-within-their-present-day
#internet #map #maps #albanian #albania #armenian #armenia #moldova #serbia #kosovo #cyprus #belgium #lapland #hungary #basque #estonia #finland #europe #language #languages
Getashen village, 1991. Last photo made before “passport control”, conducted by Russian and Azerbaijan military.
#armenian #russia #ussr #ethnic-cleansing #1991 #operation-ring #azerbaijan #armenia #artsakh #nagorno-karabakh #independence #freedom
Lakes are always granted a by far lesser attention as compared to mountains, seas and especially oceans. There are more than 100 lakes in Armenia, located in cozy, impassable highlands. So here is a top selection we post for the first time.
http://imyerevan.com/en/society/view/5710/
#lakes #lake #photo #photos #photography #armenia #nature #water
Finding the Original Azerbaijan, or Aran
Ara Ghazarians talks to CivilNet about his English translation of Dr Enayatollah Reza’s book “Azerbaijan and Aran” that explains how political motivations, historic ties and and ethnic connections lie behind the use, or abuse, of the names Azerbaijan and Aran on two historic territories in the Caucasus and Iran — the Republic of Azerbaijan and the province of Azerbaijan in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKalUVotH_Y http://civilnet.am/ara-ghazarians-azerbaijan-and-or-aran/
#conflict #Azerbaijan #Aran #Caucasian-Albania #Iran #Armenia #Caucasus #history #geography #ethnography #archeology #translation #English #Enayatollah-Reza #Ara-Ghazarians #civilnet #azeri #azari #research #book #history-abuse #naming #politics #Turkey #expansionism #motives #absurdity #pan-turkism #fake #books #study #education
Armenian Village on Border with Azerbaijan Under Shelling All Night
They are destroying Chinari. Placing the DShK in the direction of the village, they are shooting at houses, on streets
#armenia #chinari #tavush #shelling #war #azerbaijan #peace
A man of Shahumyan who was 12 during those events told how the Russian soldiers shot the last people leaving the village in a Willis car. The child fell of the car with the others but did not die and understood that he should keep quiet. He lay quiet under the car and listened how the Russian soldiers shot the people, then climbed the cherry trees and ate cherries. Hranush Kharatyan says the man who was 12 then told her this picture remained in his memory.
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/32595
#Armenia #Artsakh #Shahumyan #Russia #Azerbaijan #peace #war #cleansing #deportation #Karabakh #Nagorno-Karabakh #cccp #ussr #soviet-union #ссср #freedom ##################################
@{ Փրչրթան✱ Թանաքեան ; norayr@spyurk.am} Երք 24 Հնս 2014 03:31:37 AMT
#գորիս #օդանաւակայան #շինուհայր #բնապատկեր #տաթեւ #սարեր #ուտենց #ալպիական #ավիացիա #ֆոտո #լուսանկար #լուսանկարներ
#airport #goris #shinuhayr #armenia #landscape #tatev #alpine #mountains #aviation #photo #photos #photography
Freedom House ranks Karabakh’s democratic credentials higher than those of neighbouring Azerbaijan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN0qjCUigac
That’s a very badly made film, but it’s still more than nothing. This is very important topic for me, for us.
NK(Artsakh) people is a nation which struggles for freedom, and has not less rights for freedom than let’s say Palestine. Nevertheless most of you don’t know about it’s existence. (:
Almost 100 years after Armenian genocide in Turkey, these people decided to not be victims, but defend themselves. And they succeeded. Which is unbelievable. But they don’t have recognition, instead, often Armenian side condemned. Surely, war is not a pleasurable time. But Azerbaijan started the war by ethnic cleansing of Armenian population - no Armenians, no problem. They failed, the brute force did not allow them to get rid of Armenians. Nobody were defending them. But small weak nation was able to win in a war against a big and rich country. Now Azerbaijan has hopes to return the “land” they need (not the people) by the help of diplomacy and oil. I live, may be, in the most militarized region in the world. Russia sells weapons to Azerbaijan, making billions of dollars per year.
#artsakh #karabakh #nkr #nagorno-karabakh #armenia #movie #politics #history #war #democracy #freedom
I know these three guys, who are making that game. One programmer, Bagrat Dabaghian, who have been written also a rendering engine which is used in the game(codes 16 hours per day), one artist(don’t know him well actually) and one composer - Serge (nice one, always liked his works).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CLU7xfcDDI
it will be first available for iOS and PC/Windows then for Android. #shadowmatic #game #armenia #programming #art #app #ios #android #pc #windows #graphics #render #3d #room #shadow #shadows #games #yerevan #bargat-dabaghian #elkony #el-kony #bagrat-dabaghian #game-making #rendering
#ֆոտո #լուսանկար #երեւան #ուտենց #սեւ֊սպիտակ #ցիլինդր #լուսանկարներ #ցուցահանդէս
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imandes0 ; imandes@spyurk.am} Երք 17 Հնս 2014 02:37:20 AMT
One of the photos of the series “Morooq” (Beards of Yerevan). This one is @{Tanakian✱ (Inky dining philosopher) ; tanakian@spyurk.am}․ More here.
#morooq #beard #portrait #photography #norayr #bw #monochrome #vahan-stepanyan #yerevan #armenia #դիմանկար #նորայր #մորուք #ֆոտո #սևուսպիտակ
@{ imandes0 ; imandes@spyurk.am} Երք 17 Հնս 2014 02:37:20 AMT
One of the photos of the series “Morooq” (Beards of Yerevan). This one is @{Tanakian✱ (Inky dining philosopher) ; tanakian@spyurk.am}․ More here.
#morooq #beard #portrait #photography #norayr #bw #monochrome #vahan-stepanyan #yerevan #armenia #դիմանկար #նորայր #մորուք #ֆոտո #սևուսպիտակ
#armenian-photographers #vahan-stepanian #Black-and-white #schwarzweiß #photo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rs8Z_h6EYs
#artsakh #armenia #karabakh #nagorno-karabakh #movie #tourism #film #stepanakert #shoushi #shushi #gandzasar #mountains #temples #freedom
facepalm,
In a tense exchange with Armenian pro-government lawmakers, Dmitry Kiselyov warned that Armenia will put its security alliance with Russia at serious risk unless it grants Russian an official status
http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/25418743.html
why? it is not enough for them to force us to “join” their “union”, now they need Russian as an official language in our monoethnic country. Btw, Russian is still tought in schools, as a second language.
#facepalm #armenia #russia #russian #expansion #agression #eurasian-union #assimilation
I can’t specify one special thing that makes me feel good here. I feel good here in general. I feel connected to everything here. Every single thing, including the motherland statue and Ararat Mountain. They make me feel good. Sometimes, after having a tough day, I walk up Cascade and seeing the Opera just in front of me, a huge smile unconsciously appears on my face.
http://repatarmenia.org/eng/rita-manjikian/
#yerevan #armenia #repatriation #repat #cascade #ararat #walk
nice choice for the first day
The very first day I arrived in Yerevan, I went to the Yervand Kochar museum. It was very interesting. When I went to the Modern Art Museum, I couldn’t believe that I was standing right in front of Minas’s or Rodolf Khachatrian’s works.
http://repatarmenia.org/eng/rita-manjikian/
#yerevan #armenia #repatriation #repat #art #kochar #minas #roudolf-khachatrian
Yervand Kochar (Kocharian) ’s paintings in space
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNc-NwGP0rU
This guy made a mistake to return to Soviet Armenia, and USSR didn’t let him out anymore. He was put to jail immeditially. He had a wife in Paris. USSR refused her a visa. So they did not see each other anymore. I may tell you something more about this great painter.
#3d #art #paintings #paris #armenia #armenian #armenian-painters #ussr #cccp #ссср #freedom #yervand-kochar #kochar
Yes, that’s true. I have been in Armenia during the communist’s rule, 35-40 years ago, for 15 days. It’s hard to compare that Armenia with today’s Armenia. I was limited that time. We were given a car with accompaniment - five men were watching for everything we were doing. They were showing us what they wanted to show. Everywhere we went, they were already prepared to meet us. Headmens were expecting us and greeting with vodka, etc. I wasn’t allowed to make photos of old houses, old villages. One time I was arrested when I was taking a photograph of the beggar. I was obsessed with beggars, poors that time. I was making photos of poor, wretched, blind, outcast. In Armenia at the market I was asked why I am doing it. I have explained that I have no bad intentions, and then some other men explained them that I am under the protection of the government.
For me, who came from Paris, that Armenia was a very strange country. I have seen at the market some people with one flower in hands. I was explained that indeed, they were selling that one flower. For instance, they have a one bush of roses at home, and it bloomed, so they cut one flower and go to market to sell it. I was very strange to me. Here, in France, it was ok to just throw out one flower. But there one flower was a luxury. Host of the house where I was staying, took one orange (it was also luxury in Soviet times) and told me: “this is from Moscow”. There were 5 people around the table, so he cut the orange to 5 slices and put one slice to the plate of each of us. In that small amount orange seems to be more tasty. I had an impression that country is very poor.
This time when I came, there was everything. It was possible to think that you are in a French city. A lot of construction work. Many people at streets. Many many people. I can see that everything moves forward.
“I like to be sad” - intervew with Jean Jansem (in Russian)
#ссср #cccp #ussr #Armenia #Jansem #armenian-painters #art #kgb #history #Yerevan #Paris #Hovhannes-Semerdjian
Alex Balashov:
I’m leaving Armenia for a non-trivial period of time. I’ll be back in a few months, but am seriously reconsidering my previous inertia toward longer-term residence. I haven’t fully made up my mind. There’s some novel personal reasons that enter into the deliberation lately, including a very short-lived and spectacularly failed marriage here, but I’m not letting a bad marriage ruin Armenia for me, and I’m not here to talk about that. I wanted to share some more general parting thoughts and observations.
Leaving Armenia: What I’ll miss, what I won’t
#armenia #yerevan #quote
I was able to attend educational expo yesterday. It was my first time I went to Mergelian institute. Eventually, I saw a Kochar’s sculpture. I think they could find a better place for her. There was a escalator in the building, but only one, for moving up. For other direction there was staircase.
Read the rest and see more photos.
#armenia #yerevan #photos #education #expo #robots #robotics #technologies #school #Ayb #Instigate #armtab #vostan #bzoz #Aygestan #Berdzor #Gugark #computing #computer #cnc #linux #reprap #3D-printing #linux-cnc #scratch #logo #exhibition
#yeghishe-charents #charents #translation #armenian #armenian-poetry #sevak #stepan-zoryan #stepan-zorian #zorian
#եղիշե֊չարենց #չարենց #թարգմանութիւն #հայկական֊պոեզիա #պոեզիա #սեւակ #սթեփան֊զորյան #սթեփան֊զորեան #զորեան #գիրք #գրքեր #կարդալ################
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Gary Hill ; therealgaryhill@joindiaspora.com} Ուր 11 Ապր 2014 01:32:15 AMT
Armenian poets…
#Photo #Photography #Photographer #MyWork #LondonBookFair #EarlsCourt #Books #Publishing #Armenia #Poets
via @{imandes ; imandes@spyurk.am}
Երջանիկ Երեւան
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbZZttoWJn0
#yerevan #armenia #alumni #street #city #song #clip #positive #happy #happyyerevan
1 km AWAY, 100 km CLOSE
For years, when there was no border issue, people on both sides used to have close relationship with each other. Only several years ago the border control was strengthened. In spite of the border remaining non-demarcated, there is strong control on it. Moreover, there is no sign for people to realize where the lands of their villages start and where they end. Now the only thing people dream about is to have a check-point which would allow people to go from one village to the other one beyond the border. Crossing the border illegally leads to huge fines and even imprisonment.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-cross
#borders #georgia #armenia #movie #demacration #route #documentary #######################################################
ահա, այս քարտէզում էլ կանք։ ։Ճ
https://social.mbuto.me/podmap.html
#սփիւռք #քարտէզ #հայաստան #երեւան #էկրանահան #diaspora #map #armenia #yerevan #screenshot #windowmaker
#եսնորեկեմ #բարեւ
#newhere #hey
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Hay Dude ; haydude@spyurk.am} Ուր 28 Մար 2014 01:18:24 AMT
Hay I’m a dude! I’m into all kinds of things, among them (Dat Da Daaaa!):
#armenia (of course!) #art #poetry #literature #music #dancing #EDM #jazz #coding #opensource #geekery #privacy #anonymity #NWO #NSA #NewSSR #UFOs #cats #tantra #dharma #FirstNations #witchery #toltec #shamanism
I’m so easy to talk to it’s like talking to yourself (I’m told LOL), so get at me! <3
#Armenia wants #democracy, #Russia wants #authoritarianism
http://www.katypearce.net/demand-for-democracy-in-europe-and-eurasia/
#yerevan #armenia #covered-market #photo #photography #երեւան #հայաստան #լուսանկար #ծածկած֊շուկա #փակ֊շուկա #շուկա #լուսանկարներ #ֆոտո #նկար
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mamadjanian/5079375645/?rb=1
btw, it’s not like this anymore. capital turned this building into regular faceless supermarket, destroyed half of the arcs you may notice in the picture.
This is history of protest, how it was supressed, and some information about following investigation, which was interrupted soon.
first part of Armenia’s lost spring in English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9kOr7KdKbY second part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzxyqXrK-7A third part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBiAzYAEwgY
#march1 #Armenia #spring #protest #history #մարտի1 #Հայաստան #գարուն #պրոտեստ #պատմութիւն
#photo #ֆոտո #լուսանկար #երեւան
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լոկի չարանենգ ; tanamasi@spyurk.am} Հնգ 27 Փտր 2014 05:44:59 AMT
վայթեմ photo by @{եթե հնարավոր է ; ach94er@spyurk.am}
#zvartnots #զվարթնոց #օդանավակայան #ճարտարապետություն #armenia #yerevan #airport #architecture
Սեւանի գրողների հանգստեան տուն (writer’s holiday house, Sevan, Armenia)
#սեւան #հայաստան #լուսանկար #նկար #ժապաւէն #ժապավեն #ճարտարապետութիւն #ճարտարապետություն #Sevan #Armenia #photo #film #architecture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcxervRVQx0
Levon Aronian answers the question of cheating in chess at the highest level
#chess #armenia #levon-aronian #armenian #game #interview #talk
#շախմատ #լեւոն֊արոնյան #հայաստան #խաղ #հարցազրոյց #զրույց #զրոյց
Շերը՝ Լենինի արձանին։ Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian), sitting on a headless Lenin statue.
#Lenin #Cher #Yerevan #Armenia #1993 #Լենին #Շեր #Հայսատսն #Երեւան
#armenia #yerevan #2013 #welcome #police #photo #երեւան #հայաստան #բարի֊գալուստ #լուսանկար #ֆոտո #добро-пожаловать #bienvenue
by Zara Harutyunian(nipalense)
#armenia #yerevan #airport #architecture #հայաստան #երեւան #օդանավակայան #ճարտարապետություն #1986
#hakob-hakobian #hakob-hakobyan #armenian-painters #art #ՀակոբՀակոբյան #Հակոբ֊Հակոբյան #արվեստ #արւեստ #հայ֊նկարիչներ
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իմանդէս (imandes) ; imandes@spyurk.am} Շբթ 09 Մար 2013 06:39:46 AMT
Hakob Hakobyan (1923-2013)
#art #armenia #painting #still-life #hakob-hakobyan
it says: “to comrade Stalin. In order to clean Armenia from more anti-soviet elements, comrade Mikoian is asking to execute 700 more people. I am asking to execute 1500 people more, overall 2000”.
So, ironically, Mikoian, who also responsible for a lot of deaths, part of soviet mincing-machine, is now a successful sausage brend in Russia.
Agadamov:``` Меня, как человека много лет проработавшего в рекламе и занимавшегося брендингом, всегда интересовало как в России существуют и развиваются бренды. Москвичам хорошо известен Микояновский мясокомбинат и его марка Микоян (http://agrobk.ru/wp-content/uploads/myasokombinat-mikoyanovskiy.jpg). Несколько позиций у марки входят в премиальный сегмент и продаются в дорогих сетях ритейла. Я даже как-то рассказывал коллегам в Норвегии историю этого человека и бренда — все были поражены. В самом деле, имя одного из организаторов сталинской мясорубки, в которой погибли миллионы людей, теперь в России — одна из самых узнаваемых колбасных торговых марок. Какая злая ирония судьбы и как коротка наша память.
P.S. Вспомните эту запись, когда в следующий раз попросите «нарезать вам триста грамм микояновской докторской».
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#ussr #cccp #ссср #armenia #soviet-armenia #imperialism #stalin #mikoian #repressions #1937 #yezhov #history #сталин #микоян #ежов #армения #репрессии #история #խսհմ #ստալին #միկոյան #յեժով #ռեպրեսիաներ #հալածանք #սովետ #հայաստան #իմպերիալիզմ #պատմություն #պատմութիւն
[բնօրինակ սփիւռքում(եւ մեկնաբանութիւննե՞ր)](https://spyurk.am/posts/90f11fb945c2101e)
Երեւանը՝ իտալացի նկարիչ Պաոլո Կոսսիի աչքերով։ Yerevan as seen by Italian painter Paolo Kossi
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#Երեւան #պաոլո֊կոսսի #ծածկած֊շուկա #կաթողիկե #դուդուկ #դրոշ #մատենադարան #արձան #տաքսի #ժիգուլի #զրո֊վեց #ծառ #ծիծեռնակաբերդ #արվեստ #ծածկած֊շուկայ #կաթողիկէ #դրօշ #արւեստ
#Yerevan #Paolo-Kossi #covered-market #katoghike #duduk #flag #armenia #matenadaran #taxi #zhiguli #tree #art
Պաոլո Կոսսի
Հրատարակիչներ` Հազարդ
Լեզուներ` կորեերեն
Միլան, Հազարդ, 2011, 138 էջ (կորեերեն) ISBN 978-89-90640-48-9
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#comics #1915 #genocide #armenian-genocide #armenia #milan #korean #book #paolo-kossi #պաոլո֊կոսսի #գիրք #մեծ֊եղերն #ցեղասպանութիւն #միլան #հազարդ #2011 #կորեերեն #պատկերապատում
A translation of the Early Middle High German Poem,
from the edition “Opitz’s Anno” by Graeme Dunphy.
#bavaria #armenia #ararat #german #deutsch #literature #quote
Could everyone stop using 0554 as being a character in a Cyrillic block! It is 0554 ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER KEH.
As far as I know Armenia has not been yet assimilated by the Russians (although they are working hard on it ;-)
http://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2013-m12/0026.html
#armenia #armenian #unicode #screenshot #հայերէն #հայերեն #հայք #էկրանահան
-Այսօր Պուտինի այցին ընդառաջ քաղաքացիական ակտիվիստներին ձերբակալեցին, գյումրեցիների ասելով՝ Գյումրիում այսօր արգելվել է հուղարկավորության արարողությունը: Ինչի՞ց են վախենում իշխանությունները:
-Չեն վախենում, հաճոյանալու ձևեր են, ուզում են տպավորություն ստեղծել, որ հակառուսական ինչ-որ ճնշումներ են եղել հակառուսական տրամադրություն ունեցող ակտիվիստների վրա, որպեսզի ֆիքսեն, թե աշխատում են, տեսեք, ոստիկաններ ենք հանել:
http://hetq.am/arm/news/31110/tery-ekel-e-petq-e-tsarayel.html
#PUTinOUT #armenia #yerevan #putin #customs-union #freedom #protest #photo #photos #Երեւան #հայաստան #մաքսային֊միություն #անկախություն
Մի քանի խոսք դեկտեմբերի 2-ի ցույցից՝ http://byurakn.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/մի-քանի-խոսք-դեկտեմբերի-2-ի-ցույցից/
#PUTinOUT #armenia #yerevan #putin #customs-union #freedom #protest #ukraine #photo #photos #Երեւան #հայաստան #մաքսային֊միություն #անկախություն
Սամուէլ Սաղաթէլեանի տատիկն ու պապիկը ։Ճ
Grandmother and grandfather of Samvel Saghatelian (contemporary armenian painter)
ՀՐԱՒԷՐ
ԱՌԱՔԵԼ ՍԱՂԱԹԷԼԵԱՆԸ
Խնհարհաբար խնդրում է պատւել Ձեր
Ներկայութեամբ իւր որդի
ՀԱՄԱԶԱՍՊԻ
պսակադրութեան հանդէսը
օրիորդ
ՍԻՐԱՆՈՅՇ ՄԱՄԻԿՈՆԵԱՆԻ
հետ, որը լինելու է ֊ին 1911 թ․
ՆՈՐ ԲԱՅԱԶԷԴՈՒՄ
Սեպհական տանը
#photo #retro #old #armenian #armenian-painters #1911 #history #armenia #girl #coulpe #history #armenia #art #սիրանոյշ֊մամիկոնեան #սիրանուշ֊մամիկոնյան #նոր֊բայազեթ #նոր֊բայազէդ #հայք #առաքել֊սաղաթէլեան #համազասպ֊սաղաթէլեան #աղջիկ #զույգ #օրիորդ #պսակադրութիւն #հանդէս #հրաւէր #տատիկ֊պապիկ #լուսանկար #պատմութիւն #լուսանկարներ #ֆոտո #հայ֊նկարիչներ #սամվել֊սաղաթելյան #սամուէլ֊սաղաթէլեան #արվեստ #արւեստ
http://www.photolure.am/index.php/Archive/021220131?page=1
#PUTinOUT #armenia #yerevan #putin #customs-union #freedom #protest #ukraine #photo #photos #Երեւան #հայաստան #մաքսային֊միություն #անկախություն
http://www.photolure.am/index.php/Archive/021220131?page=1
#PUTinOUT #armenia #yerevan #putin #customs-union #freedom #protest #ukraine #photo #photos #Երեւան #հայաստան #մաքսային֊միություն #անկախություն
#PUTinOUT #Armenia #freedom #customs-union #protest #photo #Yerevan #independence
http://hetq.am/eng/news/31092/protesters-to-putin-“go-home”.html
#PUTinOUT #armenia #yerevan #putin #customs-union #freedom #ukraine #Երեւան #հայաստան #մաքսային֊միություն #անկախություն
Hundreds took to the streets in Yerevan today to protest Russian Putin’s arrival and to declare their opposition to Armenia’s entry into the Customs Union.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/31092/protesters-to-putin-%E2%80%9Cgo-home%E2%80%9D.html
#PUTinOUT #armenia #yerevan #putinc #ukraine #Երեւան #հայաստան #մաքսային֊միություն #անկախություն
Mobile App Competition
http://www.onearmenia.org/shift/
ONEArmenia’s second installment of its SHIFT Initiative invites you to pitch an app idea that is significant, scalable and profitable. Our accomplished jury will select the strongest idea which will be developed with SocialObjects Software, a world-class mobile app dev group in Armenia.
ONEArmenia will fully fund the development, and a portion of potential profits will go to sustain future ONEArmenia projects. (Submission deadline is January 1, 2014)
#mobile #onearmenia #armenia #shift #competition #software #development
Հակոբյանի որմնանկարը Գյումրու լքված գործարանի ճաշարանի պատին։ Hakobian mural on cafeteria wall of abandoned Gyumri factory source #Գյումրի #որմնանկար #ճաշարան #Հայաստան #արվեստ #հայ֊նկարիչներ #armenian-painters #gyumri #armenia #art #mural
AAVCU - Association of Anonymous Victims of Custom Union original
#Ukraine #Armenia #Putin #Russia #USSR #imperialism #cccp #ссср #խսհմ #սովետ #մոնրո #ուկրայինա #հայաստան #պուտին #ռուսաստան #մաքսային֊միություն #եւրասիական֊միություն #ազատություն #իմպերիալիզմ
When Mariam Avanesian and her family fled to Yerevan from Azerbaijan 25 years ago this month, they thought they were lucky; they had escaped physical danger, and left behind an apartment rather than “a grave” in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku. But moving to Armenia didn’t mean the end of uncertainty for Avanesian’s family members, and tens of thousands of others.
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/67746
#armenia #yerevan #vanadzor #refugees #photo #photos #family
The Who
Armenia City In The Sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7wrwctQS3s
#the-who #music #musik #armenia #city #sky
#փաստորեն #Սարտր ֊ը #Հայաստան է եկել #1963 ֊ի աշնանը։
http://mitk.am/սարտրի-չհասկացված-հայաստանը/
#sartre #armenia
contact Anastasia Danielyan
#լուսանկարներ #Հայաստան #կոնտակտ #ֆոտո #photos #photo #Armenia #contact #Anastasia-Danielyan
#Mikael-Zolyan spoke to #CivilNet about his #generation, which was born in the #Soviet era but has grown up with #independence; the difficulties and challenges they face and what are the factors that will keep them engaged with #Armenia.
http://civilnet.am/2013/09/26/reality-check-independence-at-22/
picture source
Happy Independence day, #Armenia. 22 years ago 99% of Armenia population voted for free, independent, democratic Republic of Armenia.
It is dangerous time for our freedom now. Putin is forcing us to join his new #Russian-Empire, which is called #Eurasian-Union - one whole country with one army, ruled from #Moscow. But let’s remember, that history does not end here. Empires are going to collapse, sooner or later. We survived so many empires throughout our history, let’s fight this empire too, we are not going to surrender..
Fuck Imperialism. Fuck Putin. Fuck capitalism.
Happy independence day, Armenia!
#freedom #democracy #independence #21september #1991 #armenia #cccp #ссср #capitalism #communism #putin #imperialism #artsakh #people #referendum #republic-of-armenia #Հայաստան #խսհմ #սովետ #ռուսաստան #մաքսային֊միություն #արցախ #իմպերիալիզմ #մարդիկ #ժողովրդավարություն #անկախություն #հանրաքվե #պուտին #եւրասիական֊միություն #կոմունիզմ #կապիտալիզմ #հայաստանի֊հանրապետություն #հայք
http://chvhatvogh.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/վանաձոր/
by @{Multivac* ; satenik@spyurk.am}
#վանաձոր #հայաստան #խաչմերուկ #փողոց #քաղաք #լուսանկարներ #ֆոտո
#vanadzor #armenia #street #city #photos #photo
Но то, как унизительно обошелся Кремль с единственным и самым верным своим кавказским союзником, стало для Януковича предупреждением – и он заявил, что выбор Украины определен – это Европа, а не Таможенный союз. При этом он несколько раз сказал слово “унижение”.
Так зачем было Кремлю так унижать Армению?
Я не нахожу другого объяснения, кроме как желание Путина “показать, кто в доме хозяин”. Унижая, он как бы демонстрировал силу, “бил своих, чтобы чужие боялись”. Проявлял такое гбшное желание втоптать, “чтоб неповадно было”. Вертухайское такое.
http://markgrigorian.livejournal.com/866441.html
#armenia #армения #путин #москва #ереван #украина #тс #таможенный-союз #евразийский-союз #унижение #европа #ссср #кгб #свобода #cccp #խսհմ #սովետ #հայաստան #պուտին #մոսկվա #երեւան #ուկրաինա #ազատություն #կգբ #մաքսային֊միություն #եւրասիական֊միություն #նվաստացում #անկախություն
#Թեղուտ –ի #բնական #տեղական #մեղր local natural #honey from #Teghut.
#armenia #shnogh #հայաստան #շնող
За 22 года нам так и не удалось избавиться от этой пятой колонны, и теперь она перешла к завершающему этапу своей программы – реколонизации. Это ни разу не может нас обрадовать, просто многие, видимо, не осознают происходящее.
Путин не вечен, не вечны также империи и державы, тем более сырьевые придатки Запада, чьи ущербные гауляйтеры мнят себя Строителями Ымперии.
http://kosorez.livejournal.com/241335.html
#armenia #freedom #ussr #putin #imperialism
То есть, вы можете купить любой автомобиль любой марки, при условии, что это - “Лада Калина.” http://kg.am/mkc69qb #armenia
в Казахстане введение новых пошлин на автомобили привело к сильному росту цен даже на 20-летний хлам http://kg.am/mkc69qb #armenia
То есть, по российским, казахским и белорусским товарам цены не изменятся, а по всем остальным - вырастут http://kg.am/mkc69qb #armenia
Պիքսել֊արտ ավանակը։ Շուշիի գորգերի թանգարան։
pixel-art donkey, carpets museum of Artsakh, Shoushi
#ավանակ #ծառ #գորգ #կարպետ #արվեստ #արհեստ #Արցախ #Շուշի #թանգարան #Հայաստան #Հայք
#donkey #tree #Armenian #carpet #art #craft #Artsakh #Nagorno-Karabakh #Shoushi #Shushi #museum #Armenia #pixel-art
Պիքսել֊արտ շունը։ Շուշիի գորգերի թանգարան։
pixel-art dog, carpets museum of Artsakh, Shoushi. I can also see some tetris figures.
#շուն #ծառ #գորգ #կարպետ #արվեստ #արհեստ #Արցախ #Շուշի #թանգարան #Հայաստան #Հայք #dog #tree #Armenian #carpet #art #craft #Artsakh #Nagorno-Karabakh #Shoushi #Shushi #museum #Armenia #pixel-art
Մոնթե
#Մոնթե #Ավո #Մոնթե֊Մելքոնյան #փոստ #375009 #հեռախոս #Հայաստան #Երեւան #փողոց #Հայք #Արցախ #ազատություն #Monte #Monte-Melkonian #Armenia #Yerevan #phone #post #street #freedom #Artsakh
Մոնթե
#Մոնթե #Ավո #Մոնթե֊Մելքոնյան #Արարատ #Հայաստան #Երեւան #Հայք #Արցախ #ազատություն #Monte #Monte-Melkonian #Armenia #Yerevan #Ararat #freedom #Artsakh
Ժան Գառզու (Գառնիկ Զուլումեան) «Հուշեր մայր երկրից» Արցախ, Կերպարվեստի պետական թանգարան, Շուշի
Jean Carzou(Karnik Zouloumian) “Memories about Motherland" Artsakh, State museum of fine arts, Shoushi
#հայ֊նկարիչներ #Ժան֊Գառզու #Գառզու #Գառնիկ֊Զուլումեան #արվեստ #նկար #Հայաստան #Արարատ #եկեղեցի #հայրենիք #Հայք
#armenian-painters #Carzou #Garzou #Jean-Carzou #Karnik-Zouloumian #art #painters #paintings #memories #motherland #French #Armenian #Shushi #Shoushi #Artsakh #Armenia #Ararat #church
SALVE
Շուշիի ռեալական դրրոց մտնելիս։
Entering the Shoushi realschule.
#Շուշի #Արցախ #ռեալական֊դրպոց #սալվե #լուսանկարներ #ֆոտո #պատմություն #Հայաստան #պատերազմ #խաղաղություն
#Shoushi #Artsakh #Nagorno-Karabakh #realschule #salve #photos #photo #school #war #peace #history #Armenia
found on #instagram http://instagram.com/p/VKupxFu9dS/
looked much better before the capital built those faceless buildings
#լուսանկարներ #Երեւան #Հայաստան #քաղաք #Արարատ #photo #Yerevan #Armenia #city #Ararat #landscape ####################
found on #instagram http://instagram.com/p/VLisroO9dV/
#լուսանկարներ #հայք #սարեր #հայաստան #photo #mountains #armenia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/08/nsa-boundless-informant-global-datamining so #armenia is more interesting than our neighbors for #prism (: can feel important (:
#Սեւան #սարեր #Հայք #Հայաստան #ֆոտո #լուսանկարներ #սեւ֊սպիտակ #ժապավեն #ճայ #ճայեր #Sevan #mountains #Armenia #bw #film #black-and-white #seagull #seagulls
#cc_norayr
#Սեւան #լիճ #սարեր #Հայք #Հայաստան #մառախուղ #ջուր #ֆոտո #լուսանկարներ #սեւ֊սպիտակ #ժապավեն #Sevan #lake #mountains #Armenia #fog #water #bw #film #black-and-white
#cc_norayr
#Սեւան #լիճ #սարեր #Հայք #Հայաստան #մառախուղ #ջուր #ֆոտո #լուսանկարներ #սեւ֊սպիտակ #ժապավեն #Sevan #lake #mountains #Armenia #fog #water #bw #film #black-and-white
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#Լոռի #լուսանկարներ #Հայաստան #Ֆիոլետովո #ֆոտո #ժապավեն #սեւ֊սպիտակ #բնանկար #Fioletovo #Lori #Armenia #photography #photo #bw #black-and-white #film #film-photography #landscape #village #cc_norayr
այստեղից #նամականիշ #հայաստան #հայք #լեհաստան #չեխոսլովակիա #պատմություն #postmark #armenia #poland #chechoslovakia #history
#1988
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/91MOSCOW13989_a.html
#getashen #martunashen #karabakh #artsakh #armenia #independence #history #ussr #wikileaks
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/91MOSCOW13989_a.html
#getashen #martunashen #karabakh #artsakh #armenia #independence #history #ussr #wikileaks
by @{Գեղամ ; gegham@spyurk.am} http://reporter-arm.tumblr.com/post/48833340653/roof-koti-tavush-armenia
#roof #Koti #Tavush #Armenia #photo #կտուր #լուսանկարներ #Կոտի #Տավուշ #Հայաստան #ֆոտո
by @{Գեղամ ; gegham@spyurk.am} http://reporter-arm.tumblr.com/post/48908805707/barekamavan-border-village-tavush-armenia
#Barekamavan #border #village #Tavush #Armenia
#լուսանկարներ #Բարեւկամավան #Տավուշ #Հայաստան #ֆոտո #սահման #փոստ #post #photo
David Marshall Graham Drying Teddies, P.Q. Canada #1982 reminds me of this: Inky, Yerevan, Armenia #2013
#slums #yerevan #armenia #quebec #canada #photo #photography #parallels
Տիգրան Ծիտողձյան Tigran Tsitoghdzyan
Tigran took photos of this guys at the “workers market” in Yerevan and then painted them. This is a place where unemployed and desperate people come and hope that someone will hire them for a day to make hard and non-appreciated work. link #Tigran_Tsitoghdzyan #armenian-painters #art #capitalism #yerevan #art #armenia #workers
#Տիգրան_Ծիտողձյան #հայ֊նկարիչներ #արվեստ
չգիտեք էլ որտեղ է։ նկարել է գիշերը
#ճարտարապետություն #պատություն #շենք #հայաստան #քաղաք #գործարան #ֆոտո #լուսանկարներ #արդյունաբերություն #architecture #photo #photos #Armenia #factory #city
#Nikolay-Harutyunyan and Boris #Piotrovsky
This #photo have been made back in #1950 -ties, during excavations in #Armenia
Nikolay Harutyunyan is one of the world best specialists of #Urartian language and #cuneiform writings
www.armenianweekly.com/2013/04/10/breaking-news-maine-legislature-supports-artsakh-independence/
#Artsakh #Արցախ #freedom #ազատություն #Nagorno-Karabakh #Լեռնային–Ղարաբաղ #Armenian #Armenia #Հայք #Հայաստան #անկախությունThe #Maine House of Representatives and #Senate passed a joint resolution this morning recognizing the #independence of the #Nagorno-Karabakh-Republic ( #NKR ), and calling on the U.S. President and Congress “to support the self-determination and democratic independence” of NKR.
#ուրեմն, երեկ ահավոր #հավես #ծերուկ եմ տեսել, ով վիճաբանում էր երիտասարդների հետ, որ ասում էին՝ «գնա ստեղից, ծերուկ, էսա ասում են շրափակելու են, ջարդեն, էլ չես կարողանա դուրս գաս…» — էս իմ երկիրն է, իմ երկրո՞ւմ ես ո՞ւմից պիտի վախենամ։ ի՞նչի պետք է գնամ, իմ երկիրն է, կանգնած եմ։ ի՞նչի պետք է ինձ շրջափակեն իմ ոստիկանները։ #բարեւ #երեւան #հայաստան #barevolution #yerevan #armenia
http://onearmenia.tumblr.com/post/47361265145/by-far-the-best-stencil-in-yerevan-esh #Երեւան #տրաֆարետ #Հայաստան #քաղաք #էշ֊միլիցա #միլիցա #փողոց “Esh Militsa”—or the #game of Esheg. #armenia #yerevan #esheg #stencil #streetart #stencil #mashdots #eshmilitsa
Though I am sure many cities have something similar, found this #wikipedia #article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulpulak A #pulpulak (Armenian: #պուլպուլակ, pul-pul-uk) is a public #water #fountain common in #Armenia and #Armenian - populated #Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.[2] Pulpulaks are a significant part of the Armenian culture. First pulpulaks appeared in the streets of #Yerevan in #1920 s and over time became extremely popular. Pulpulaks were and are often used by people to appoint meetings and by couples as dating locations
#Երեւան
հին հայկական կարգիչների ձեռնարկներ՝ http://kg.am/tcbfhu found and scanned manuals of old computers designed and produced in #Armenia. http://norayr.arnet.am/RetroComputing/Armenian/armenian-computers.html #Նաիրի #Նաիրի-3 #հաշվիչ-մեքենա #Էլեկտրոն #Մերգելյան #Հրազդան #Մասիս #ձեռնարկ #կարգիչ #ՏՏ #Հայաստան #Երեւան #համակարգիչ #Էլեկտրոն #տեխնոլոգիաներ #ռետրո #էհմ #պատություն #retro-computing #armenian-computers #soviet-armenia #nairi #razdan #masis #documentation #1964 #1965 #####
after party election #protest at #freedom square. #Yerevan #Armenia #Barev #Barevolution #film #armvote #armvote13 #2013 #Երեւան #Հայաստան #Բարեւ #Բարեւահեղափոխություն #ազատություն #ազատության֊հրապարակ #ժապավեն #հավաք #քաղաք #լուսանկարներ #ֆոտո #cc_norayr (cc) inky #####
Այս, Կարլ Դե Կեյզերի (Carl De Keyzer) լուսանկարի տակ ՄագնումՖոտոս կայքում գրված էր, որ այն արված է Ադրբեջանում՝ Բաքվում։ Նունիսկ կասկածեցի… ճշտեցի հայրիկից, չլինի՞ այդ նախագծով մի քանի տեղ պատճենել են։ Ասաց չէ, Բաքվինը ուրիշ ձեւ է ու վաբշե ացտոյ այնպես որ հաստատ Երեւան է։ Սակայն երկուսս էլ դժվարանում էինք հիշել թե որտեղ էր այդ լողավազանը։ Ես քարտեզի վրա էի փնտրում թե ուր կարող էր առաջ գտնվել։ Հետո նա հիշեց, ասաց՝ հա, կարծես մի ջրափոս կար, որտեղից հրշեջ մեքենաները ջուր էին հավաքում։ Ես գրել էի Մագնում Ֆոտոս, խնդրել էի որ ուղղեն լուսանկարի նկարագրությունը, քանի որ Զվարթնոցը բնավ Բաքվում չէ, այլ Երեւանում։ Պատասխան չկար, այսօր ստուգեցի, տեսա գրեն են՝ Ադրբեջան, Երեւան։ Տենց էլի գրեցի, մտածում էի որ էլի չեն պատասխանի, բայց այս մի հասցեի տերը ավելի ադեկվատ գտնվեց։ Ահա իր պատասխանը՝
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#Զվարթնոց #Երեւան #Հայաստան #օդանավակայան #ֆոտո #փոտո #լուսանկարներ #Մագնում #ՄագնումՖոտոս #լողավազան #երեխաներ #ամառ #էկրանահան #բնավ #Carl-De-Keyzer #photography #Zvartnots #airport #pool #Yerevan #Armenia #children #summer #Magnum-Photos #Magnum #photos #photo #screenshot
To all folks out there in Diaspora who are interested in what the hell is going on in #Armenia. It may help to imagine situation to some extent. This #movie have been made by #documentary director #Ara-Shirinian. It’s long, there are 6 parts in it, not a high quality footage, but it has English #subtitles, that’s why I share it. It tells a #story about #epic #fail to #change the #system by #peaceful #revolution, without #force. Authorities used #army against #demonstrants which is against #constitution. It happened back in #2008, but I believe nothing really changed since then. #Authorities even gained more strength these days and are able to show that we have more #free-speech and everything is okay. So this movie is called #Change. As we got to know later from #wikileaks West did not support the change here. It was ok to trade #democracy for the authorities they can better manipulate. Nobody needs really independent authorities here.
part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CPy311xwSg
part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKJlwmw3lYY
part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf9W8FhqMOk
part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOm_3uOnmPM
part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTAN_ZVZP9k
part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkpuubUbx3M
I know another very interesting movie, but I cannot find a version with subtitles. #politics #Armenia #political-prisoners #prisoners #freedom #democracy #elections #history #army #protest #Yerevan #fraud #falsifications #force
#photos from #bavevolution #protests in #Liberty -Square. #Yerevan #Armenia #2013 On the first image there is a #Putin in the #Armenian magazine named #Ararat.. Barevolution is a fight for freedom, including freedom from Putin’s influence and pressure. Orange, or as it is called here, #Apricot colored ribbon is a symbol of Barevolution. #Barev - means #hello, Bari - means goodness. People say, authorities don’t say “Barev” anymore when see each other.
photos by Sona Simonian
more here: http://hetq.am/arm/news/24441/azatutyan-hraparaky-marti-14-in.html
The final report from the international election mission, also due in April, is expected to make uncomfortable reading for the president. Nonetheless, this is a less troubled start than the early days of Sargsyan's first term. On 1 March 2008, ten people were killed and scores injured during protests over alleged electoral fraud. Robert Kocharian, the outgoing president and Sargsyan's old friend, declared a three-week state of emergency, and the parliament passed a law curbing public meetings.
http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/last-of-the-mohicans/76656.aspx #armenia #barevolution #elections #fraud #protest #march1 #2008 #2013 #armvote13
Open Letter to U.S. President Barack #Obama
I would like to express my concern about your congratulatory message to Serzh Sargsyan, the acting President of the Republic of Armenia, on his re-election. Your message came 12 days after the Presidential Election, which was marred with considerable election fraud. What I would like to ask you is: what changed between February 18 and March 2, to convince you that the official election results are reliable?
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Your note of congratulation came amid numerous reports on election fraud, including ballot stuffing, voter bribing, voting on behalf of émigrés and deceased individuals, and multiple voting. The public outcry over these falsified official election results has escalated, with massive rallies held throughout Armenia and in other Armenian communities all around the world. Receipt of your congratulatory note also coincided with the day that OSCE/ODIHR revised its initial, generally positive assessment of the election, acknowledging the sensibility of public distrust in the official election results, and indicating facts that amount to election tampering
http://www.thetruthmustbetold.com/obama-letter/ #barevolution #armenia
Immediately, it transpired that #Raffi was hovering up the votes. This caused some surprise with the local participants. Indeed, it became somewhat embarrassing in that virtually every vote was for Raffi. Every odd time, a vote came out for the incumbent, there was a slight laugh from some of the locals. On and on, it continued with Raffi getting virtually all of the votes.
#այսօր, տարիներ առաջ մահացել է #դիկտատոր #Ստալին ֊ը, որը թույլ տվեց որ մենք կանգնեցնենք #Սեւանի իջեցումը, թույլ տվեց ազատել որոշ #քաղբանտարկյալ ֊ներին, օրինակ #Մահարի ֊ին, (#Չարենց ֊ին դա չփրկեց, իհարկե) թույլ տվեց #վաթսունականներ, թույլ տվեց ցեղասպանության մասին բարձրաձայնել ու կառուցել #ծիծեռնակաբերդ, հետաքրքիր, նոր #ճարտարապետություն, թուլ տվեց ունենալ #ամառային֊դահլիճ, #Սեւան ֊ի #ճայ ֊ը, որի համար #Խրուսչյովը #չռփել է #Զարոբյան ֊ին, թույլ տվեց ազատվել #Ստալին ֊ի հսկա արձանից, որ հսկում էր #Երեւան #քաղաք ֊ը, թույլ տվեց մի քիչ ազատ շնչել, որը իհարկե երկար չտեւեց, բայց մեծ #փոփոխություն էր։ #Շնորհակալություն որ մեռար, #Ստալին, դա շատ լավ էր #Հայաստան ֊ի համար։ #Today, many years ago a #dictator named #stalin died. This allowed us to stop #devastation of the #Sevan lake, it allowed us to free some political prisoners, such as #Mahari (though it didn’t help #Charents), it allowed us to have our #60ies, to speak about #armenian-genocide, and build a #memorial, to have new, interesting #architecture, like #openhall, or a #seagull for which #khrushchev punished #Zarobian, it allowed us to get rid of the huge #stalin #monument over the #yerevan, it allowed us to breath a little more free, fresh air, it allowed some short #change. Thank you Stalin, that you died, it was very good for #Armenia
#Մարտի1 -ը կմնա պատմության ամենադառը էջը. #Վարդան֊Պետրոսյան
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pODzw1VaoY
#march1 #barevolution #vardan-petrossian #yerevan #armenia #Երեւան #Հայաստան
Serj #Tankian, the world-famous U.S. #rock musician of #Armenian descent, has challenged the #legitimacy of Serzh Sarkisian’s victory in last week’s presidential #election and accused #Armenia ’s president of tolerating corruption and other government abuses. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/24913319.html
Serj #Tankian ’s letter to Serzh(ik) #Sargsyan. #armvote13 #barevolution #soad #armenia #freedom #serj-tankian #serzhik-sargsyan
Dear Mr. President,<br>
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Congratulations on your victory.<br>
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Victory means getting the most votes, of course, in a democracy.<br>
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Based on the overwhelming reported fraud from many NGOs, irrespective of the OSCE report, it seems like it would be scientifically impossible for even you, Mr. President, to know whether you actually won the majority of votes.<br>
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That’s quite funny isn’t it? That you, the President of Armenia are not really sure, deep inside, whether you are the true chosen leader of your people or not.<br>
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That would really bother me personally. If I wanted to lead my people, I would really want them to make that decision for themselves, because I respect my people and that is their decision to make. Otherwise, I would take over Armenia and call myself the Governor General of Armenia or Dictator du jour or whatever moniker I felt like sporting that day. Maybe your party is out of control and the oligarchs are running out of caviar or something and they want to make sure that the flow of the good times doesn’t stop.<br>
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Whatever the case, it is time for change.<br>
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Whether you’ve won fairly or not, somehow you are now President, again.<br>
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What does that mean to you?<br>
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Yes, Artsakh is important to us all and we have to struggle together for our brothers there.<br>
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But what I mean is how are you going to progress the cause of Armenians, in Armenia and around the world?<br>
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How are you going to help pull the country out of its economic, social, and political dysfunction and turmoil?<br>
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Obama at least offers hope, even when he lets us down.<br>
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Years ago, I started a campaign asking President Obama to do the right thing and stick by his promise to recognize the Armenian Genocide.<br>
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You too took an oath, to the constitution of Armenia, to protect the country from enemies foreign and domestic. Those who steal elections from my people are domestic enemies that need to be punished.<br>
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It should be your duty to enforce that, even if some think it hypocritical. You should also consider dissolving Parliament and being the first Armenian reformist President who goes out of his way to make sure that future elections are fair and representational.<br>
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Serzh, everyone who knows me knows that I can’t stand injustice. And like most diasporan Armenians, I have always been reluctant to criticize your government directly and publicly. But the avalanche of people suffering under your rule due to corruption and injustice is tipping the scale for us all.<br>
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You need to know that.<br>
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Armenia is desperate for the rule of law more than anything else. And no one can be above the law. You can make that happen, now, by example and presidential decree.<br>
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Unite us Serzh. Inspire us.<br>
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Please take this challenge.<br>
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Thank you for your time.<br>
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Peace,<br>
Serj Tankian<br>
story about #prokhanov ’s #interview http://norayr.arnet.am/log/?p=48
#eurasian-union #imperialism #cynicism #ussr #russia #armenia #russian-empire #empire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iOInWTzI7w
#armvote13
English from here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iOInWTzI7w#t=5m30s
#armenia #karabagh #elections #fraud #democracy #armenian-genocide #freedom #law #constitution #armenian #raffi-hovhannisian
This is already an old #tradition, that #OSCE #observers acknowledge #faked #elections as #pure, #transparent and #democratic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wezm_DRkozs
The OSCE observers walked out of the hall when Nazaryan took the podium to read the statement on behalf of the citizens of #Armenia.
Dear political tourists, we have had enough of your efforts to legitimize the #fraudulent elections.
The recent presidential election in Armenia, when compared to previous presidential elections, has registered one step forward and three steps backwards, two steps to the right and a half step to the left. In a word, they haven’t corresponded to the RA Constitution, to the demands of the Election Code as well as international standards.
The elections have proceeded against the backdrop of proposed reforms to the Election Code by the parliamentary opposition that were rejected by the ruling majority. Even though international and domestic observers, rights defenders and the opposition raised concerns, especially regarding glaring inaccuracies in the voter rolls, after the parliamentary election, nevertheless, the ruling authorities did nothing to fix the problem before this recent presidential election.
In essence, last year’s parliamentary election and yesterday;’ presidential election took place on the same legal-normative basis.
Of note is the fact that in the February 18 presidential election none of Armenia’s primary political opposition forces either nominated their own candidate or supported any of the nominated candidates. I refer to the Armenian National Congress, Prosperous Armenia, the AR and the Free Democrats. This is ample proof that the election was not truly competitive.
The fact that none of the primary opposition groups refused to nominate their own candidate or support any other candidate running, points to the deep level of mistrust of citizens and political forces regarding the electoral process.
Thus, the opposition forces in the parliament, from the outset, have labelled the presidential election as a farce and a show, since as previously noted, the ruling majority squashed the passage of election reforms proposed by the opposition prior to the election period.
Even though on the surface there was the appearance that important democratic freedoms were being safeguarded during the campaign, including the right to run a free campaign, in reality, the campaign was noteworthy by its competitive inequality in favour of the candidate of the regime. In particular, administrative resources and powers were put into the service of the latter. This was accomplished via pressure brought to bear on state and public employees to attend campaign events of Serzh Sargsyan and to vote in his favour.
The election campaign did not proceed peacefully. Violence was inflicted on candidate Paryur Hayrikian. The man was shot. Another candidate, Andreas Ghoukasyan, staged a hunger strike to protest the electoral process which he labelled a mere show. The press covered cases of violence even on Election Day.
The campaign also stood out by its lack of political and individual professionalism. Candidates employed the crudest of language and public relation stunts. For example, the various incidents that took place during the campaign conducted by the regime’s candidate were widely mocked by large segments of society. As a consequence, citizens tended not to take the election process seriously.
On Election Day, polling precincts were transformed into theatrical stages where citizens showed their attitude to the process. The press and social internet sites were full of ballots invalidated by voters who drew caricatures on them. They drew images of figures from the plant and animal world, images lifted from fairy tales and television cartoon characters. In one precinct, a voter literally ate his ballot as a sign of protest. It significant to note that according to official statistics, the number of invalidated ballots came in third place.
Reports of duplicate voting, ballot stuffing, bribes, and substitute voting and other scams were raised throughout the election itself.
Thus, yesterday’s presidential election in Armenia can be described as yet another normal appalling election.
Dear political tourists, we’ve had enough of you legitimizing the fraudulent election. You are trampling those democratic values that you yourselves have broken.
Գարունը սարերում
Spring in the Mountains
http://markgrigorian.livejournal.com/816512.html
#Սարգիս֊Մուրադյան #հայ֊նկարիչներ #Հայք #արվեստ #գարուն
#Sargis-Muradian #armenian-painters #Armenia #art #paintings #spring #mountains #1960
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Waves-of-Aragats-mountain/7048667?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Net%20Project%20Published #aragats #waves #photography #mountain #suren-manvelyan #paron-suren #Արագած #ալիք #ֆոտո #լուսանկարներ #սար #Սուրեն֊Մանվելյան #Պարոն֊Սուրեն #Armenia
Հեղինակների համոզմամբ, բարգավաճ և աղքատ երկրների տարբերությունը բացատրվում է ոչ թե նրանց աշխարհագրական դիրքով, բնական հարստություններով, լավ կամ վատ կառավարմամբ, ազգային մտածելակերպով կամ մշակույթով, այլ բացառապես պետական հաստատությունների՝ ինստիտուտների որակով։ Բարգավաճ երկրներում, որոնց իշխանությունները շահագրգռված են տնտեսության զարգացմամբ ու ժողովրդի բարօրությամբ, պետական հաստատությունները, որոնք բնութագրվում են որպես «ներգրավող ինստիտուտներ» (inclusive institutions), նպաստում են ազգի բոլոր ստեղծագործ ուժերի ներգրավմանը, ինչն անհնար է առանց ժողովրդավարության, իրավունքի գերակայության, ազատ մրցակցության և սեփականության անձեռնմխելիության ապահովման։ Իսկ աղքատ երկրներում, որոնց իշխանություններն առաջնորդվում են միայն սեփական հարստացման ու իրենց իշխանության հավերժացման շահագրգռությամբ, գործում են, այսպես կոչված, «կորզիչ ինստիտուտներ» (extractive institutions), որոնց խնդիրն է վանել ազգի բոլոր ստեղծագործ ուժերը և ամեն ինչ կենտրոնացնել իշխանությանն ապօրինաբար տիրած ավազակախմբի ձեռքում։ Ցավով պետք է ավելացնեմ, որ գրքում Հայաստանը, որպես օրինակ, հիշատակված է աշխարհի մի քանի «ձախողված պետությունների» շարքում։ գրքի հղումը #Լեւոն #Տեր-Պետրոսյան #հարցազրույց #ընտրություններ #Ter-Petrossian #interview #elections #Armenia #Հայաստան #fail #nation #ազգ #democracy #ժողովրդավարություն #freedom #ազատություն #books #book #գիրք #գրքեր
#թութ #morus #harvesting
#Մաքս֊Սիվասլյան #հայ֊լուսանկարիչներ #Հայք #max-sivaslian #armenian-photographers #Armenia #լուսանկարներ #photo #photography #ֆոտո
#Մաքս֊Սիվասլյան #հայ֊լուսանկարիչներ #Հայք #Երեւան #max-sivaslian #armenian-photographers #Armenia #Yerevan #լուսանկարներ #photo #photography #ֆոտո
#Երկիր_Նաիրի http://www.arteria.am/hy/1328535111 #western-armenia #armenia #Չարենց #Charents #Հայք
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJJcpcMzNB4
#architecture #armenia #60ties #ճարտարապետություն #հայաստան #վաթսունականներ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8131OlU1_n8 #repat #armenia http://repatarmenia.org
ես մտածում էի, շատ վատն է, ու կպած չէի նայում։ չեմ նայել նույնիսկ ձրի, ծիրանի ժամանակ։ բայց արի ու տես՝ նայվում է։ Միքայել Պողոսյանը կարծես հավես մարդ է ֊ սցենարը իրենն է։ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JluMH7VsSsA #armenia #հայաստան #peace #արցախ #artsakh #Yerevan #Երեւան
#germany #vintage #poster - looks very similar to the #soviet #armenia #poster - guess soviet poster was made, let’s say under influence. #plagiarism
#Einstürzende-Neubauten - #Nagorny-Karabach #Live - #Grundstück #Concert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQY6REitEEw
also #Einstuerzende-Neubauten - #Armenia, Zeichnungen Des Patienten O T 1986 HD STEREO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IL__IAyBuE
#Vanadzor #photo #Armenia #Վանաձոր #ֆոտո #Հայաստան
#Երեւան #վաթսունականներ #Աբովյան֊փողոց #Abovian-street #Yerevan #Armenia #Հայաստան
Конечно, существуютъ и побочныя основанiя, дѣлающiя желательнымъ процвѣтанiе арменистики и родственной съ нею отрасли востоковѣденiя особенно въ Россiи. Грустно мириться, напримѣръ, съ тѣмъ, что дрвености Грузiи и Арменiи не находятъ серьезныхъ изслѣдователей въ Россiи, что почти за цѣлое столѣтiе, истекшее по присоединенiя Грузiи и затѣмъ значительной части коренной Арменiи, на Кавказѣ, сплошь покытомъ обломками различныхъ культуръ различныхъ эпохъ, не основалось прочно ни одного научнаго общества, ни одного научнаго органа мѣстной археологiи или древней письменности или древней исторiи, что на всемъ Кавказѣ и до сихъ поръ нѣтъ фактически ни одного музея древностей.
Совсѣмъ неутѣшительно, что лучшiе труды по кавказской археологiи принадлежатъ французскимъ и нѣмецкимъ ученымъ, наиболѣе цѣнныя работы по армянской лингвистикѣ изданы нѣмецкими и французскими профессорами, исторiя и литература Арменiи нашли авторитетныхъ ценителей не только въ классической странѣ филологiи, но и во Францiи, Англiи и Италiи. Даже элементарными учебниками по армянскому языкы и армянской литературѣ нас успѣваютъ снабжать иностранцы, пока мы въ касающейся насъ наукѣ бездѣйствуемъ изъ равнодушiя и только въ печати порываемся именемъ “науки” горячо засвидѣтельствовать свое высокомѣрное отношенiе къ тому, что намъ невѣдомо. Нужно ли доказывать, что для русскаго государства, какъ бы малы эти народности ни были, разъ онѣ входятъ въ его составъ или силою вещей къ нему тяготѣютъ, что русскаяисторiя и археологiя, въ частности исторiя древнерусскаго ускусства непосредственно заинтересованаво всестороннемъ выясненiи прошлыхъ судебъ Грузiи и Арменiи, гдѣ культурная жизнь въ значительной степени слагалась подъ тѣми же восточными и византiйскимъ теченiями, какъ и въ древней Руси. Наконецъ, честь русскаго востоковѣдѣнiя требуетъ, чтобы ему принадлежала руководящая роль въ изученiи по крайней мѣрѣ тѣхъ областей Востока, которыя составляютъ часть самой Россiи.
Къ вопросу о задачахъ арменовѣдѣнiя, #23 мая #1899 Н. Я. #Марр
#армяне #армения #арменоведение #грузия #археология #высокомерие #arrogance #armenians #armenia #georgia #archeology #հայերը #հայաստան #հայագիտություն #վրաստան #վրացիներ
խումբը կոչվում է VOVA քանի որ ― ո՞վ ա։ #vova #համշեն #երաժշտություն #poster #վովա #ովա #hamshen #Armenian #armenia #naregatsi
#Ostalgia #Lake #Sevan, #Armenia Summer Holiday Home for #Writers #2011 by Simona Rota #photography #photos #architecture #Սեւան #Հայաստան #լիճ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd-6WweqD0Y
#Einstürzende-Neubauten - #Nagorny-Karabach #freedom #artsakh #արցախ #ազատություն #armenia #հայաստան
#KOHAR #3D Mapping at #Opera, #Yerevan 28 May #2011 (#independence day), HI-RES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xciaAIBTg_c #laser #show #Երեւան #Armenia #Հայաստան #Liberty-square #Ազատության֊հրապարակ
իննսունականներին #Երեւան ում գործում էր Արա Միսակյանի #ֆոտո ստուդիան, ու երեխաները հավեսով գնում նկարվում էին։ #պատմություն #քաղաք #լուսանկարներ https://picasaweb.google.com/aramisakyan/History# in #90ies there was a #misakian #photo #studio in #Yerevan. And young people loved to go there and make such group #photos. #film #history #armenia #cascade #city #people
#հարեւանություն #վրաստան #հայաստան #georgia #armenia #moc #music-on-console #n900 #maemo #screenshot #ԼավԷլի #lav-eli #პაპარაცი #paparazzi http://norayr.arnet.am/weblog/2012/06/26/ասք-հարեւանության-մասին/ #armenian #georgian
I cannot find a place to get good quality slide scans. However, this is yet another photo from the road to #Vanadzor through #Fioletovo
#Դիլիջան ից #Վանաձոր ճանապարհին
#fioletovo #ֆիոլետովո #Հայաստան #Armenia #landscape #բնանկար #Lori #Լոռի #film #photo #ժապավեն #լուսանկարներ #ֆոտո
#n900 #photo #fcam #fcamera #fioletovo #Ֆիոլետովո #Հայաստան #Armenia #բնանկար #Lori #Լոռի
and this one taken with #n900
#Դիլիջան ից #Վանաձոր ճանապարհին
#fioletovo #ֆիոլետովո #Հայաստան #Armenia #landscape #բնանկար #Lori #Լոռի #photo #լուսանկարներ #ֆոտո
#պանորամա
#Դիլիջան ից #Վանաձոր ճանապարհին
#fioletovo #ֆիոլետովո #Հայաստան #Armenia #landscape #բնանկար #Lori #Լոռի #film #photo #ժապավեն #լուսանկարներ #ֆոտո
#Դիլիջան ից #Վանաձոր ճանապարհին
#fioletovo #ֆիոլետովո #Հայաստան #Armenia #landscape #բնանկար #Lori #Լոռի #film #photo #ժապավեն #լուսանկարներ #ֆոտո
#KarenAghamyan #ԿարենԱղամյան #Family #ընտանիք #Armenia #armenian-painters #paintings #art #արվեստ
#KarenAghamyan #ԿարենԱղամյան #Komsomol #комсомол #կոմսոմոլ #Armenia #armenian-painters #paintings #art #СССР #Սովետ #արվեստ #Հայաստան
#ԱրաԲեքարյան #Օշական #AraBekaryan #Oshakan #Armenia #armenian-painters #paintings #art #արվեստ