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PhD student in Philosophy of Science | Science popularizer | Affiliation network and expert group coordinator at @FutureArmenian | Fallibilist
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#US
researchers confirm 98% of cultural Armenian heritage sites in Nakhichevan destroyed by
#Azerbaijan
.
At least 108
#Armenian
monasteries, churches, and cemeteries in Nakhichevan have been demolished or blown up by the Azerbaijani government, according to the Caucasus
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Map of languages of the Eastern Roman Empire, ca 500 AD.
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While everyone is talking about the strike on the hospital in Gaza, almost everyone has forgotten about the similar crimes happened in
#Artsakh
/
#NagornoKarabakh
in 2020 during military aggression against Artsakh.
In this video it can be seen the moment of
#Azerbaijan
missile
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The City of Van was the largest and most important center in the region surrounding lake Van. Growing out of the ancient Urartian fortress city of Tushpa, what is now called the Old City of Van became the heart of the city sometime around 1200 AD, where a number of Armenian
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St. Stepanos or Karmir Monastery of Astapat, in Nakhijevan,
#Azerbaijan
. It was an
#Armenian
monastery founded in the 7th century. The monastery was still a standing monument in the 1980s. It was destroyed by Azerbaijan in 2003, according to the research of the Caucasus Heritage
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#Armenian
monastery of the 13th century in
#Nakhichevan
. Photograph taken in the 1980s.
#Azerbaijani
authorities demolished this monastery in 1995.
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Some old images of Agulis,
#Nakhichevan
.
#Agulis
(or Augulis, Aguillar, or Akoulis) was a historical
#Armenian
village located in the Nakhichevan region of present-day
#Azerbaijan
. The village played an essential role in Armenian history due to its cultural, strategic, and
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#Armenian
Cultural Heritage in
#Nakhichevan
. Almost all of it is either in ruins or has been deliberately destroyed by
#Azerbaijan
#culturalgenocide
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Some old images of demolished or ruined
#Armenian
churches.
This one is St. Stepanos Armenian Church in Smyrna.
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Armenians have made significant contributions to the culture of
#architecture
and have been involved in designing many beautiful structures around the world. While
#Armenia
itself has a rich architectural heritage,
#Armenian
architects and builders have also left their mark in
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Hundreds of
#Armenian
churches built at different times either do not exist today or have remained under the control of other countries, when Armenians left their places of residence due to forced displacement or other reasons.
Here are some old images of Armenian churches.
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The
#Armenian
monastery of Saint Tovma of Agulis in Nakhchivan,
#Azerbaijan
. The Monastery was founded by the Apostle Bartholomew in the 1st century AD and rebuilt in the 4th century by Gregory the Illuminator. Destroyed by Azerbaijan in the 2000s and replaced by a mosque in
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Baku Buildings by
#Armenian
Architects: Armenian Architecture in
#Azerbaijian
Buildings listed in order with sources:
1. Azerbaijan State Academic Philharmonic Hall - constructed throughout 1910–1912 at the request of the city elite and designed by the
#Soviet
architect of
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Just learned that there are a lot of
#Armenian
references in Call of Duty: Warzone. One can find architectural sites and monuments reconstructed like Armenian churches, khachkars, etc.
#COD
#callofduty
#Armenia
#heritage
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Khachkars (decorated cross-stones typical of medieval
#Christian
Armenian art) from the
#Armenian
cemetery in Julfa,
#Nakhijevan
, Azerbaijan. This cemetery contained the largest surviving collection of Armenian khachkar, most dating to the 15th and 16th centuries. Destroyed by
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#Armenians
dance in 🇱🇺
#Luxembourg
.
Gagik Ginosyan's KARIN Ensemble of
#Armenian
Ethnographic Dances performed a series of Armenian dances in front of Luxenburg City Hall.
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Beautiful illustrations of the ruins of
#Ani
from an old French book (1861)
Referred to as the “City of 1001 Churches,” Ani once stood as a bustling metropolis in its prime during the 10th and 11th centuries, rivaling the likes of Cairo and
#Constantinople
. The Bagratid Dynasty
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Have you noticed this part in
#HarryPotter
and the Chamber of Secrets? Did
@jk_rowling
have any reason for expressing herself in this way about
#Armenians
?
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Have you tried to search "Armenian Genocide" in Google lately? Literally on the first page of Google results for
#ArmenianGenocide
is propaganda source of
#Turkish
government spreading denial and misinformation. More work and efforts should be made here to effectively counteract
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Mysterious view from the window of the
#Matosavank
monastery hidden in the national park.
Source: Another
#Armenia
.
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GDP per capita growth 2012 - 2022
Latest World Bank data
🇮🇪Ireland 112.45%
🇦🇲Armenia 92.61%
🇧🇬Bulgaria 88.06%
🇲🇩Moldova 87.68%
🇷🇴Romania 76.77%
🇱🇹Lithuania 74.45%
🇪🇪Estonia 62.31%
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.44%
🇦🇱Albania 60.33%
🇮🇸Iceland 59.73%
🇷🇸Serbia 58.54%
🇱🇻Latvia 57.28%
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Here are several
#Armenian
churches destroyed in
#Nakhichevan
and
#Turkey
:
St. Hakob-Hayrapet
#church
of shorot in Nakhichevan.
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Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Cathedral in
#Baku
,
#Azerbaijan
.
The Cathedral of Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew, made of white stone and with its golden roof, was demolished in 1937 by the Authorities of Soviet Azerbaijan
The cathedral was built between 1906 and 1914, financed
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Benefiting from the continued generosity of
#French
photograph collector Pierre de Gigord, the
#Getty
Research Institute (GRI) has assembled an extensive collection of images documenting the 19th-century
#OttomanEmpire
, specifically the area which we know now as
#Turkey
. A
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The
#Khndzoresk
Cave City in Southern
#Armenia
, lived in for over a thousand years until the 1950’s when the inhabitants were relocated.
Protected from a steep canyon diving down to the southwest and high incline terrain to the north, inhabitants of ancient eastern Armenia
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The Western
#Armenian
city of Van and what is left of it now after the
#ArmenianGenocide
.
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During the 19th Century
#Armenians
comprised the overwhelming majority of the merchant class of
#Tbilisi
and were the largest ethnic group.
Here are some buildings in Tbilisi built by Armenians.
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In Amaras (
#Arstakh
/
#NagornoKarabakh
), Azerbaijanis desecrated the grave of Grigoris, grandson of Grigor Lusavoric, the first bishop of Aghvanats Church.
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According to the World Population Review,
#Armenia
🇦🇲 ranked 9th in the world and 1st in the region among countries with the lowest crime rate.
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The St. Anania Church, a 6th-7th century
#Armenian
heritage in Por village near Bitlis, now stands abandoned. It has been repurposed by the current residents of the village as a barn for storing hay and fertilizer.
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FARM FRIENDS
A 15-year-old
#Armenian
boy cuddles his pet donkey in
#Artsakh
/
#NagornoKarabakh
region, contested territory between
#Armenia
and
#Azerbaijan
. Multiple conflicts and wars have left the region littered with ordnance—which cost this boy his leg.
Photograph by
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🇦🇲
#Armenia
ranked 26th in the world in the
#HumanFreedom
Index and, as you can guess, 1st in the region.
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Some images picturing
#Azerbaijan
'i soldiers at the
#Nakhichevan
-
#Iran
border demolishing the remaining grave markers at Julfa medieval
#Armenia
'n cemetery. It was known as the largest and the most precious repository of about 2,000 cross headstones - “khatchkars".
From
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Ethnicities of the Achaemenid
#Army
, on the tomb of Darius I.
Did you find your ethnicity?
#Arab
#Arachosian
#Arian
#Armenians
#Assyrian
#Babylonian
#Bactrian
#Cappadocian
#Carian
#Choresmian
#Egyptian
#Elamite
#Ethopian
#Gandharan
#Hindush
#Ionian
#Libyan
#Lydian
#Makan
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#Armenian
St. Astvatsatsin Monastery of Tsghna (12th century) in Nakhichevan. Destroyed by
#Azerbaijan
in the 2000s.
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Armenian Map (13th-14th Centuries CE); Matenadaran, 1242CE, Matenadaran,
#Yerevan
-
#Armenia
.
The oldest circular map in
#Armenian
dates from 13-14th Century CE. This is a T-O map, with all the attributes of this type of maps. This small map is kept in
#Matenadaran
, bound in
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#Israeli
settlers attacked an
#Armenian
family be spitting on them and then pepper spraying them in front of the entrance to the Armenian monastery in
#Jerusalem
,
#Israel
.
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The
#Azerbaijani
military is building up their fleet of An-2 aircraft at
#Yevlakh
air base, where dozens of An-2 biplanes are already based. Previously the single-engine biplanes were used as baits to expose
#Armenian
positions as well as to overwhelm and confuse Armenian air
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Christmas nativity scene on a medieval
#Djulfa
(Jugha) khachkar (cross-stone), from Aram Vruyr's 1915 expedition. Djulfa was the world's largest medieval
#Armenian
cemetery, located in
#nakhichevan
, Azerbaijan. The cemetery was completely destroyed in the 2000s by
#Azerbaijan
.
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Araks Football Club from Constantinople, 1908.
Araks FC was a historic
#Armenian
football club that was founded in 1908 in
#Constantinople
(modern-day
#Istanbul
). The club was established by a group of Armenian youth who were passionate about
#football
and wanted to promote the
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