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I thought she was Sofia Poghosyan’s sister but I was told they are not siblings, still I am not convinced ;-))
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Armenian Kids
Posted by armeniangirl on Ноябрь 7th, 2010 | No Comments »
Gypsies in Armenia or Armenian Gypsies
Posted by armeniangirl on Ноябрь 7th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Gypsies in Armenia are called «Armenian Gypsies» or «Armenian Boshas»…
Some of the scholars who have written about the Armenian Boshas during the last century include Dr. Franz Nikolaus Finck, (1867-1910), Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Berlin. He lived in Armenia with the Gypsies and wrote in German, Armenian and English.
Another is V. Papaziants (Papazian) who wrote «Hay-Poshaner, An Ethnographic Study», Tiflis, 1899 (in Armenian.)
Veradzin «Armenian Gypsies in Asia Minor»
Contemporary scholars include Charles J.F. Dowsett (1924-1998) of Oxford University whose last work was «Sayat-Nova: A Biography and Literary Study», 1997.
Professor Dowsett’s «Some Gypsy-Armenian Correspondences» (in Revue des etudes Armeniennes, nouvelle serie, v. 10, 1973-74) explores further, in English, the «Gypsy-Armenian» language.
Currently, Dr. John A. C. Greppin, Professor of Linguistics at Cleveland State University who has lived and researched in Armenia continues the linguistic and ethnographic study of Armenian Boshas in his many publications.
«Bury Me Standing, The Gypsies and Their Journey» by Isabel Fonseca.
Bert Vaux (Cambridge academia) «Language and religion in the construction of Modern Armenian identity»
Joshua Project ««Gypsy, Armenian Bosha of Armenia»
Also, N.Bessonov and N.Demeter «Roma History. New approach»
Dyachok «Gypsy language and glottochronology»…(Russia)
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Gypsies in Armenia (calling themselves «Lom», as opposed to Rom in Europe and Dom in Syria and Iran) seem to have appeared in two different phases of their history.The earliest apprearance in historic Armenia is around the seventh century where the Phen Gypsies (one of the two main branches of Gypsies resulting from a parting of ways in the Persian territory, the other being the Ben gypsies) seem to have gone after leaving Persia. While it is not sure how long their sojourn in Armenia was, it can not have been brief for the the European dialects of Romani contain a number of Armenia loan words including:
Very interesting, informative,accompanied with photos
The Peak Blessed By The God
Posted by armeniangirl on Ноябрь 5th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sergey Kaifadjyan.
Translated from akhaltskha (LiveJournal)
«As a little boy, I was often looking toward the mountains surrounding the small town in Akhaltsikhe (Akhaltskha), cherishing at heart idea ever ascend to the top and look into the distance, beyond the horizon. I never could have imagined that in adulthood I have to climb the peaks, where nobody has set foot before. Yes, this is surprising how sometimes our dreams of childhood come true.
Usually I started my morning with a look at Ararat as if greeting him and at night I was trying to remember the last silhouette of the mountain. Back then I couldn’t imagine that someday I will stand on top of the sacred mountain and for this I would have to leave home, Armenia. I think every Armenian will understand my feelings at the very moment when I reached the top of the Armenian holy place and deployed thereour national tricolour. Access to mount was opened for the first time by the official authorities in Turkey, at a time on top of Ararat and on its slopes there was approximately 20 Turkish agents. There I first realised that the mountains are a foot feet of our Lord and as his child, I felt confident and peace in my heart. After returning home, I wrote poems in one go: «you, Holy God, gave me a blissful moment on Ararat.
I think that my life is divided into before and after climbing Ararat».
An Armenian Was Named the Russian Business Leader of the Year 2010
Posted by armeniangirl on Ноябрь 3rd, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A special thanks to ZeeGooner from YT for the info ;-)
3 people from Russia were awarded this year and one of them is Armenian, as always ;-)
Igor Agamirzyan, Chief Executive Officer of Russian Venture Company was awarded for support of innovation economy in Russia.
CEO of Russian Venture Company
Born March 21, 1957. Graduated from Leningrad State University in Mathematics and Mechanics in 1979 and worked for Russian Academy of Sciences till 1992. At the same time he lectured in Saint Petersburg State Technical University. Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
General Andranik’s Wedding and Sword
Posted by armeniangirl on Ноябрь 3rd, 2010 | 3 Comments »
In Paris in 1922, On May 15, General Antranik Ozanian married Nevarte Kurkjian.The best man at the wedding was Boghos Nubar Pasha. The marriage was arranged by the General’s sister Nazeli.
When General Andranik visitied Cairo in 1920 the AGBU (Armenian General Benevolent Union) decided to present General Antranik with a commemorative sword forged in gold, encrusted with jewels and diamonds.
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Tags: andranik, andranik's wedding, armenian generals, general andranik, sword 
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Posted by armeniangirl on Ноябрь 1st, 2010 | No Comments »
Uknown Pictures of Garegin Njdeh
Posted by armeniangirl on Ноябрь 1st, 2010 | No Comments »
Father of Armenian Nationalism Garegin Njdeh .
Some of his pictures I have already posted before.
Njdeh is one of the few persons in Armenian history, whose character includes both a soldier and a thinker, an orator and a politician, and who is with no doubt one of the most outstanding people in the whole history of Armenia.
He created a new ideology for the Armenian nation and the whole world to follow — the Tseghakron Ideology. It was the ideology that every creature should set there racial values as a religion. It was a new way of life, to put race above everything. His ideology inspired many Armenians to fight for there Nation and sacred fatherland to the death.
I lived only for what it was worth to die, and now I am ready to die for what it was worth living«, he wrote.
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