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modifier supprimer 20772 - de Arevik (Armenia) - 2021-01-31
Histoire : "History of Armenia"

Believe it or not, the History of a country named Armenia is fascinating.

They say modern Armenians have the least genetic distance to the Armenians from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Urartian, classical and medieval ages. Urartian (Biainili) age in Armenia started in the 9th century BC when the Armenian urban settlements were united into a kingdom.

Armenia's alphabet is unique, it covers many secrets, all representing natural phenomena.

Armenian illuminated manuscripts cover Armenia's history, tell of their ancestors, keep their memory alive.

Armenia had several dynasties, each of which has had its unique influence on modern Armenia.

Different Armenian kingdoms were forced to fight Rome, Persia, Arabs. Armenians had to endure the Turkish invasions, the Mongol invasions, the Tatar invasions.

Armenia had been in the way during the Roman-Persian wars, Turkish-Persian wars, Russian-Persian wars, Russian-Turkish wars.

Armenia's capital, Yerevan, was originally known as Erebuni and built by the Armenian king of Biainili (782 BC).

Even though Armenians were under the rule of different foreign kings after the fall of the Armenian kingdom of Artashessians, they still fought and gained a new kingdom.

Some people say it's incredible that Armenians still exist. From a certain point of view, it is incredible.

The many wars that took place in the territory of Armenia, the Turkish, then later Tatar (i.e. Azerbaijani) invasions to Armenia took the lives of millions of Armenians.

After the Turkish invasions, when they fell under Turkish rule, the only way to protect themselves was to fight in self-defense battles.

After the internationalization of the Armenian Question (liberation of Western Armenia and its reunion with Eastern Armenia), Armenians were exposed to mass murders.

In the 1890s', around 300,000 Armenians were slaughtered, 200,000 Armenians escaped to Russia, 150-200,000 Armenians escaped to other countries. The 1,500 Armenian civilians from Van (20,000 Armenians were killed there) tried to escape to Persia but were attacked on the way, and only 30 Armenians survived.

After the Armenian Question was once again raised in 1912-1914, the mass slaughter of Armenians in 1915 followed.

The massacres were implemented by the decision of the Committee of Union and Progress, and the central government gave the instructions of how the killings would be carried out to the provincial governors and army commanders.

About 1,5 million Armenians were raped, tortured, and murdered, the rest scattered around the world. To this day, they can't return to their ancestral lands and homes.

In 1918-1920, Turkish-Tatar invasions in the provinces of Utiq and Northern Artsakh of Armenia took the lives of thousands of Armenians.

Chicherin stated in his letter to Lenin that the lands were originally Armenian, but Tatars (i.e. Azerbaijanis) settled there after massacring the indigenous population.

They settled on those lands and then continued into the mountainous region of the province of Artsakh of Armenia.

Only in March 1920, 40,000 Armenians were murdered in Shushi alone (a city built in the late 17th century by Armenians to protect the Armenian population).

In 1988-1990, millions of Armenians were deported from different cities in Azerbaijan (Sumgayit, Baku, Kirovabad (known as Gyanja, but originally Gandzak), Shamkhor, Shamakhi, Mingechaur, Khanlar, Getabek, Dashkesan, Shaqi, Maraga). Many were raped, tortured, and murdered. In 1991, thousands of Armenians in Mountainous Artsakh (known as Nagorno-Karabakh) were murdered or deported.

However, it seems the history of Armenia is coming to an end. Lately, Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliev, promised to destroy them [Armenians] completely.

Doesn't sound so fascinating anymore.

More details can be provided if needed.


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modifier supprimer 20868 - Réponse de Don (US) - 2021-07-17

Hello ! I read your article about the Armenians. You write well and had a great brief history of them. They have had a long and difficult history, and like any peoples and culture, will not "disappear". Even though some countries like Turkey and even the Russians would love the Armenian culture to disappear as they try to take our the lands occupied by the Armenians - they will survive and their culture will adapt and absorb their new history. Armenia is as adaptable as the Jewish culture in history.




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