Dancer, writer, actress and translator Armen Ohanian (Sofia Pirbudaghian, 1888, Shamakha –1976, Mexico City) lived in Paris from 1912–1931 and maintained a long-term professional relationship with Archag Tchobanian. Tchobanian’s archive in the State Museum of Literature and Art of Armenia contains 65 letters (18 in Armenian and 47 in French) addressed to him from Ohanian. They participated in pro-Armenian events in Paris. Tchobanian was actively interested in Ohanian’s artistic and literary work; he often introduced her to his Armenian and French friends to support her dance performances and publication of her literary works. Tchobanian translated one of Ohanian’s first works from French into Armenian, edited her French works, and wrote about her art in his writings.

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Hovhannes Draskhanakertsi headed the catholicos throne during an epochal historical period, when the newly created Armenian statehood faced difficult external and internal challenges, and the church was severely tested. The conflicts of the ruling houses, characteristic of the era of developed feudalism, divided Armenia and undermined its political integrity. This situation posed a real threat to the independence and confessional independence of the Armenian Church. Therefore, the Armenian Patriarch supported the efforts aimed at preserving the political unity of Armenia at any cost.

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Famous Russian academician, prominent art theorist and archaeologist Vladimir Stasov (1824–1906), while studying ancient Slavonic and Eastern ornamental sculptures, in 1880 visited a number of cities in Europe and the East. In Venice he visited the Mekhitarist congregation and met Father Ghevond Alishan (1820–1901) – a prominent figure of Armenian culture. With Alishan’s assistance, Stasov studied the miniature paintings of ancient Armenian manuscripts from Mekhitarian collection.

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This year marks the 170th anniversary of the birth of the classic of Armenian literature Petros Duryan. He lived only 20 years, turning his death into a poem, passing away with incurable tuberculosis. Still a schoolboy Duryan became known as a poet and playwrighter. He wrote his first poem at the age of 13 and his first drama at the age of 15.

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