Armen Marukyan - Historical and legal analysis of the Soviet-Turkish Moscow agreement of 1921 “On friendship and brotherhood”
16 Pages | 3-19 | Published in: 2021 N 1 (216) / Articles, reports
In connection with the approach of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Moscow Treaty in the media and in public circles, the topic of the alleged expiration of the validity period is being actively discussed, on the basis of which an assumption is made about the possibility of non-renewal for the next validity period of this agreement. It should be noted that the Moscow Treaty does not contain provisions on any validity periods, from which it follows that this is an open-ended contract, therefore, statements about a possible nonextension of its validity periods do not correspond to reality.
Lilit Hovhannisyan - The Russian–Turkish cooperation and the Moscow Treaty as of March 16, 1921, according to the assessment of the Armenian historical science (1991–2020)
26 Pages | 20-46 | Published in: 2021 N 1 (216) / Articles, reports
At present, the Armenian-Turkish state border is regulated by the Russian-Turkish “Treaty of friendship and brotherhood” signed on March 16, 1921 in Moscow. If in the Soviet Armenian historical science it was evaluated from the perspective of the political and ideological interests of the Soviet state, then the conclusions of the scientists of the Armenian Diaspora were and remain based on the national and state interests of the Armenians.
Vahe Sargsyan - The last Artsakh war, Georgia, new transit projects and the end of the RA blockade process
16 Pages | 47-63 | Published in: 2021 N 1 (216) / Articles, reports
Throughout the Artsakh war, which lasted from September 27 to November 9, 2020, Georgian official circles made statements about maintaining neutrality. The reliable tidings that not only Turkish and Israeli military equipment, but also terrorist groups from Syria were being transported to Azerbaijan through Georgian airspace were also denied. Nevertheless, various platforms persistently talked about the continuity of the transportation of military equipment to Azerbaijan by cargo planes of the Azerbaijani “Silk Way West Airlines” company, which is authorized to transport military cargo (which Georgian officials called “humanitarian” or “civilian” flights).
Petros Demirchyan -
14 Pages | 64-78 | Published in: 2021 N 1 (216) / Articles, reports
Gegham Hovhannisyan - Armenian national-political issues in “Yeritasard Hayastan” periodical (1908–1914)
19 Pages | 79-98 | Published in: 2021 N 1 (216) / Articles, reports
The main issue of the Armenian national-political life in the early 20th century towards which the efforts of Armenian national parties were directed was the liberation of the Western Armenians from the Turkish yoke. After the Young Turkish coup in 1908 and the adoption of the Constitution in the Ottoman Empire, the Armenian political forces faced a new task – choosing ways of further actions to protect the rights of the Armenian people. The policy of the Young Turkish government, as well as many issues of the Armenian national-political life, were widely discussed in the pages of “Yeritasard Hayastan” (“Young Armenia”) periodical of the Hnchak Social Democratic Party which was the main party organ in the United States.
Hermine Baburyan, Taron Danielyan - Advertisement as a parody in the Armenian periodical press of Tiflis (the 90s of the 19th c. – the early 20th c.)
11 Pages | 99-110 | Published in: 2021 N 1 (216) / Articles, reports
In the 90s of the 19th c. – the 10s of the 20th cc., the Armenian periodical press of Tiflis developed a culture of covering topical issues of reality in small genre forms of satire. With the help of parody, newspaper editorial offices reflected many aspects of pressing problems, denounced national public and political figures, the policy of the state and foreign countries, and also set the tone for public opinion.
Astghik Israelian - The votive offerings of the 18th-20th cc. of the History Museum of Armenia (in Russ.)
13 Pages | 111-124 | Published in: 2021 N 1 (216) / Articles, reports
The ethnographic collections kept in the History Museum of Armenia contain items that shed light on certain features of the people’s traditions, beliefs and rituals. The museum has samples of votive offerings to saints which differ from the usual oblations. These are covenant gifts, which people took to sanctuaries (church, monastery, chapel, khachkar, sacred tree, a house where there was a sacred corner) to seek help from the saints, to fulfill their desires.
Avetis Grigoryan - Prince residence Sotk: History and monuments
19 Pages | 125-144 | Published in: 2021 N 1 (216) / Articles, reports
Sotk village is located in the south-east of Gegharkunik province of the Republic of Armenia. According to Stepanos Orbelyan, the name of the settlement originates from the name of the cold wind blowing from the mountain pass to Sevan.
The Armenian identity of medieval Sotk is evidenced not only by about two dozen Armenian medieval written sources, but also by historical monuments in the vicinity of the village – churches, khachkars, Armenian inscriptions. The church of Sotk belonged to the Diocese of the Makenyats Monastery of the Armenian Apostolic Church, which was one of the oldest orders of the Armenian Church.
Arsen Harutyunyan - The reliefs and their probable master of St. Paul-Peter Temple of Tatev Monastery
13 Pages | 145-158 | Published in: 2021 N 1 (216) / Articles, reports
Tatev monastery is one of the famous spiritual-cultural centers of medieval Armenia, the main St. Paul-Peter (895–906) temple of which was built on the site of an early medieval dilapidated church.
The cornices of the eastern twin niches of the temple, as well as one for each of the northern and southern windows of St. Paul-Peter temple of Tatev monastery, are decorated with ktitor sculptural portraits and with the reliefs of dragon-snakes (except for the southern cornice) symbolizing their protection.
Knar Harutyunyan - Idioms in the “History of Armenia” By Ghazar Parpetsi not recorded in the dictionaries of Old Armenian․
10 Pages | 159-169 | Published in: 2021 N 1 (216) / Articles, reports
The study of Old Armenian (Grabar) idioms has got a comparatively short history, so there are some questions which have not been solved conclusively. One of them is the problem of the idioms not recorded in the dictionaries. The study of the vocabulary of “History of Armenia” by the 5th century historian Ghazar Parphetsi revealed 29 new idioms not included in either the phraseological or other dictionaries of the Old Armenian language.
Sargis Avetyan - The morphological status of the stem-final vowels of Indo-European nominal stems in Old Armenian
9 Pages | 170-179 | Published in: 2021 N 1 (216) / Articles, reports
The morphological status of the stem-final vowels of Indo-European nominal stems in Old Armenian is characterized and interpreted differently by different scholars. According to the principles of morphological analysis, the vocalic elements should be regarded as oblique-stem markers in Old Armenian nominal declension.
Gayane Kocharyan, Gayane Kocharyan - The eternal sacrament of Dvin fortress-sanctuary
11 Pages | 180-191 | Published in: 2021 N 1 (216) / Articles, reports
The comparative analysis of the results of investigations based on archaeological and written sources, as well as the new data of mythology and ethnography enable to reveal the cultic sacrament of fortress-sanctuary Dvin. Near the main route Vagharshapat–Artashat the multilayer traditional sanctuary Dvin and the oracle Yerazamuyn (according to Agatangeghos – the historian of the 5th c., – god Tir was worshipped here at the 3rd century BC) were interconnected as a complete cultic complex. In this sanctuary during the Classical period in the actual process of syncretization the cult of the guardian deities of light was manifested in the image of the luminous triad Tir-Apollo-Mithra.
Vardan Devrikyan - The scientific and literary heritage of Father Ghevond Alishan
28 Pages | 3-31 | DOI: doi:10.52853/01350536-2021.3-3 | Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Articles, reports
Ghevond Alishan’s scientific-literary heritage includes his scientific publications of Armenian medieval manuscripts, historical-geographical and historical studies, literary-religious translations, fiction and poems.
Alishan originally planned to present all the regions of Historical Armenia in separate volumes, but managed to publish just four of them: “Shirak” (1881), “Sisvan” (1885) dedicated to Cilicia, “Ayrarat” (1890) and dedicated to Syunik “Sisakan” (1893). Although these are historical-geographical works, they are however written in the artistic style peculiar to Alishan. He paid special importance to writing about the historical and heroic events related to the places of those geographical areas.
David Gasparyan - Petros Duryan’s artistic world
27 Pages | 32-59 | DOI: Doi.10.52853/01350536-2021.3-32 | Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Articles, reports
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.
Ashot Melkonyan - Jalal Ter-Grigoryan: Javakhk’s son of Artsakh
11 Pages | 60-71 | DOI: Doi.10.52853/01350536-2021.3-60 | Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Articles, reports
Artsakh is known for its figures who had a significant role in the development of the educational and cultural life of Armenians in big and small cities of various regions of Armenia, Transcaucasia and Europe. Unfortunately, the activities of representatives of the Artsakh intelligentsia in provincial cities are still poorly known. Among such figures is Jalal Ter-Grigoryan (the literary pseudonym of Sallyumyan) who for many years led public, pedagogical and literary activities in Javakhk.
Vahe Sargsyan - The issue of the affiliation of Armenian churches in the Georgian press (the 1st decade of the 21st century)
30 Pages | 72-102 | DOI: Doi.10.52853/01350536-2021.3-72 | Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Articles, reports
The religious organizations operating in Georgia (including the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Georgia) throughout the post-Soviet period demanded the adoption of a law on religious organizations and the return of property confiscated during the Soviet era, historical and architectural monuments, land, etc. These demands, however, have always been confronted with the rigid and denialist positions of the Georgian secular and spiritual authorities, as well as the socio-political and scientific circles.
Ruben Sahakyan - On the Turkish occupation of Alexandropol and its province (According to the 1920–1921 reports of the newspaper “Communist”)
17 Pages | 103-120 | DOI: Doi.10.52853/01350536-2021.3-103 | Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Articles, reports
In Autumn 1920, the Armenian army was severely defeated by Kemalist troops. On November 17. 1920, the Turkish army entered the city of Alexandropol and organized the Revolutionary Committee consisting of local Communists, which in fact became an appendage of the invaders. The residents of the city and the province were subjected to daily illegal actions by the enemy: arrests, confiscations of property, murders. All diplomatic notes or statements of the leadership of Soviet Armenia remained unanswered.
Lusine Sahakyan - Some observations on the relationship of Komitas Vardapet with the Armenian Apostolic Church
12 Pages | 121-133 | DOI: Doi.10.52853/01350536-2021.3-121 | Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Articles, reports
Komitas Vardapet’s relationship with the Armenian Apostolic Church has not been studied in depth to this day. During the Soviet era, the attitude towards Komitas was unilateral as he was a member of Etchmiadzin Congregation. Modern studies on Komitas present a new approach to this issue of Komitas’s biography. The present article is another attempt to look at the relationship of Komitas with the Church in a new light, with new perspectives. In the article, Komitas’s relationship with the Armenian Apostolic Church is examined in two directions:․
Armenuhi Ghambaryan - Civil mission of the first Republic of Armenia in the USA (late 1919 – early 1920)
14 Pages | 134-148 | DOI: Doi.10.52853/01350536-2021.3-134 | Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Articles, reports
At the beginning of 1919, the food issue continued to be one of the most serious among the numerous problems the Government of the young Republic of Armenia faced.
In order to combat the famine still reigning in the country, the Government of Armenia at the end of January 1919 adopted a decision approved by the Parliament as a special bill on the formation of a civil mission, which at the end of May of the same year was sent to Europe, and then to the United States.
Rafik Nahapetyan - On some features of the Armenian people’s housing complexes (the 19th century – the early 20th century)
23 Pages | 149-172 | DOI: Doi.10.52853/01350536-2021.3-149 | Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Articles, reports
In the article, the author, on the basis of historical materials and materials of field ethnographic research at hand, shows that in two parts of historical Armenia, initially before the end of the 19th century. and the beginning of the 20th century. the most widespread type of housing complex is the head house. This circumstance testifies to the homogeneity of the Armenian population since time immemorial. This form of dwelling was also widespread in the neighboring countries of Armenia, in which there was a large number of the Armenian population.
Silva Minasyan (Artsakh) - Structures of neologisms formed by proper names in the works of Hovhannes Shiraz
13 Pages | 173-186 | Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Articles, reports
More than a hundred complex neologisms formed from proper names are used in the works of Hovhannes Shiraz. They came from personal names and toponyms. Derivative structures prevail in these newly formed compound words. 27 simple and complex suffixes, most of which simple, were used in them.
Ashot Manucharyan - Episcopal Diocese of Arsharunik (the 4th–the 9th cc.)
15 Pages | 187-202 | Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Articles, reports
The Diocese of Arsharunik is one of the oldest dioceses in Armenia, formed by St. Gregory the Illuminator in the second diocesan department. In the middle of the 4th century, during the reign of Catholicos St. Nerses the Great, it was annexed to the bishopric of Bagrevand. It became the main episcopate of the country when Catholicos St. Sahak Partev returning from Persia in 432 AD, settled in the province of Bagrevand. The famous bishops of Bagrevand during this period were the 5th century philosopher Yeznik Koghbatsi and the patriarch of the Armenian historiography Movses Khorenatsi.