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Humanities & Social SciencesThe Armenian price of peace
by Naira Sahakyan
100 years ago, Armenian thought was inspired by European values. First it was socialism, now it is democracy. 100 years ago, and today, the main question remains the same: how to build relations with Russia?At the beginning of the last century, Armenians in the Ottoman, Iranian and Russian empires actively participated in future-oriented ideological discussions. The Caucasian events of 1917 showed the ideological differences of Armenian politicians and intellectuals. The role of the Caucasus was redefined. It was a part of the ancient kingdom of Armenians, therefore the territory of Armenian autonomous existence, and then also the restoration of the state.What were the expectations of the Armenian parties from the tsarist government and then from the Bolshevik government? Why did the fate of Western Armenia divide Armenians into Leninist and Plekhanovian ideological camps? Armenians' ideas about the right to self-determination 100 years ago: what has changed?
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Humanities & Social SciencesPhoenix Darbinyan
by Karen Balyan
Professor, architect theorist, specialist in the history of modernism Karen Balyan’s book is dedicated to the work of Phoenix Darbinyan (1924-1996), one of the most prominent names in the Armenian modernism. On the initiative of the honored architect of the Republic of Armenia Phoenix Darbinyan and the mayor of Yerevan Grigor Hasratyan, the center of Yerevan was modernized, the "Ani" hotel was reconstructed, the section between Abovyan Street: Tumanyan and Moskovyan streets were modernized and the “Ring Park” with large fountains. The book presents other structures and projects by Phoenix Darbinyan. Many of the materials, drawings and photos are from architect's personal archive and are published for the first time. The book was funded and published on the initiative of the Hasratyan-Minasyan Foundation.
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Humanities & Social SciencesEscape from your country
by Naira Pogosyan ,Ruben Melqonyan
What happened to the Armenians who remained in the Ottoman Empire in 1915? What state policy did Turkey adopt towards them? How did it happen that after 1920 the Soviet Union was studying the treaties of Kars and Sevres and seriously discussing the problem of reclaiming Kars and Ardahan from Turkey? Why did the announcement of Soviet Armenia's immigration appear right in the middle and at the most dangerous point of the relationship between the Soviet Union and Turkey, which is a historical confrontation, but which is being formed with a new political order and methods?A book that was awaited especially by those who noticed the active work of Turkish historians in the archives. In the archives where it is possible to find documents and information about the Armenian Genocide, survivors and descendants. This time, two Armenian Turkologists worked in the archives in detail and with care.They found and presented information about the Armenians who took the path of "escape" from Erg to Armenia, kept under the "strictly secret" file and until now unknown. Why and how they decided, came and stayed: the Armenians of Turkey and their descendants tell the story in this book. From the trauma of the Genocide to the process of ghettoization in Armenia. what the repatriates went through.
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Humanities & Social SciencesArmenia and Bush himself
by Suren Sargsyan
This book is about the story of the first Armenian-American relations based on exclusive declassified documents. 1988-92 are very important years for understanding the deep essence of the Armenian-American relations. It was during those years that American policy toward our region was formed. The declassified documents show what fundamental interests the United States has in the issues of Armenian-Turkish relations and the Karabakh conflict. The book presents exclusive facts about "Goble's Plan", Resolution 907, the visit of George Bush's son to Armenia, the negotiations led by Levon Ter-Petrosyan. For the first time, the secret reports of the American diplomats sent from Yerevan to Washington and the secret instructions from Washington are being published.
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Humanities & Social SciencesPeople and machines
by Alexei Pomigalov , Ilya Korobov , Alexander Andreyev
In the late 1940s the leadership of the USSR decided to organize a mass repatriation of Armenians. After the war there was a great need for specialists. They decided to solve that problem with the help of Armenians who survived the Genocide and settled in different countries around the world. Repatriation changed the whole culture of the USSR, from everyday life to rare professions. The leaders of Soviet Armenia convinced Moscow that in Armenia it was possible and necessary to develop technologies, to put emphasis on the production of electronic devices. This policy led to the creation of research centers, which quickly became the leading institutions in the USSR and even in the world.
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Humanities & Social SciencesOperation ''Zod,,
by Avetis Grigoryan ,Arsen Bobokhyan
Azerbaijan doesn’t hide its territorial ambitions towards the border regions of Armenia. This work shows that Baku's aspirations are not new, they have at least 100 years of history. In 1919, the Tatar population of the Sotk region, at the instigation of Azerbaijan, rebelled against the Armenian government and announced its that it is joining Azerbaijan. And only due to "Zod" operation this important region remains part of Armenia. Operation Zod is almost unknown to the general public, while it is one of the brightest pages in the history of the last century of Armenia. For the first time and on the basis of new factual data, the authors of the book present the causes, chronology and consequences of the Armenian-Tatar clashes in the Lake Sevan region.
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Humanities & Social SciencesAnyone from LA
by Nare Galstyan Mihran Galstyan
Will at least 3.5 million people live in Armenia again? Population outflow - labor, social, educational and other types of migration, which is often described as emigration, is an inevitable process. The natural growth of the republic's population is also slowing down due to economic and political crises and war. The solution is immigration, the best option is repatriation. Is it possible for a mass return of Armenians to Armenia, as it happened several times in the 20th century?
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Humanities & Social SciencesHundred years of humanity
by Gohar Manukyan
How the Armenian Red Cross was established, what were its initiatives, how did Armenia become a full member of the Red Cross’ International movement and how did it react to wars, internal unrest, natural disasters, economic and health shocks? Overcoming all these challenges, the Red Cross has created its brilliant biography. This book tells the story of the Armenian Red Cross Society (ARCS) over the past 100 years.
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Biography & True StoriesAlone against fate
by Samvel Farmanyan
Why and how did the Armenian-Turkish process begin? What choice was Armenia facing? What was really happening in New York, Davos, Munich, Prague, Istanbul, Zurich and Bursa? Samvel Farmanyan presents the entire process of football diplomacy with eyewitness testimonies. For the first time, the negotiations of RA President Serzh Sargsyan, which took place in 2008-2010, are being declassified. conducted with Turkish President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan, French President Sarkozy, US President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton and other officials. The background of the settlement, the real map of the interests of the geopolitical centers, the conflicting goals of the involved parties, the intriguing background and the logic of the decisions are presented. The memoir will help to understand the Armenian-Turkish and Artsakh problems, to reveal the cause-and-effect connections of regional realities, reaching our days. The book will be of interest to historians, state, political, public figures, diplomats, journalists, analysts and curious readers.
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Biography & True StoriesNowhere, a Story of Exile
by Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte
Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte lost her childhood to ethnic cleansing. In 1988, she was a ten year old girl living in the seaside city of Baku, in the Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan. Like any other young girl, she had childhood aspirations, crushes and dreams. That entire life was swept away as the majority Muslim Azeri population drove the minority Christian Armenians out of the country using terror and violence. Her family was forced to flee for their lives to Armenia, a neighboring republic still reeling from the massive earthquake and unprepared for the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing Azeri-orchestrated pogroms. Once there, she found herself an outsider; a nationless girl surviving in an unheated basement and facing discrimination again, this time by her own people. Nowhere, A Story of Exile is a riveting, heart-wrenching story told through a personal medium; through the diary entries of a young girl documenting the organized terror in Baku, her life as a refugee, and her struggle to find herself, all against the backdrop of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Anna gives a voice to a horrific tragedy little reported in the West, to the Armenian population of Azerbaijan and to the child victims of ethnic cleansing everywhere.
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Biography & True StoriesArm-Man
by Sargis Stepanyan David Davtyan
The "Arm-Man" is not just a simple biography, it is like e training book full of psychological advice on how to get out of a great tragedy and change. Sargis Stepanyan started walking 3 months after losing his two legs and the right arm in 2014, and 3 years later became a World Champion. By his own experience he proves that everything is possible if you want to make a change. This book can be a motivation for people who have disabilities and can inspire to stand up and make steps. With the help of Sargis, many people have rediscovered themselves, became professionals, and a record-breaking sportsman.
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Biography & True StoriesNever give up
by Ani Qochar
In May 2018, Ani Qochar finds out that she has leukemia (type of blood cancer). This shocked Ani’s mother living in Germany. The doctors said she has to act immediately. Everything It happened so quick that there was no time for putting things in order. Two days after the hospitalization, it turns out that Ani's blood cancer is the most complex type. The chance of recovery was low. However, she decided to start the treatment. A few months will pass and Ani will decide to stop the treatment and return home ...This dramatic memoir, written with the sincerity of a documentary, tells the story of a young woman's struggle, the difficulties of harsh decisions and the battle of life and death. This story is not exaggerated; the events and faces haven’t changed. Ani shares her personal experience, which can move, scare, but also inspire. For the first time, an Armenian woman publicly speaks about her serious illness, her deepest fears and about her greatest victory.
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Biography & True StoriesBitter sea
by Vahan Ishkhanyan
This book takes from the presentation of another book on a journey through time and space, meets hundreds of characters: from the warring Chechnya to Soviet Moscow and free Gokarna of India, from the devils of the Kaunas Museum to a homosexual wedding in Yerevan, from the Kosko supermarket beloved by Armenians of the Diaspora in Montreal to the Yerevan supermarket "SAS", from the interrogations of the KGB before the searches in the National Security Service of independent Armenia, from the Armenian Genocide to the Dublin Human Rights Conference, from Soviet pioneer camps to German concentration camps, the scissors did not touch the hair from the grandmother from Irind to the director-participant of the first Artsakhyan, who was crowned with a Hindu ceremony, from the hostel of Armenian students of the diaspora to the hostel of refugees from Baku... With what magic carpet is such geography possible?
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Biography & True StoriesMore than a lifetime
by Suren Sargsyan
What is the connection between the first violin of the Armenian violin school, the special operations carried out in Afghanistan, Pope John Paul II and the ambassador of Armenia, who personally performed Komitas' works with an orchestra to foreign audiences? The developer of special operations in Afghanistan, the official who met with the Pope on his personal initiative and the professional violinist who represented Armenia to European audiences with Shahen Yeritsyan's first instrument were the same person. This book is about the life and activities of musician, detective, colonel and ambassador Armen Sargsyan. The episodes that were unknown even to those who knew him for years.
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Biography & True StoriesTwo Rockstars, two girls and the Mount Ararat
by Ara Tadevosyan
This book is about how the craziest dream comes true. It is not that it seemed impossible. One day journalist Ara Tadevosyan decides to invite to Armenia world famous rockstars, who once helped the country affected by the Spitak earthquake, 1988. This book is a unique guide to make a dream come true. How to start, what to do when calls and emails remain unanswered, when everyone, from friends to sponsors, are skeptical of your ideas, when plans change upside down in the last 24 hours. What to do when the rockstar has finally arrived, but has a toothache? Ara Tadevosyan describes the background of perhaps the most stellar initiative of newly independent Armenia. The story may interest not only rock fans, but also all those who have similar dreams, unwavering will and are full of energy to achieve them.
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FictionLotto
by Harut Kbeyan
The author started writing this novel in 2010 and finished 10 years later. The two main characters of the book are the unemployed Poghos and the president of the Nairi the country. It all starts when Poghos buys a “National Lottery” ticket. The award for the winner is a meeting with the president. The novel tells about the past life of the president of Nairi, about his governence and meeting with Poghos.
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FictionThe last horse of Andranik
by Susana Hautyunyan
The main, but invisible hero of the novel is the Last horse of Andranik, the commander, who is in the novel and in the memory of the heroes and accompanies them throughout history. The action of the novel spans almost a century - from 1918 to 2020. The events of the first part take place in the Sevan basin. In the second part-memories of the Last hero of the novel-Movses. an epic based on values and problems passed from grandfathers to sons and grandchildren:
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FictionBella Belladonna
by Narine Kroyan
Bella is a single, 48-year-old unemployed woman, who lives with her bedridden mother, caring for her for years and striving to survive, having only her poor pension and social allowance. One day at the entrance of their building she suddenly meets Masha (Mariam), a 14-15-year-old girl with her own problems, who had arrived from Russia to visit her grandmother and spend her summer holidays in Armenia. Her father was Armenian and mother was Tatar. And despite of age difference, the two singles become close friends. They involuntarily help each other by helping others who are held in the prison of life like themselves, the captives of conventions, where everybody decides everything for them. This mission starts with the release of the chained and abandoned dogs, since only death can provide the release of the suffering prisoners of life. And Bella with Masha changing each other’s lives, also change things, going through ambiguous adventures and becoming decision-makers, responsible individuals who are ready to challenge the stereotypes and taboos of destiny, rejecting slavery and believing in freedom as an inviolable condition which of course is not easy for them.
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FictionWaking-noahs-vines
by Vahan Zanoyan
A group of adventurous vintners from around the world embarks on a wine- infused journey to revive the 6,000-year-old wine industry in Armenia after the country gains its independence from the Soviet Union. Haig Koleyan, a veteran winemaker, arrives from Tuscany with little more than a dream to modernize a wine industry nearly moribund under 70 years of Soviet rule. Aram Almayan sells several of his casinos in Moscow and moves to Armenia to plant a vineyard and build a major winery with his charming daughter, Carla. Van Dorian, the philosopher/vintner, sells much of his Los Angeles company and moves to Armenia with the same passion. He develops an elaborate theory and practice about how wines can and should be paired with the deepest and most nuanced human emotions. Henry Cobb, a famous American winemaker from Sonoma, California soon joins the group to satisfy his constant quest for new terroir. As they start transforming the wine industry in Armenia, a major scam is underway in Moscow where cheap blends of one of Haig’s top wines, the Korah, are being sold to unsuspecting collectors for 100 times their market value. At the same time, personal and professional peeves start clouding the atmosphere among the winemakers within Armenia. When the scam in Moscow leads to the murder of one of the employees of the largest wine merchant in Russia and endangers the life of an employee of the Almayan winery, it falls upon Aram Almayan, with his close contacts in the Moscow police department, to solve the murder and diffuse tensions in Armenia.
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FictionRojava
by Magda Tagtachian
Nane Barseghyan, who grew up in Soviet Armenia, leaves everything behind and travels to the Rojava, a region of Syrian Kurdistan in hopes of finding her real father. During the trip, Nane is accompanied by her niece, journalist Alma Barseghyan. In a place devastated by war and violence, the main characters become lucky to serve in the women's brigade, where brave women protect the land that has not seen peace for a long time. The army of women teaches the most important lesson: nothing in life is given without a fight. The story of Nane Barseghyan develops against the background of the struggle against the Islamic State, Turkish troops and the harsh reality of Syria. In this novel, Magda Tagtachyan combines emotional narrative and journalistic insight. And creates a story about identity and love gained in a war-torn area.
