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6 unusual facts about Armenian Diaspora


Armenian cemetery in Hyderabad, India

Total of 19 Armenian are buried in this cemetery, including two priests Rev Johannes (1680) and Rev Simon (1724).

Armenian diaspora

Their pre-World War I population area was six times larger than that of present-day Armenia, including the eastern regions of Turkey, northern part of Iran, southern part of Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Nakhichevan regions of Azerbaijan.

Armenian Encyclopedia

Since Armenian independence (1991) publications include titles on topics of such current-day issues such as the Nagorno-Karabakh War, the Armenian Question and the Armenian diaspora.

Diamond industry in Armenia

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the production declined gradually, but was later recovered with the investments from the Armenian diaspora.

Kevork Hovnanian

Hovnanian left a number of philanthropic contributions during his life, especially in support of New Jersey, Armenia and the Armenian diaspora.

Kipchaks

When members of the Armenian diaspora moved from the Crimean peninsula to the Polish-Ukrainian borderland in the end of the 13th century, they brought Kipchak, their adopted Turkic language with them.


Armenakan Party

The party went on to become one of the three traditional Armenian diaspora political groupings alongside the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party.

Economy of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

The name of this new electric energy company is "Artsakh HEK”, which already had a base capital of $5mln on the day of its inauguration. Prime Minister of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan has called on the public and the diaspora to buy the shares of "Artsakh HEPS" and to invest in NKR economy, saying that its security and future relies on its economic growth and economic self-sufficiency.

Occupation of Turkish Armenia

During the Conference of London, David Lloyd George encouraged American President Woodrow Wilson to accept a mandate for Anatolia, particularly with the support of the Armenian diaspora, for the provinces claimed by the Administration for Western Armenia during its largest occupation in 1916.

Slavs and Tatars

Stealers Wheel' "Stuck in the Middle with you" became "Stuck in Ossetia with you" about the Georgia-Russia war of 2008 while Michael Sembello's "She's a Maniac" (from Fame) becomes "She's Armenian" about the Armenian diaspora.


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