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unusual facts about Armenian People



Arlington Cemetery Co

Sarkis Torossian (1891 - 1954) - Decorated Ottoman, French, and English commander of Armenian descent.

Baghramyan, Ararat

It is named after the Soviet Armenian military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union Hovhannes Baghramyan.

David Dickinson

Eugenie was a member of an Armenian textile trading family, whose father Hrant Gulesserian, had moved from Constantinople to Manchester in 1904.

Friedrich Parrot

On 27 September 1829, Parrot, a pioneer of scientific mountaineering, whilst professor of physics of the University of Dorpat, reached the summit of Mount Ararat (5,137 m) with Khachatur Abovian (the Armenian writer and national public figure) and three other students.

Gevorg Abajian

Gevorg Hambardzumi Abajian (December 12, 1920, Shnogh village, Lori Province, Armenia - 2002, Yerevan) was an Armenian theatrical and literary critic.

Jean Carzou

Jean Carzou (1907, Aleppo, Syria – August 12, 2000, Marsac-sur-l'Isle, Dordogne, France), born Karnik Zouloumian, was a French Armenian artist, painter and illustrator, whose work illustrated the novels of Ernest Hemingway and Albert Camus.

Odalar Mosque

About 40,000 Latin, Greek, Armenian and Jewish inhabitants who lived in Caffa ("Caffariotes" or, in Turkish, Kefeli) were then deported to Istanbul and relocated to this quarter, which was named after them Kefe Mahallesi.

Prince Aleksandre of Georgia

In spite of a thorough Russian search, in 1818, Alexander fought his way to Akhaltsikhe and managed to safely reach Persia where the shah gave him a pension and some Armenian-populated villages in Salmas.

Vahan Malezian

Vahan Malezian (Armenian Վահան Մալեզեան) (Born Sulina, Romania 1871 - died Nice, France 1966) was an Armenian writer, translator, poet, and social activist.

Vardan Mamikonian

Vardan or Vartan are both common given names for Armenian males, the female version is Vardanoush or Vartanoush.


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Mikayel Chamchian

Chamchian provided a chronology for the Armenian patriarchs (as laid down by Movses Khorenatsi in his History of Armenia), dating Haik's battle with Belus, and thus the formation of the Armenian people, to August 11, 2492 BC.