Who we are
About Armenica
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Acknowledgements
Who we are
Vahagn Avedian <vahagn.avedian@armenica.org>
Creator, Editor and Project Manager
Public Relations
Sevan Amirians <sevan.amirians@armenica.org>
Graphic, Design and Production Manager
Armenica Representative in Armenia
About Armenica
The work with Armenica started in autumn of 1998. The prime purpose of Armenica was to provide a reliable and complete information
source about Armenia and its related issues. By using the advantages of the internet we could provide the general public, schools,
universities and other institutions with exhaustive information and reference to solid facts, which, unfortunately, is missing in
most of the other similar sites. However, the extent of the project grew rapidly and consequently was taken over by Mediable
which sponsors and develops the site.
The history of Armenia is the first stage which is been put online. It contains about 350 pages of text, more than 1100 references
written by about 280 different authors, researcher, politicians and travellers (four of these are Armenians, while the rest
represent about 20 diffenrent nationalities from 3 different continents). Our ambition is to complete the existing material
with pictuers, maps and other information as much as we can. Of course we aim to update the text as new events take place, but
also if new information and discoveries are put forward.
Among the key issues found on Armenica.org are:
- History of Armenia, the Armenian Highland and Asia Minor, Middle East, Caucasus and Transcaucasus in regard to the Armenian history
- History of the four Armenian kingdoms, Artashisian, Arshakouni (Arsacid), Bagratouni and Roubinian (Cilicia) dynasties
- History and the role of the great Armenian principalities of Mamikonian, Syuni (Siuni), Bagratouni, Kamsarakan, Artzrouni, Rshtouni and Gnouni
- Acceptance of Christianity as state religion in 301, making Armenia the first Christian state in the world, it's consequences and
impact on the history of the country and it's people; the role of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Armenian renaissance
- History of Armenian Cilicia and it's important role during the Crusades
- Background of the 1915 Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey during the First World War (end of the Ottoman Empire,
duration of the Young Turk government and the first years of Mustafa "Ataturk" Kemal's modern Turkey, it's parallels with
the holocaust and aftermath
- Contents of the treaties of Spa, San Stefano, Berlin Congress, Brest-Litovsk, Sévres, Lausanne, Kars and Moscow
- History of Artsakh, commonly known as Nagorno Karabagh (or Karabakh), Mountainous Karabagh and the background of the current
conflict with Azerbaijan
- Historical description of military, economical and cultural aspects of the Armenian history and their impact on the civilization
and Armenian architectural influence on the Western world
- Maps of the region illustrating the period described by the history text, including the major Armenian cities of Ani, Arzn (Erzurum), Bitlis, Erzinjan, Kars, Taron (Moush), Sasoun and Van, the cradle of the Armenian civilization (West Armenia); Erebouni (Yerevan), Joulfa (Nakhichevan), Gyumri and Stepanakert (Karabagh) in East Armenia; Kapan, Sis and Zeytoun in Cilicia; the rivers Euphrates, Tigris, Araxes (Arax) and Kur; the lakes Van and Sevan; and Mount Ararat (where the legendary Noah's Ark has landed according to the Bible) and Mount Aragatz and Mount Sipan. We have also included maps of trade routes, among others the famous Silk Road, trade routes connecting the Far East and Middle East, empires of Persia and Arab world to the Western civilization during the Roman and Byzantine empires. Some examples of the maps can be found here.
- History of the first Armenian Republic (1918-1920), the second Armenian Republic (Soviet Socialistic Republic) and the years under the Communist rule within Soviet Union
- History of the Armenian independence movement, the third Armenian Republic (1991-) and a brief description of the current situation in Armenia (2004)
- General information about Armenia: General country data; symbolic values of the Armenian flag and coat of arms
- Biographical information about Armenians, as well as non Armenians significant for the history of Armenia, the Armenian Question and it's people
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Usage of Material
The main goal of Armenica.org is to provide the general public with easily accessed reliable facts and
information about Armenia and it's related issues. Hence, the material presented on Armenica.org is free
to use (with exception for material which are marked for sale purpose) as long as customary regulations
for copying material are respected:
- Material taken from Armenica.org must not be altered or modified without permission from
Armenica.org
- Reference to Armenica.org and the URL of the site must be included when material taken from Armenica.org
is used or presented in any published work.
- When ever available, reference to the origial creator/author/copyright holder of material presented on
Armenica.org must be mentioned when the material in question is used.
- When copying a text, make sure that significance of the entire text is presented in the copied segment
and it does not alter the context of the article/material/content.
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Acknowledgements
We wish to express our warmest gratitude to the following persons and institutions for providing us with books
pictures, material and other kind of assistance, which have made the creation of this site possible:
- Ashot Vardanian (Development of maps)
- Briony Krikorian (Editing)
- Carolina Rediviva, Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket (Books and maps)
- Hendrik Nyman (Editing)
- Narineh Azizian (Editing)
- Roubik Avedian (Books and material)
- Stella H. Mikaelian (Books and material)
Special thanks to Professor Richard G. Hovannisian for allowing us to use his works.
We are constantly working on extending the information presented on Armenica.org and update the existing information with more recent discoveries and updates.
We also look forward to suggestions, correction and other remarks from our visitors and do are best to meet the expressed wishes. You can contact us through
this page.
Armenica is a project created and maintained by Mediable.
Mediable's design team has also delivered the following sites:
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