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By Jirair Tutunjian, Toronto, 10 April 2022 Egypt’s largest tobacco factory was founded by the Matossian brothers. In…
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By Jirair Tutunjian, Toronto, 25 March 2022 Haig Patigian, born in Van in 1876, was a famous sculptor…
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By Jirair Tutunjian, Toronto Author Joel Kotkin wrote in “Tribes” (Random House, 1992): “By the 1930s Armenians in…
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By Jirair Tutunjian, Toronto There were at least six Armenians on board SS Titanic when the ocean liner…
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By Jirair Tutunjian, Toronto, 10 February 2022 After the French army’s devastating victory over the Ottoman army at…
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By Jirair Tutunjian, Toronto, January 2022 One of the hottest British novels of the Twenties and the Thirties…
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By Jirair Tutunjian, Toronto, December 2021 Their names were Phokas, Palaiologos, Porphyrogennetos, Lakapenos, Komnenos, and Tzimiskes but these…
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By Jirair Tutunjian, Toronto, 8 December 2021 Kevork Vartanian (born in Nor Nakhichevan, Rostov-on-the-Don) and his wife, Kohar,…
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By Jirair Tutunjian, Toronto, 7 November 2021 Foad Al-Zahery is one of the most famous Egyptian composers. In…
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By Jirair Tutunjian, Toronto, 8 October 2021 Mikhail Pogosyan was head of the Sukhoi design bureau and helped…
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By Jirair Tutunjian, Toronto, Ontario, 8 May 2021 Did You Know In the earliest version of the Armenian…
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The Arab Connection By Jirair Tutunjian, Toronto, Ontario, 13 March 2021You Know The mother of Prince Al-Waleed bin…
Shara the Glutton
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Haig, the patriarch of the Armenian nation, was succeeded by his son Armenag. Armenag was succeeded by Aramais.…
Apostle Matthew’s Grave
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The grave of Apostle Matthew is in the Armenian monastery of Issyk-Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan, says Russian archeologist…
The Armenian Arbiter
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The final arbiter/diplomat in Ethiopia between Menelik II and Atse Yohannes of Tigray when the pair was contesting…
Etymological Similarities
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The Armenian vort, meaning “worm” in English is “orm” in Danish. Vort is connected to other words such…
Karahunge, the First Observatory
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Armenians were pioneers of astronomy as testified by Karahunge, the first ever observatory where Armenians measure with amazing…