Genocide Events Russia

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2006-03-20 16:56:00


CONFERENCE TITLED “ARMENIA AND ARMENIANS IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD CULTURE” TO BE HELD IN KRASNODAR


A scientific conference titled “Armenia and Armenians in the context of the world culture” will be held at the Krasnodar State Historical & Archeological Museum-Preserve after Felitsyn April 25. According to the information De Facto got at the newspaper of Armenians of Russia Yerkramas, exhibition of household articles is to be held in the course of the conference. The measure will end in a concert performed by musicians on the Armenian folk instrument “kemancha”.
The conference has been initiated by the Eparchy of the South of Russia of the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Kuban State University, Center of Pont-Caucasian Researches, North Caucasian Institute for Scientific Research in History and Socio-Cultural Researches and Armenian community of the village of Pashkovsky of Krasnodar.
The conference has been arranged for a recurrent anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Turkey, 1915-23, when about two million Armenians were murdered on the territory of the Western Armenia.
It should be noted that a scientific conference arranged for the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Turkey was held in Krasnodar in 2005 as well. Then Consul-General of Turkey in the city of Novorossiysk Ahmed Ryza Demirer was against the conference and sent an official letter to the Rector of the Kuban State University, where the conference was being held. However, the scientific measure was conducted. Participants of the conference adopted a Statement calling upon the Turkish leadership to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

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Mikhail Meyer: Armenians Genetic Reserves Destroyed in 1915

31.03.2006 01:20 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ It is possible to write the impartial history of the events in Ottoman Turkey in 1915-1923. However, the essence is not in the number of Armenians killed and deported, but in half of the population of Western Armenia being annihilated, professor Mikhail Meyer, the Director of the Institute of Asian and African Studies of Moscow State University stated in Yerevan at a meeting in the South Caucasian branch of the Caucasus Democracy Institute development foundation. In his words, there was no term genocide in WWI, however it changes nothing. “Turkey has to reconsider its attitude to the Armenian Genocide. Delay of the process will entail negative consequences for the country itself,» the famous Russian specialist of Turkic science said, when answering a question of PanARMENIAN.Net. In his words, Turkey fears not so much of territorial claims by Armenia, as compensation of material and moral damage. «No economy can bear that compensation,» Meyer remarked. As of parallels with Germany, which paid compensation to Holocaust victims, Meyer remarked, «not all prisoners of concentration camps got compensations.»

At that the professor remarked the process of liberalization of Turkey on the way to EU membership is not so fast. «I think the EU will nevertheless stipulate accession by recognition of the fact of the Armenian Genocide. EU representatives should be taken to the Genocide Museum to see what actually happened in 1915,» he remarked.

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Urartian Exhibition In The Hermitage

Today President Robert Kocharyan received the director of the State Museum Hermitage, member of Russian Academy of Science Michael Piatrovsky.

The famous orientalist has mentioned that it’s a pleasure for him to visit his native city where he was born and where he grew up, and that it has been 15 years since he last came to Armenia. As he said, “Although lots of things have changed Yerevan hasn’t lost its face and style and continues to be a city of museums.”

As it has been informed in President’s press service the scientist introduced the present state of the Hermitage as well as talked about the expositional changes. He stated the importance of cooperation between the museums of the two countries.

In the end Michael Piatrovsky also informed that a Urartian exhibition is expected to be opened at the end of the year in the Hermitage. /Panorama.am/

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Pickets to Be Held near Turkish Embassy and EU Mission in Moscow April 24

22.04.2006 02:14 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Union of Armenians of Russia (UAR) will hold pickets in front of the Turkish Embassy and EU Mission in Moscow due to the 91st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. As reported by the UAR Press Service, both events are authorized by the Moscow Government. Wreaths will be laid to a Khachkar at Vagankovskoe cemetery April 24 morning on behalf of the Armenian Embassy in Russia, New Nakhichevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and NGOs. A memorial liturgy of the victims of the Armenian Genocide will be served at the Armenian church. The same day an exhibition on the Armenian Genocide will open and Four Years under Crescent book by Turkish army officer Rafael Nogales will be presented.

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Stavropol Commemorates Armenian Genocide Victims

25.04.2006 20:55 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenians of Stavropol Region paid tribute to their compatriots, who fell victims of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915-1923. Divine service was held in Armenian churches of Budyonnovsk, Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk, Georgiyevsk towns and Edissiya village. Priest of the Holy Cross church of Budyonnovsk Arsen Budaghyan addressed the commemoration meeting at the Armenian Culture Center in Zelenokumsk. April 24 I Accuse documentary, produced by Yerkir Media TV Company (Armenia) was screened for those present, memories of witnesses were read. Zelenokumsk youth activists of Bartsrunk Armenian organization arranged the meeting. In the evening I Accuse documentary also was shown by Stavropol city TV, reports the Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia.