User:Yerevantsi/DYK
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1 | 13 Feb 2012 | Armenians in Baku | ... that after being a major part of Baku in most of the 19th and 20th centuries, the city's Armenian population almost completely disappeared due to a pogrom in 1990? | ||
2 | 23 Aug 2012 | Armenian Heritage Park | .. that the Armenian Heritage Park is a memorial park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide? | ||
3 | 27 Sep 2012 | Chess in Armenia | ... that in Armenia, chess is one of the country's most popular sports? | ||
4 | 6 Oct 2012 | Heydar Aliyev's cult of personality | ... that the late Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev's cult of personality has become a significant part of Azerbaijani politics and society in recent years? | ||
5 | 9 Oct 2012 | Montebello Genocide Memorial | ... that the Montebello Genocide Memorial (pictured) was opened in 1968 and is the largest Armenian Genocide memorial in the United States? | ||
6 | 23 Oct 2012 | Namus (film) | ... that Namus is the first Armenian feature film? | ||
7 | 23 Oct 2012 | Wrestling in Armenia (thanks to User:TheShadowCrow) |
... that in Armenia, wrestling is one of the nation's oldest sports? | ||
8 | 26 Oct 2012 | George W. Bush Street | ... that streets in Tbilisi and Tirana are named after former US President George W. Bush? | ||
9 | 6 Nov 2012 | Edmon Marukyan | ... that Edmon Marukyan, the only non-partisan member of the Armenian parliament, has a Master of Laws degree from the University of Minnesota Law School? | ||
10 | 10 Nov 2012 | Russian language in the United States | ... that most Russian-speakers in the United States are Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union? | ||
11 | 13 Nov 2012 | Russian language in Israel | ... that Russian is spoken in Israel by about 20% of the total population? | ||
12 | 16 Nov 2012 | Languages of Albania | ... that virtually all Italian-speakers in Albania have learnt the language by watching Italian television and not through reading textbooks? | ||
13 | 20 Nov 2012 | Languages of Armenia | ... that Russian is the most widely spoken foreign language in Armenia? | ||
14 | 21 Nov 2012 | Diamond industry in Armenia | ... that in 1999 diamond industry in Armenia provided about one third of the country exports? | ||
15 | 17 Dec 2012 | Hayazn | ... that Hayazn burned the Hungarian flag after Ramil Safarov's release to Azerbaijan? | ||
16 | 18 Dec 2012 | Weightlifting in Armenia (with User:TheShadowCrow) |
... that numerous Olympic and World weightlifting champions from Armenia hail from Gyumri, a city with a population of 150,000? | ||
17 | 1 Jan 2013 | Boxing in Armenia | ... that Armenian King Varazdat was one of the last Ancient Olympic champions in boxing? | ||
18 | 30 Jan 2013 | List of notable visitors to Tsitsernakaberd | ... that over 20 heads of state have paid tribute to the Armenian Genocide victims? | ||
19 | 30 Mar 2013 | Yerevan dialect | ... that in Armenian television, the Yerevan dialect is used more than the standard language? | ||
20 | 7 Apr 2013 | Wounds of Armenia | ... that Wounds of Armenia, the first Armenian novel, was published 10 years after its author's Khachatur Abovian's death? | ||
21 | 8 Apr 2013 | Getar River | ... that the 1664 bridge on Getar River was one of the few buildings that survived the 1679 earthquake? | ||
22 | 18 Apr 2013 | Karin dialect | ... that before the Armenian Genocide, the Karin dialect was spoken in two provincial centers in eastern Turkey? | ||
23 | 6 May 2013 | Karabakh dialect (Armenian) | ... that before the exodus that started in 1988, many of the over 200,000 Baku Armenians spoke the Karabakh dialect? | ||
24 | 11 Jun 2013 | Vano Siradeghyan | ... that Vano Siradeghyan, one of Armenia's most influential politicians, is wanted by Interpol? | ||
25 | 16 Jun 2013 | List of people declared persona non grata in Azerbaijan | ... that Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe was declared persona non grata in Azerbaijan? | ||
26 | 19 Jun 2013 | Vazgen Sargsyan | ... that Vazgen Sargsyan is the founder of the Armenian army? | ||
27 | 22 Jun 2013 | Pargev Martirosyan | ... that Archbishop Pargev has been the primate of the Diocese of Artsakh since 1989? | ||
28 | 22 Jun 2013 | Simon Achikgyozyan | ... that Simon Achikgyozyan, a geologist for 30 years, is considered a hero for his activities in the Nagorno-Karabakh War? | ||
29 | 24 Jun 2013 | Armenian presidential election, 1996 | ... that anti-government protesters in 1996 beat up the Armenian parliament speaker Babken Ararktsyan? | ||
30 | 30 Jun 2013 | Vardan Stepanyan | ... that the 25 year old law student Vardan Stepanyan fought in two wars? | ||
31 | 1 Jul 2013 | Armenian soap operas | ... that Armenian soap operas have been criticized for "advocating aggression"? | ||
32 | 2 Jul 2013 | Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial | ... that the Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial has been vandalized twice? | ||
34 | 21 Jul 2013 | Armenian cultural heritage in Turkey | ... that there were over 2,500 Armenian churches in Turkey before the Armenian Genocide, and fewer than 40 are functioning today? | ||
35 | 30 Jul 2013 | Atatürk's cult of personality | ... that Atatürk's cult of personality has been described as the "longest-running personality cult"? | ||
36 | 23 Aug 2013 | May Uprising | ... that according to Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Armenia would not have lost some of its territories if the country was Sovietized sooner? | ||
37 | 6 Sep 2013 | Witnesses and testimonies of the Armenian Genocide (with User:Proudbolsahye) |
... Henry Morgenthau, who gave testimony of the Armenian Genocide, stated that the massacres of the past "seem almost insignificant when compared to the sufferings of the Armenian race in 1915"? | ||
38 | 22 Sep 2013 | Armenians and Jews | ... that many historians have compared Armenians and Jews? | ||
39 | 19 Oct 2013 | [1] [2] |
Chechen-Russian conflict | ... that the Chechen-Russian conflict (Chechen rebel pictured) dates back as far as 1785? | |
40 | 25 Nov 2013 | Etchmiadzin Cathedral | ... that the Etchmiadzin Cathedral (pictured) is considered the oldest cathedral in the world? | ||
41 | 10 Feb 2014 | Armen Dzhigarkhanyan | ... that Armen Dzhigarkhanyan has appeared in more films than any other Russian actor? | ||
42 | 19 Feb 2014 | The Armenian and the Armenian | ... that twenty years after the Armenian Genocide, William Saroyan challenged the world to destroy the Armenian people? | ||
43 | 13 May 2014 | 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide | ... that the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported a resolution to the full Senate in preparation for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide? | ||
44 | 22 Aug 2014 | Marina Frolova-Walker | ... that Marina Frolova-Walker has delivered lectures on music at venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to factories in Kazakhstan? | ||
45 | 1 Dec 2014 | Varagavank | ... that the Varagavank monastery was the site of Armenian resistance to Turkish government forces during the Armenian Genocide? | ||
46 | 12 Dec 2014 | Anti-Greek sentiment | ... that anti-Greek riots occurred in Australia, Canada, and the United States during the early 20th century? | ||
47 | 1 Jan 2015 | Saint Bartholomew Monastery | ... that a 13th-century Armenian monastery dedicated to one of the apostles now lies in ruins? | ||
48 | 4 Jan 2015 | Aravot | ... that the Armenian liberal daily Aravot was prevented from being published following the deadly 2008 protests? | ||
49 | 24 Jan 2015 | Narekavank | ... that the prominent medieval Armenian monastery of Narekavank was demolished and replaced with a mosque? | ||
50 | 28 Jan 2015 | Aram Khachaturian | ... that the composer Aram Khachaturian was "entirely a creation of the Soviet musical and dance establishment"? | ||
51 | 19 April 2015 | Silva Kaputikyan | ... that poetess Silva Kaputikyan returned the medal awarded her by the Armenian president after a violent crackdown on an opposition demonstration? | ||
52 | 24 April 2015 | Surb Karapet Monastery | ... that the stones of Surb Karapet Monastery (pictured), destroyed during the Armenian Genocide, were used to build houses in a Kurdish village? | ||
53 | 3 May 2015 | Temple of Garni | ... that the Temple of Garni (pictured), the only Hellenistic structure in Armenia, collapsed in an earthquake and was reconstructed 300 years later? | ||
54 | 27 October 2015 | Aram Manukian | ... that Armenian nationalist revolutionary Aram Manukian organized two successful resistances against the Turks in a three-year period? | ||
55 | 17 April 2016 | Ivan Aivazovsky | ... that the painter Ivan Aivazovsky (work pictured) threw away his Ottoman medals to protest large-scale massacres of Armenians? | ||
56 | 17 April 2016 | Armenian Quarter | ... that Jerusalem's first printing press was established in the Armenian Quarter? | ||
57 | 22 June 2017 | Gregorio Pietro Agagianian | ... that Cardinal Agagianian (pictured), leader of a small Eastern church, was twice a serious papal candidate? | ||
58 | 26 June 2017 | Mkrtich Khrimian | ... that Mkrtich Khrimian (pictured), head of the Armenian Church, endorsed an armed struggle against the Ottoman Turks? | ||
59 | 22 Jan 2018 | Ghazanchetsots Cathedral | ... that Azerbaijan stored ammunition inside Ghazanchetsots Cathedral (pictured) during the Nagorno-Karabakh War? | ||
60 | 16 Dec 2018 | Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church of Galata | ... that an Armenian church in Istanbul was demolished in 1958 and rebuilt years later half as wide, to make room for the street? | ||
61 | 23 Feb 2019 | Mikayel Nalbandian | ... that Armenia's anthem is based on Mikayel Nalbandian's poem, inspired by Italian unification? | ||
62 | 8 Sep 2023 | Masquerade (Khachaturian) | ... that the waltz from Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite has been called "spooky" and is often played for Halloween? | ||
63 | 16 Feb 2024 | Etchmiadzin: 3,958 |
Buddhism in Armenia | ... that Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia's mother church, previously had a Tibetan Buddhist bell? |