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  • City of Akhlat in Daron province

    City of Akhlat in Daron province

    City of Akhlat in Daron province. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Armenian village of Gundemir in Daron province

    Armenian village of Gundemir in Daron province

    Armenian village of Gundemir in Daron province. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Armenian Protestant Church of Garin

    Armenian Protestant Church of Garin

    Armenian Protestant Church of Garin. In the background on the left, the Nishkian ancestral home. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Armenian library and Girl School of Mush

    Armenian library and Girl School of Mush

    Armenian library and Girl School of Mush, in Daron province. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Araks river between Khnus and Pasen

    Araks river between Khnus and Pasen

    Araks river between Khnus and Pasen, in Daron province. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Amrdol Vank, south of Bitlis

    Amrdol Vank, south of Bitlis

    Amrdol Vank, south of Bitlis, in Daron province. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Stepanakert

    Stepanakert

    Stepanakert (former Armenian name Vararakn) is located north of Shushi, on the right bank of the Karkar River. It is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Artsakh. Stepanakert was part of the medieval Armenian melikdom of Khachen and Greater Armenia (4th century B.C). Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Hajen village town – 1907

    Hajen village town – 1907

    Hajen village town in 1907. Vahé Achikian Private Coll.

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  • Rock hill and Surenian fortress-mansion – Zeytun 1914

    Rock hill and Surenian fortress-mansion – Zeytun 1914

    “The Zeytun Qale (Surenian Perte / fortress-mansion) photographed by a German WWI officer in 1914. It was constructed under the direction of the Armenian monk Der Emmanuel in 1815. The Zeytun Qale was the ancestral residence of the Surenian Ishkhan clans for generations until the Genocide of 1915. Note the houses of Yuqari Mahallée (Vérine…

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  • Zeytun town – 1906

    Zeytun town – 1906

    A view of Zeytun from the south. Photo taken by Ottoman officer in charge of the Osmanli Census of Aleppo Province in 1906. Vahé Achikian – Zeytoun Collection.

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