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Armenians from Kharpert having a picnic in Lebanon – 1923
Armenians from Kharpert having a picnic in Lebanon – 1923. Jorge Zaven Kurkdjian Private Coll.
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Kurkdjian family from Kharpert – 1912
Kurkdjian family from Kharpert in 1912. Jorge Zaven Kurkdjian Private Coll. Seated: my grand-mother Ruth Kurkdjian (emigrated to the USA where she died at the age of 103), my grandfather Kevork (born in 1862 – killed by the Turks in 1915), my grandmother Takuhi (1871 – 1954, São Paulo). Children: on the left, Arpine Kurkdjian…
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Diran Tekeyan, an officer on the cruiser Guichen
Diran Tekeyan, an officer on the cruiser Guichen, who helped to evacuate the defenders and inhabitants of Musa Dagh. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.
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Esayi Yacoubian, leader of the Musa Dagh defenders
Esayi Yacoubian, leader of the Musa Dagh defenders. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.
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Vahan Malezian
Vahan Malezian (1871, Sulina Romania – 1966, Nice France), poet and AGBU‘s general director from 1923 to 1947. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.
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Armenag Yegarian with Jim Chankalian
Armenag Yegarian with Jim Chankalian. Both were defenders of Van in 1915. Jim Chankalian was also the leader of the Armenian Americans who joined the Armenian Legion in 1917. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. The Defense of Van (1915) was an act of self-defense by the Armenians against the genocide committed by Ottoman Turkey,…
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Jim Chankalian, defender of Van
Jim Chankalian, defender of Van, was also the leader of the Armenian Americans who joined the Armenian Legion in 1917. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. The Defense of Van (1915) was an act of self-defense by the Armenians against the genocide committed by ottoman and nationalist Turks, Kurdish tribes with the complicity of the…
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Yeghishe Tourian, Patriarch of Jerusalem
Yeghishe Tourian, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1921 – 1929), brother of the poet Bedros Tourian. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.
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Armenian writers union of France on February 12, 1939
Armenian writers union of France on February 12, 1939. Arshag Tchobanian is at the center. Misha Aznavour is holding a tar. Next to him is Missak Manouchian. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. Institut de la Mémoire Arménienne.
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Dikran Baghtchedjian with his wife Rose Taspasian – Marseille 1927
Dikran Baghtchedjian with his wife Rose Taspasian and their sons Robert and Joseph in Marseille, France, 1927. They are from Adana. Serge Baghtchedjian Private Coll