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  • Mihran Damadian

    Mihran Damadian

    Mihran Damadian (1863 – 1945), founder of the Beirut-based newspaper Zartonk. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Lazarian Institute of Moscow – 1891

    Lazarian Institute of Moscow – 1891

    Lazarian Institute of Moscow in 1891. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Komitas with his student Vahan Der-Arakelian

    Komitas with his student Vahan Der-Arakelian

    Komitas with his student Vahan Der-Arakelian. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Hnchakian members killed in London in 1903

    Hnchakian members killed in London in 1903

    Hnchakian members Saghatiel Sakouni (top) Tigran Izmirlian (bottom left) and Aram Krikorian (bottom right) killed in London in 1903. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Garabed Varoujian, fedayee from Marash

    Garabed Varoujian, fedayee from Marash

    Garabed Varoujian, fedayee from Marash. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. Fedayeen were Armenian civilians who formed self-defense groups in reaction to the mass murder of Armenians (1894-1896) during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

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  • Fedayee Megerdich Roleyian (Mezho) – Mush

    Fedayee Megerdich Roleyian (Mezho) – Mush

    Fedayee Megerdich Roleyian (Mezho) – Mush. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. Fedayeen were Armenian civilians who formed self-defense groups in reaction to the mass murder of Armenians (1894-1896) during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

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  • Arshag Tchobanian

    Arshag Tchobanian

    Arshag Tchobanian (Chobanian). Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Armenag Yegarian, defender of Van – 1915

    Armenag Yegarian, defender of Van – 1915

    Armenag Yegarian (1870 – 1926), defender of Van in 1915. 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, the Turkish population, the Kurdish people and the German Empire. The Ottoman army and its military elite were modernized…

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  • Aram Hagopian, fedayee from Mush

    Aram Hagopian, fedayee from Mush

    Aram Hagopian, fedayee from Mush. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. Fedayeen were Armenian civilians who formed self-defense groups in reaction to the mass murder of Armenians (1894-1896) during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.  

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  • Six early Hnchaks of Zeytun

    Six early Hnchaks of Zeytun

    Six early Hnchaks of Zeytun , Mersine, Ottoman Cilicia on 1 April 1896 just before they boarded the French ship to Marseille. Huntchakian Operatives who organized the 1895-1896 Zeytun Grand Uprising. Top, L to R: Nichan Ghazarosian ; Meléh (Asadour Damghadjian); Garabédt Soukiassian Bottom, L to R: Hratchia Maral ( Krikor Gharibian ); Baron Aghassi…

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