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  • Portrait of Hrand Nazariantz

    Portrait of Hrand Nazariantz

    Portrait of Hrand Nazariantz. This portrait was painted by Italian Domenico Cantatore (Ruvo di Puglia, 1906 – Paris, 1998) in charge of his close friend Hrand Nazariantz, poet and exiled Armenian. Carlo Coppola Private Coll.

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  • Hrand Nazariantz, Armenian poet from Uskudar

    Hrand Nazariantz, Armenian poet from Uskudar

    Hrand Nazariantz was born in Uskudar (Scutari) in 1880 or 1886. He studied at Berberian Varjaran and after in London and Paris Sorbonne. He came back in Bolis in 1907 and he wrote on many news paper like Mehian and Baguine. In 1913 he escaped and he arrived in Italy, in Bari, where he tried…

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  • Armenian Sanassarian College – Garin 1909

    Armenian Sanassarian College – Garin 1909

    Armenian Sanassarian school in Garin, year 1909, appears at the top of the little hill. Vahé Achikian – Arménie de L’Ouest photo collection

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  • Yotnakhparian family tree – Ourfa

    Yotnakhparian family tree – Ourfa

    The Yotnakhparians from Ourfa. Levon Parian Private Coll.  

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  • Levon Yotnakhparian with Armenian orphans

    Levon Yotnakhparian with Armenian orphans

    Levon Yotnakhparian was in the Ottoman cavalry and escaped into the Syrian desert only to come back and look for orphans and survivors to collect and bring to safety. Levon Yotnakhparian was from Ourfa and is a second cousin of Mgerditch Yotnakhparian (Yotneghperian). Levon Parian Private Coll.

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  • Crows of the desert

    Crows of the desert

    Crows of the desert is a book in Memory of Levon Yotnakhparian written by his grandson Levon Parian. Levon Yotnakhparian was in the Ottoman cavalry and escaped into the Syrian desert only to come back and look for orphans and survivors to collect and bring to safety.  

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  • Zabel Basmadjian

    Zabel Basmadjian

    Zabel Basmadjian. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.  

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  • Yeghisapet G. Kesdekian – Yozgat

    Yeghisapet G. Kesdekian – Yozgat

    Yeghisapet G. Kesdekian (1880 – 1915) was a native of Yozgat. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Sarkis Jebejian

    Sarkis Jebejian

    Sarkis Jebejian was the leader of Hajen self-defense (1920). Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Peniamin Yesayan – Yozgat

    Peniamin Yesayan – Yozgat

    Peniamin Yesayan (1888 – 1915) was a native of Yozgat. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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