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  • Zeytuntsi Simbad Der Ghazarents 1862-1915

    Simbadt Byürat [ Simbadt Der-Ghazarents ] 1862-1915 Zeytun Armenian teacher, Sotsyal Democrat Huntchakian party operative, teacher at Zeytun’s Miyatsyal Enqeroutyoun Armenian High School 1883-1889, and talented nationalist writer of history /non-fiction  books such as “Azadoutyan hamar Zéytouni Vrèje”, yr 1909; “Pandé Pand”, yr 1896;  “Zéytoun qam Oulnia Lérnayine Avan i Kilikia”, yr 1882 -manuscript fraudulently stolen…

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  • Armen Lubin in Luxembourg gardens, Paris 1925

    Armen Lubin in Luxembourg gardens, Paris 1925. Armen Lubin (born Shahan Shahnour Kerestejian) (1903, Constantinople – 1974, Saint-Raphaël) was an Armenian poet and writer. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Mnatsagan Semerdjian

    Mnatsagan Semerdjian (1840-1914), Zeytun intellectual writer, historian and elder notable who witnessed the 1862 and 1895 Zeytun uprisings. Photo taken in 1903. Vahé Achikian – Zeytoun Private Coll.

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  • Arpiar Arpiarian

    Arpiar Arpiarian (December 21, 1851, Samson – February 12, 1908, Cairo Egypt), Armenian writer. HSH.

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  • Lauren

    Who were Rupen Zartarian’s parents? My great great grandfather (Mardiros Zartarian) was somehow related to Rupen.

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  • Vahe Achikian

    CORRECTION: The above photo is of Huntchaq camarade Meléh, a comrade of Baron Aghassi (Garabeth Tour-Sarkissian) who was one of the 6 Huntchaqian operatives that organised and participated in the Grand Uprising of Zeitoun, 1895-1896. Meléh was martyred in Jan 1896 in a raid on the turkish village of Elbistan along with 2 other Zeytountsi…

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  • Karnig Attarian

    Karnig Attarian (1925, Aleppo – 1986, Beirut) was a poet and writer. HSH.

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  • Alexander Shirvanzade’s “Chaos”

    Alexander Shirvanzade‘s “Chaos” directed by Vahe Shahverdian. HSH.

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  • Gurgen Borian’s “Under the same roof”

    Gurgen Borian’s “Under the same roof” directed by S. Akmakchian. HSH.

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  • Silva Kaputikian

    Silva Kaputikian (1919, Erevan – 2006, Erevan) was a poetess and writer. HSH.

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