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The Kingdom of Armenia at its greatest extent under
Tigrane the Great, who reigned between 95 - 66 BC
REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
Location: Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey.
Area:
total: 29,800 sq km
land: 28,400 sq km
water: 1,400 sq km
General information
Population ~ 3,019,100 people
In Capital City Yerevan ~ 1.000.000
Official language Armenian
Religion Christian Apostolic
Government Presidential republic
Ethnic groups Armenian 97.9%, Yazidi,
Russian, Greeks, Ukrainians,
Other
9.000.000 Armenians live in many countries in the world.
The Armenian Church was
founded in the middle of the 1st century by two of the original Apostles of Jesus Christ: St. Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew. It was fully recognized in AD 301 by Armenia's King Trdates III, who was converted to Christianity by St. Gregory the Illuminator (or Enlightener) of Armenia. As a result, Armenia was the first nation in the world to declare Christianity as its state religion.
RELIGION: CHRISTIANITY
Language
The Armenian language is an independent member of the
Indo-European language that belongs to the western branch of the European-Aryan family
Armenian Alphabet
Armenian alphabet was created in 405-406 AD by a scholar st. Mesrob Mashtots. It contains 39 letters.
The Matenadaran or Mashtots
Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in
Yerevan, is one of the richest depositories
of manuscripts and books in the world.
Armenian diaspora
Russia 2,500,000
United States 1,500,000
France 450,000
Georgia 250,000
Iran 200,000
Syria 190,000
Lebanon 150,000
Argentina 130,000
Ukraine 130,000
Cypros 4,000
Total About 9 mln
Aram Khachaturian
COMPOSER
One of the leading
Soviet composers
• Gayane (Sabre Dance)
• Spartacus,
• Masquerade
Artem Mikoyan
MIG aircrafts designer
Twice Hero of Socialist Labour
Six Orders of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Patriotic War 1st class
Two Orders of the Red Star
Lenin Prize (1962)
Stalin Prizes (1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953)
Ivan Aivazovsky
The Ninth Wave
Battle of
Cesme at Night
Romantic painter
who is considered
one of the greatest
masters of marine art
80 years career,
800+ written songs,
1,200 + recorded songs,
sung in 8 languages,
sold 200 million records
Charles Aznavour
National Hero of Armenia
Singer, Songwriter, actor and public activist
Cherilyn Sarkisian (CHER)
Awards Grammy,
Emmy,
Academy,
three Golden Globe,
Cannes Film Festival
CFDA Fashion.
Sold 100 million records
Andre Agassi
Tennis player
8 time Grand slam champion
olympic gold medalist
runner-up in 7 GS tournaments
Levon Aronian
Chess olimpic champion
(2006, 2008, 2012)
FIDE world cup (2005, 2017)
World team champion (2011)
FIDE Grand Prix (2008-2010)
Climate in Yerevan is highland continental,
with long and hot summers, and short but cold winters
October average temperature is about 18-22 0C