Topic: Soviet History

ARLINGTON, Mass. — Yearning for their homeland lost to the Soviet takeover of the Republic of Armenia on November 29, 1920, drove close to a 100,000 Armenians scattered throughout the[...]

YEREVAN (Public Radio of Armenia) — The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement in commemoration of the 36th anniversary of the anti-Armenian pogroms in Sumgait, Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan continues[...]

By Vahan Zanoyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator “For what will profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” — Mark 8, 36. There is[...]

By Garik Poghosyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator The dissolution of NKR was a major psychological blow to the Armenian people. The decree spelled the end of Armenian hopes pinned on[...]

By Vahan Zanoyan International and pan-Armenian attention is currently understandably focused on opening the Lachin Corridor, since that constitutes the immediate and most visible mitigation of an unsustainable situation for[...]

ITHACA, N.Y. — The organization Caucasus Heritage Watch  (CHW), in a year-long forensic investigation, using high-resolution satellite imagery, has documented the fate of Armenian cultural heritage sites in the Nakhichevan[...]

YEREVAN/MONTREAL, Canada — All my life I have been fascinated by the literary heritage and colorful biography of the eminent Armenian writer of the 20th century, Kostan Zarian, as well[...]

YEREVAN — Solo guitarist, singer and songwriter Boris Andreasyan (born in 1953 in Nakhichevan) is one of the most unique figures of the Armenian music scene. He plays a variety[...]

The attention of Armenians worldwide is focused understandably on Armenia and Artsakh’s tense relations with Azerbaijan at present. Markar Melkonian, with a book published in 2020 prior to the war,[...]

By Artsvi Bakhchinyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator YEREVAN — In the distant 1980s, during one of the faculty English lessons at school, classmate Azatuhi Ulikyan showed us a family photo.[...]