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Armenian history in photographs

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Historical photographs, paintings, manuscripts and monuments, and the story of Armenia from ancient times to the present day.

History

22 chapters
6000–900 BCThe Ancient Armenian Highlands860–590 BCThe Kingdom of Van (Urartu)590–200 BCThe Orontids (Yervandunis)189 BC – AD 1The Artaxiads and Tigran the Great52–428The Arsacids and the Adoption of Christianity405–500The Invention of the Alphabet and the Golden Age428–640Avarayr and the Marzpanate640–885Under Arab Rule885–1045The Bagratid Kingdom and Ani1045–1236The Seljuks and the Zakarian Princes1080–1375The Armenian State of Cilicia1375–1700From the Mongols to the Ottoman–Persian Partition1678–1800Hopes of Liberation: Davit Bek and the Meliks of Artsakh1801–1914Eastern Armenia in the Russian Empire1878–1914The Armenian Question and the Massacres of 1894–1896 and 19091915–1923The Armenian Genocide1918–1920The First Republic of Armenia1920–1988Soviet Armenia1915–2000The Armenian Diaspora1988–1991The Karabakh Movement and Independence1991–2020The Karabakh War and Independent Armenia2020–2023The 44-Day War and the Exodus from Artsakh

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People354 items
Art295 items
Churches & monasteries269 items
Architecture245 items
Armenian women214 items
Diaspora210 items
Western Armenia206 items
Traditional dress186 items
Military history129 items
Childhood127 items

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Timeline
— 301Ancient world95 items301 — 1700Middle Ages196 items1700 — 189918th–19th centuries216 items1900 — 1922Genocide and the First Republic394 items1920 — 1991Soviet era266 items1991 —Independence111 items

By place

Places
Armenia467 items · Alexandropol (Gyumri), Yerevan, ArmeniaWestern Armenia228 items · Ani, Surb Arakelots Monastery, VanDiaspora203 items · Northern Cyprus, Cairo, ParisOther places172 items · Milan, Deir ez-Zor, Gandzak (Ganja)Cilicia63 items · Tarsus, Adana, Marash (Kahramanmaraş)Iran41 items · Tehran, Persepolis, Iran

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The Army of Armenia, 1919–1920
№ 14671919–1920Armenia

The Army of Armenia, 1919–1920

The earliest known khachkar, 879
№ 1458879Armenia

The earliest known khachkar, 879

Armenian pharmacy in Adana, 1919
№ 14571919Adana

Armenian pharmacy in Adana, 1919

Fortress from the time of Tigran the Great on the Tigris
№ 1456Aghdznik

Fortress from the time of Tigran the Great on the Tigris

The green colour of the dollar and Christopher Ter-Serobyan
№ 1455United States

The green colour of the dollar and Christopher Ter-Serobyan

Armenian men of Karin around a table, 1912
№ 14541912Karin (Erzurum)

Armenian men of Karin around a table, 1912

Giacomo Luigi Ciamician, pioneer of solar energy
№ 1453Bologna

Giacomo Luigi Ciamician, pioneer of solar energy

Marine painter Ivan (Hovhannes) Aivazovsky+4
№ 1452Feodosia

Marine painter Ivan (Hovhannes) Aivazovsky

Independence Day parade in Yerevan, 1919
№ 14511919Yerevan

Independence Day parade in Yerevan, 1919

The First Republic’s mission to the United States, 1919
№ 14501919United States

The First Republic’s mission to the United States, 1919

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