Soviet era
Seven decades of Soviet Armenia, from the building of the new Yerevan to the 1988 earthquake and the Karabakh movement. Diaspora items from the same years are here too.
№ 0016
An Armenian family that survived the Genocide
№ 002920-րդ դարի կեսերCairo
Sose Mayrik and Drastamat Kanayan in Cairo
+4№ 0032
Evgenya Muradyan, model for the Mother Armenia monument
№ 0034
Albert Azaryan on the rings
№ 0035Aknaghbyur
The Vardan Mamikonian oak near Aknaghbyur
№ 0039
Weightlifter Yuri Vardanyan
№ 00491927Yerevan
Kindergarten breakfast in Yerevan, 1927
№ 0057
Armenian orphan children with their bread ration
№ 00601933Damascus
Wedding of Samson Demirchyan and Arshakuy Ekizlaryan
№ 0071
Vazgen Andreasyan
№ 00821920sTina
Wedding of eight Armenian orphan couples in Tina
+1№ 0085Tehran
Alenush Terian by a telescope
№ 00901925Leninakan (Gyumri)
A street in Leninakan, 1925
№ 00921954Yerevan
Young children of Yerevan, 1954
№ 0106United States
James Bagian, the first Armenian in space
+7№ 0112
Winston Churchill in a portrait by Yousuf Karsh
№ 01151920sMeghri
Meghri folk dance ensemble, 1920s
№ 0118United States
Varaztad Kazanjian, surgeon and scientist
№ 01301925Marash (Kahramanmaraş)
The Khirlakian family, Marash, 1925
+4№ 01431955Constantinople (Istanbul)
Aftermath of the September pogrom, 1955
№ 01481935Odzun
Women of Odzun Milking Sheep, 1935
№ 01501970Ahvaz
The Raffi Armenian School in Ahvaz, 1970
№ 0161Stepanakert
“We Are Our Mountains” and sculptor Sargis Baghdasaryan
№ 01631925Bucharest
Armenian singers in Bucharest, 1925
№ 0164
Martiros Saryan and Minas Avetisyan
№ 0167
Hovhannes Shiraz and his last wish
№ 01681969Yerevan
The Yerevan market, 1969
№ 01751938Ararat Plain
In the Ararat Plain, 1938
+2№ 01761960sGarni
The Garni Temple during Restoration
№ 0177Goris
A woman from Goris in traditional dress
№ 0178Metsamor
Construction of the Metsamor nuclear power plant
№ 0179
Argam Ayvazyan beside a khachkar
№ 0188
Diana Abgar with her granddaughter Dorothy
+1№ 0191
Garry Yekizian, World Wrestling Champion
№ 0195
Composer Arno Babajanyan at the piano
№ 0199Yerevan
Shavarsh Karapetyan
№ 02021977
Raymond Damadian with the MRI Scanner, 1977
+1№ 02041926–1936
Arshile Gorky, “The Artist and His Mother”
№ 0206
Young Jivan Gasparyan with friends
№ 020720-րդ դարի առաջին կեսVachagan
Armenian women baking lavash in Vachagan
№ 02091930Nor Bayazet (Gavar)
Panorama of Nor Bayazet, 1930
№ 0211Bash-Aparan (Aparan)
Nkhshe Kamalyan, a fighter in the May 1918 battles
№ 0212
Frunzik Mkrtchyan and his famous gesture
№ 0216
General Andranik presents his dagger to the museum
№ 02231947Haifa
Armenians in Haifa awaiting repatriation, 1947
№ 02281975Yerevan
FC Ararat, 1975
№ 0237
Pogroms against Armenians in Azerbaijan, 1988–1990
№ 0244
Khoren Hovhannisyan, best midfielder of the USSR
№ 0247
Martiros Saryan with his family
№ 02491928Yame
Women and children from Van in Iran
№ 02521931Zangezur
Armenian woman from Zangezur, 1931
№ 02561946–1949Armenia
Repatriates, 1946–1949
№ 02571944Cairo
Cast of the Play “Anush” in Cairo, 1944
№ 02611926New Britain (Connecticut)
Consecration of St. Stephen’s Church, New Britain, 1926
№ 0263c. 1934Aleppo
Wedding of Gaspar and Veron Djinguirian in Aleppo
№ 02701954Blue Lake (Göygöl)
Armenians of Northern Artsakh on the shore of Blue Lake
+1№ 0275
Alexander Kemurdzhian, creator of the Lunokhod chassis
№ 02821950–1960-ական թթ.Yerevan
Trainer Stepan Isahakyan with a hippopotamus
№ 0284Andover (Massachusetts)
Rose Colombosian and Colombo Yogurt
№ 03111989Leninakan (Gyumri)
A lesson in a tent school a year after the earthquake
№ 03141980sNakhijevan (Nakhchivan)
A 13th-century Armenian monastery in Nakhijevan
+3№ 0315
Charles Aznavour
№ 0332
Martiros Saryan with his granddaughter and cultural figures
№ 0341Beirut
Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator in Beirut
№ 0352Constantinople (Istanbul)
The Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator in Constantinople
№ 03531970Tatev
Village women at Tatev Monastery, 1970
№ 03661935
The Face of Christ by Ariel Agemian
№ 03681957
Ariel Agemian, “Blessed Mother”, sketch, 1957
№ 0370
Inventor Emik Avakian
+5№ 0376
Active Armenian churches in the early 20th century
№ 04091934Adana
Wedding photograph of an Armenian couple from Adana
№ 04301961Talin
Dance of Sasun Armenians in the Talin area, 1961
№ 04321979Gosh
Drying tobacco in the village of Gosh, 1979
+2№ 0464Gyumri
The Fountain of Gyumri
№ 04941939Sainte-Anne-d'Auray
Missak Manouchian at Sainte-Anne-d'Auray, 1939
№ 04981979India
Frunzik Mkrtchyan and Hema Malini, India, 1979
№ 05241983
Catholicos Vazgen I by a waterfall, 1983
№ 0526
Arno Babajanyan, Alexander Harutyunyan and Margarit Babayan
№ 0528
Physicist Abraham Alikhanyan (Alikhanov)
№ 05301949Belmont (Massachusetts)
The Ghazarosian sisters, Belmont, 1949
№ 0532
Avetik Isahakyan among his relatives
№ 05411959Aknaghbyur
The oak of Vardan Mamikonian, 1959
№ 05421924Kapan
Women of Lenhanker village on 8 March, 1924
№ 05461923Yerevan
Martiros Saryan, “Armenia”, 1923
№ 05591924Fresno
General Andranik with his wife Nvard, Fresno, 1924
№ 05631971Tehran
Charles Aznavour and Googoosh in Tehran, 1971
№ 05651955
Young Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre, 1955
№ 0569
Singer Aram Asatryan as a child
№ 05731957Leninakan (Gyumri)
Avetik Isahakyan with his grandson, 1957
№ 05751957Armenia
Pioneers Dancing, 1957
№ 0578
Ara Güler and Salvador Dalí
№ 05801967Leninakan (Gyumri)
Unloading Bread, Leninakan, 1967
№ 0585
Soghomon Tehlirian with his wife Anahit
№ 05861939Askeran
Mayraberd fortress in Askeran, 1939
№ 0589
Soghomon Tehlirian with his wife and son
№ 05921960Brussels
Aram Khachaturian and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, 1960
№ 05951930Tatev
Tatev Monastery in 1930
№ 05981953Casablanca
Soghomon Tehlirian with relatives, Casablanca, 1953
№ 0599
Arno Babajanyan with his mother
№ 06001952
Viktor Ambartsumian, 1952
№ 06011959Yerevan
Arno Babajanyan with His Son Ara, 1959
№ 0603
Mher Abeghyan, “Armenia”
№ 0610
The Painter Arshile Gorky
№ 0616
Gymnast Hrant Shahinyan
№ 06281965Moscow
Hamazasp Babajanyan at a parade, 1965
№ 0630Beirut
Anna Pambukyan and Yeghia Mansuryan with Their Son Tigran
№ 06311967Yerevan
Opening of the Tsitsernakaberd memorial, 1967
№ 0639
Hovhannes Shiraz
№ 06441923Alexandropol (Gyumri)
Literature lesson at the Alexandropol orphanage, 1923
№ 06451934Dilijan
First-Graders from Dilijan, 1934
№ 0660Ghazir
The Ghazir rug
№ 0662United States
Wedding photograph of Kim Kardashian’s grandparents
№ 06671941
Armenian young men before leaving for the front, 1941
+4№ 0668
Armenians in the Great Patriotic War
№ 06711935
Armenian girls dancing in traditional costume, 1935
№ 06841948Zvartnots
Ruins of the Zvartnots Temple, 1948
№ 06901958Tegh
Residents of Tegh Village, Syunik, 1958
№ 06931960Havana
Ernest Hemingway and Aram Khachaturian in Havana
№ 0696United States
By the sign of the Avedis Zildjian company
№ 0699Sardarapat
Demirchyan, Aliyev and Shevardnadze at Sardarapat
№ 0710United States
The Inventor Emik Avakian
№ 0724United States
Ross Bagdasarian, Creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks
№ 0731Baghdad
Beatrice Ohanessian, Iraq’s first concert pianist
+2№ 0735Yerevan
The entrance door of the Matenadaran, Yerevan
№ 07411974Yerevan
The Tamanyan Monument and a Little Yerevan Boy, 1974
№ 07601981Yerevan
Opening of the Yerevan Metro, 1981
№ 07741970Beirut
Beirut, Bourj Hammoud district, 1970
№ 07801946Beirut
Repatriation of Lebanese Armenians, Beirut, 1946
+2№ 0783Byurakan
V. Ambartsumian Byurakan Observatory
+1№ 08021970Paris
Medal of the Armenian art exhibition in Paris, 1970
№ 0803Zvartnots
Zvartnots International Airport
№ 0805Chicago
The Inventor Asatur Sarafian (Oscar Banker)
№ 0813United States
Ross Bagdasarian and the Story of the Chipmunks
№ 0834
Calouste Gulbenkian
№ 08431935
The Face of Christ, Ariel Agemian, 1935
№ 08491959Geghard
Beehives on the grounds of Geghard Monastery, 1959
№ 0850Armenia
Advertising Masis shoes
№ 08531959Ijevan
Tobacco growers in the Ijevan district, 1959
№ 08611983Dilijan
The Sevan–Dilijan road, 1983
+3№ 08651960s
Hovhannes Bagramyan photographed by Arto Gavukian
+3№ 0866Hamburg
Carl Tchilinghiryan, Max Herz and Tchibo coffee
№ 08691960Zubalovo
Anastas Mikoyan with his grandchildren, Zubalovo, 1960
№ 08701988Leninakan (Gyumri)
Leninakan after the earthquake, 1988
№ 08711938Hoktemberyan (Armavir)
Peach harvest, 1938
№ 0878Boston
Frunzik Mkrtchyan and Tamar Hovhannisyan at Dro’s grave
№ 08821975Lake Sevan
Jerry Hall at Lake Sevan, 1975
№ 0883
Yervand Kochar
+2№ 0884Garni
The ruins of the Garni temple, archival photograph
№ 08861961Yerevan
The clown Leonid Yengibaryan, 1961
№ 0887Leninakan (Gyumri)
The phaeton drivers of Gyumri
№ 0889Yerevan
The Dvin Hotel in Yerevan
№ 08901979Jermuk
The Jermuk waterfall, 1979
№ 08951980Yerevan
Tulip Dance, Yerevan, 1980
№ 08971954Armenia
Kokh wrestling to music, 1954
№ 0898Yerevan
The Yerevan Observatory
№ 0906Armenia
Bottles of Armenian brandy
№ 0907
Portrait of a Champion
№ 0909
Silva Kaputikyan with children
№ 0910Yerevan
Reading room of the Public Library
№ 09121960sYerevan
At the kindergarten, Yerevan, 1960s
№ 09131930Armenia
Village life in Armenia, 1930
№ 09141960sYerevan
Good neighbours of Yerevan, 1960s
№ 09151946Beirut
Repatriate’s travel ticket, 1946
№ 0916
Nubar Gulbenkian
№ 09201941Leninakan (Gyumri)
Before leaving for the front, Akhurian River, 1941
№ 09211950sEtchmiadzin (Vagharshapat)
Avetik Isahakyan and Vazgen I at Etchmiadzin
№ 09231950sLake Sevan
Fish from Lake Sevan, 1950s
№ 09241947Marseille
Seeing off the repatriates, Marseille, 1947
№ 09251960sArzni
The Arzni mineral water plant, 1960s
№ 0926Saint Petersburg
Levon Orbeli
№ 09271947Verin Artashat
At the spring, Verin Artashat, 1947
№ 09281955
Martiros Saryan with his granddaughter, 1955
№ 09331926Yerevan
One of the first cafés in Yerevan, 1926
№ 0935
Martiros Saryan and Hakob Hakobyan
№ 09361920sLeninakan (Gyumri)
Improving the streets of Leninakan, 1920s
№ 0938Yerevan
The Cascade area half a century ago
№ 0950Alexandria
Armenak Kuchukyan's shop in Alexandria
№ 0966United States
Inventor Luther George Simjian
№ 09671924Fresno
General Andranik with his wife Nvard, Fresno, 1924
№ 0970Iran
Actress Irene Zazians
№ 09731925Ghazir
The Ghazir Rug
№ 0978
Actress Narine Baghdasaryan
№ 09791988Armenia
The Spitak earthquake, 1988
№ 0986Northern Cyprus
Makaravank before and after 1974
№ 09971936Aleppo
St. Gregory Church in Aleppo, 1936
№ 10031938Varna
Garegin Nzhdeh in Varna, 1938
№ 1004
Hovhannes Shiraz and Vardan Stepanyan (Dushman)
№ 10051926Addis Ababa
Christmas play at an Armenian school in Addis Ababa, 1926
№ 1014Baku
The pogroms of Armenians in Baku, January 1990
№ 10161967Leninakan (Gyumri)
Unloading bread in Leninakan, 1967
№ 10431952Alexandria
Funeral of Sose Mayrik in Alexandria, 1952
№ 10451964Sisian
Woman in traditional dress with her grandchildren, Sisian, 1964
№ 1046New Julfa (Isfahan)
Trndez bonfire in New Julfa
№ 1048
Marshal Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906–1977)
+2№ 10531988Sumgait (Sumqayit)
In memory of the victims of the Sumgait massacre, 1988
№ 1065Sardarapat
The Sardarapat Memorial
№ 1078Manchester
Tigran Tahta, mathematician and teacher
№ 1081Armenia
Catholicos Vazgen I by the portrait of Mkrtich I Khrimian
№ 10841967Syunik
Armenian women baking lavash, Syunik, 1967
№ 10851976Yerevan
Suren Pipoyan, ‘Komitas’, 1976
№ 1090
Soldiers of the Armenian 89th Taman Division
№ 10941990
Hunger strikers in conversation with Vazgen I, 1990
№ 1118United Kingdom
Roger Altounyan, creator of an asthma medicine
№ 11191941
Signing of the Turkish-German pact, 1941
№ 1120
Armenian military leaders in the Soviet Union
№ 11241920sCairo
Hamo Ohanjanyan and Ruben Ter-Minasyan in Cairo
№ 11321938Varna
Garegin Nzhdeh in Varna, 1938
№ 1134Armenia
Repatriation of Armenians to Soviet Armenia
№ 1136United States
The B-2 bomber, based on Hal Markarian’s sketches
№ 1141Armenia
William Saroyan with Armenian writers in Armenia
№ 11481991Artsakh
Operation Ring, 1991
№ 1178Constantinople (Istanbul)
The writer Zabel Yesayan
№ 11811931Zangezur
A woman spinning wool, Zangezur, 1931
№ 1189
Nelson Stepanyan, twice Hero of the Soviet Union
№ 1199Yerevan
Monument to Alexander Tamanyan at the foot of the Cascade
№ 1203
Mariam Aslamazyan beside a khachkar
№ 12051982Gyumri
The “Iron Fountain” of Gyumri
№ 1207
Hamazasp Ohanjanyan and his wife Rubina
№ 12111964
Eduard Isabekyan, “Sayat-Nova”, 1964
№ 12131920sTsaghkadzor
Orphans from Alexandropol by Kecharis Monastery
№ 1215
Sergei Parajanov
№ 1217Yerevan
The Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex
№ 12351980–1982Artsakh
Horse-shaped tombstone in Northern Artsakh
№ 1252Moscow
Composer David Tukhmanov
№ 1254Beirut
A shopping street in Beirut and the Armenians of Lebanon
№ 12581960sKars
The Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator in Kars
+2№ 12591947New York
The World Armenian Congress in New York, 1947
№ 1272United States
Miles Davis and George Avakian
№ 1282United States
Inventor Oscar Banker (Asatur Sarafian)
№ 1289Baghesh (Bitlis)
The fortress of Baghesh
№ 12931990Yerevan
The book “Armenia, December ’88”
№ 13031945Etchmiadzin (Vagharshapat)
Enthronement of Catholicos Gevorg VI, 1945
№ 1306France
Missak Manouchian
№ 1315Constantinople (Istanbul)
Mimar Sinan on the Turkish 10,000 lira banknote
№ 1318Beirut
The Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator in Beirut
№ 1319Armenia
Mathematician Sergey Mergelyan
№ 13361944Soviet Union
The “David of Sasun” tank column
№ 1338Syria
Aram Karamanukyan, General of the Syrian Army
№ 1363
Raymond Damadian, creator of MRI
№ 13641982Yerevan
Actress Alla Tumanyan, 1982
№ 13661948Sisian
Aram Khachaturian with residents of Sisian, 1948
№ 13671950sBeirut
Bersabe Vaivayan with her grandson, Beirut
№ 13691935Odzun
Women Milking Sheep in Odzun, 1935
№ 137220-րդ դարի կեսArtsakh
A woman from Artsakh baking bread in a tonir
№ 1376
The first funeral ceremony of Komitas
№ 13771980sZangezur
An Armenian Woman of Zangezur in Traditional Dress
№ 13801982Syunik
Elderly women of Syunik, 1982
+4№ 1388
Coach Jerry Tarkanian with basketball players
№ 1389United States
David Shakarian, founder of a health food chain
№ 13941931Tatev
Armenian Women in the Ruins of Tatev Monastery, 1931
№ 13991946Kessab
Mother and son in Kessab, 1946
№ 14001986
Mother-heroine Bavakan Hakobyan with her family
№ 14011963
Irene Sharaff on the set of Cleopatra
№ 14031925Alexandropol (Gyumri)
Fridtjof Nansen at an orphans' summer camp, 1925
№ 1406
Inventor and benefactor Alex Manoogian
№ 14121971Artsakh
Silva Kaputikyan in Artsakh, 1971
№ 14181979Stepanakert
A conversation under a tree, Stepanakert, 1979
№ 14261947Cairo
Sose Mayrik and Dro, Cairo, 1947
№ 1431Singapore
The Armenian community of Singapore
№ 14331930Gyumri
Armenian Women of Gyumri, 1930
№ 1435
Actress Arus Voskanyan
+2№ 1436Leninakan (Gyumri)
Weightlifter Yurik Vardanyan
+2№ 1438United States
Arshile Gorky in his studio
№ 1439
Cardinal Gregory-Peter XV Agagianian
№ 1441Constantinople (Istanbul)
The Gravestone of Agop Martayan (Dilaçar)
№ 1443