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... Russian occupation ; and they form to - day one of the most prosperous and the most cultivated communities in the Caucasus . In Turkish Armenia , on the contrary , the Armenian population , in consequence of extensive emigration , of ...
... Russian occupation ; and they form to - day one of the most prosperous and the most cultivated communities in the Caucasus . In Turkish Armenia , on the contrary , the Armenian population , in consequence of extensive emigration , of ...
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... production of these songs . The most beautiful songs of the village of Kohb ( Russian Armenia ) have been composed by the young girls there . But this is especially so in the town of Eghine ( Turkish Armenia ) 28 The People of Armenia.
... production of these songs . The most beautiful songs of the village of Kohb ( Russian Armenia ) have been composed by the young girls there . But this is especially so in the town of Eghine ( Turkish Armenia ) 28 The People of Armenia.
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... , during my travels in Russian Armenia , some five years ago , of listening to one of the greatest 1 Cf. A. Tchobanian , Les Trouvères armeniens . minstrels of our time , Djivani , who died last 36 The People of Armenia.
... , during my travels in Russian Armenia , some five years ago , of listening to one of the greatest 1 Cf. A. Tchobanian , Les Trouvères armeniens . minstrels of our time , Djivani , who died last 36 The People of Armenia.
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... Armenian people . For Armenians in the Caucasus , it is Russian literature that has , above all , served as their guide ; but French literature has likewise influenced them , notably in matters con- nected with the stage , romance , and ...
... Armenian people . For Armenians in the Caucasus , it is Russian literature that has , above all , served as their guide ; but French literature has likewise influenced them , notably in matters con- nected with the stage , romance , and ...
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... Armenian poetry , and to give an idea of contemporary lyrics , I will read to you a little poem by Toumanian , one of the most pre - eminent of the poets of Russian Armenia , and one of those most genuinely " Armenian in character ...
... Armenian poetry , and to give an idea of contemporary lyrics , I will read to you a little poem by Toumanian , one of the most pre - eminent of the poets of Russian Armenia , and one of those most genuinely " Armenian in character ...
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Page 13 - Land, no nation and no people were so prompt or so full of zeal as the Armenians to lend their aid, whether it was in men, in horses, in provisions, or in counsel ; with all their forces and with the greatest gallantry and fidelity, they came to the aid of the Christians in their holy wars.
Page ii - Poèmes. Aurore. La caravane des heures. Angoisse. Visions. Dans la nuit. Sur la colline. Traduction française. Préface de Pierre Quillard. Paris: Société du Mercure de France, 1908.
Page 11 - Bagratidse, which soon succeeded, not only in keeping in awe all the enemies of the country, but turned Ani, the capital of the kingdom, into a magnificent home of Christian art, an Asiatic sister to Byzantium.
Page vii - Armenian^ race, whose annals stretch back to^the sixth century before our era, of its prowess in war,/ of the great men it produced, of its learning and its art, the most advanced in Western Asia.
Page 16 - Mussulman could verywell stop a Christian in the street and calmly behead him in order to test that his sword was in good condition. The rayahs...
Page 17 - But the mass of the people persisted, and still persist, in remaining, in spite of all drawbacks, on the soil of their ancient fatherland, and in maintaining the existence of their national individuality, their traditions, their institutions, their language and their culture...
Page 18 - In the Armenians we have a people who are peculiarly adapted to be the intermediaries of the new dispensation. They profess our religion, are familiar with some of our best ideals, and assimilate each new product of European culture with an avidity and thoroughness which no other race between India and the Mediterranean has given any evidence of being able to rival. These capacities they have made manifest under the greatest of disadvantages — as a subject race ministering to the needs of Mussulman...
Page x - a magnificent home of Christian art an Asiatic sister to Byzantium.