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Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Gayane Apinyan
Vorstandsvorsitzende
Freunde von Arzach (Karabach) e.V.
Berlin, 03.10.2010
A.
ATLAS DER REPUBLIK BERG-KARABACH, 95 Seiten
- Armenische Ausgabe: Stepanakert 2009
- Englische Ausgabe: Stepanakert 2010
Preis: 59 Euro
DER NATIONALE ATLAS DER REPUBLIK ARMENIEN
(nur armenische Ausgabe, in zwei Bänden)
- Vol. A: 230 S., Jerewan 2007
- Vol. B: 260 S., Jerewan, 2009
Preis: 89 Euro (jeder Band)
B. Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide, Yerevan, Armenia
• Hayk Demoyan, Armenian Sport and Gymnastics in the Ottoman Empire,
Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National Academy of Science
Edition, Yerevan, 2009, 220 p., (in Arm.)
The monograph published in 2009 for the first time represents the
formation of Armenian sport and gymnastics in the Ottoman Empire, and
the process of their development. It also deals with the activities of the first
Armenian gymnastic clubs. This publication gives the readers a chance to
get acquainted with the parts of the history of the Armenian sports that
have been unrevealed so far. – 22,50 Euro
• Rouben Paul Adalian, Remembering and Understanding the Armenian
Genocide, Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National Academy
of Science Edition, Yerevan, 2008, 43 p.
The book by Rouben Paul Adalian briefly represents the history of the
Armenian Cause and the Armenian genocide, the mechanisms of the
perpetration of the Armenian genocide and its consequences, as well as the
echoes of the World community. There is also reference to the theoretical
questions, especially to the International Low relating to the Genocides.
This book intended for general reader. – 7 Euro
• Aramayis Baloyan, The Documents of the Historical and diplomatical
archives of the Italian Ministry of the Foreign Affairs about the Armenian
cause (1913-1923), Volume one, Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide
of National Academy of Science Edition, Yerevan, 2008, 250 p.
The Italian diplomatic archive documents, collected and translated by
Aramayis Baloyan, were published in separate collection. These
documents cast a new light on the history of the Armenian Cause and
Armenian genocide, which enables us to go deeper into the study of these
questions. The archive documents are published in Armenian. – 11 Euro
• Claude Mutafian, Le Génocide des Arméniens, Museum-Institute of
Armenian Genocide of National Academy of Science Edition, Yerevan,
2008, 32 p.
The Armenian Cause and the history of the Armenian genocide with their
important points are briefly represented in the book by Claude Mutafian,
published in 2008. A special emphasis is laid on the carnage organized
under Sultan Hamid, the massacres of Adana in 1909 and the Armenian
genocide (1915 to 1922) with their results. All this enables the reader to
form an idea of the issues above mentioned at first hand. - 11 Euro
• Alma Johanson, A People in exile. One year from the Armenian’s History,
Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National Academy of Science
Edition, Yerevan, 2008, 148 p.
The trilingual memoirs of the Swedish missionary Alma Johanson
(Armenian, Russian, English) published in 2008, are of great importance to
study the history of the Armenian genocide. As a foreign witness Johanson
objectively presents the 1915 events in Mush, where she worked between
1901 and 1915. The memoirs by Johanson are published in Armenian and
Russian for the first time. – 12,50 Euro
• Hasan Amdja, “This is all right" Who killed hundreds of thousands of
Armenians?”(Deportation and extermination), Museum-Institute of
Armenian Genocide of National Academy of Science Edition, Yerevan,
2007, 48 p., (in Arm.)
The memoirs, by the Turkish political figure Hasan Amja, represent the
details of the deportations of the Armenians during World War I and their
future fate. H. Amdja was appointed as an “Inspector of the Armenian
Deportees” by Jemal pasha during the war and he personally dealt with
habitation of the deported Armenians from Syria and Lebanon and was
well informed about the details of this process. That’s why the memoirs by
Hasan Amdja are of great value as a source and too interesting from the
stand point of the study the history of the Armenian genocide. –7 Euro
• Rubina Peroomian, “And Those Who Continued Living in Turkey after
1915”, Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National Academy of
Science Edition, Yerevan, 2008, 277 p., (in Eng.)
The book, by R. Peroomian, a lecturer at the University of California, deals
with questions connected with post-Genocide Armenian identity that are
reflected in the works of Turkish authors. The stories of the Turks who are
Armenians in their ancestry are especially interesting. This book intended
for the historians, ethnographers, and Orientalists, anthropologists and
those interested in the issues of identity. - Hardcover – 30 Euro
• Tigran Hovhannisian, The Ottoman Empire and Ittihat before the Court of
Humanity, Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National Academy
of Science Edition, Yerevan, 2007, 63 p., (in Arm.)
The book by Tigran Hovhannisian, Armenian literary, public and political
figure of the early 20th century was the first work published against the
Turkish falsifiers denying the Armenian genocide. This book is of great
historic and scientific value and even today it can also be useful for
researchers. – 6 Euro
• Austria-Hungary and Armenia, 1912-1918, Collection of Archival
Documents, compiled and introduced by Artem Ohandjanian, Yerevan:
Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National Academy of Science
Edition, 2005, 521 p., (in Germ.)
The collection of documents comprises records of the Austro-Hungarian
diplomatic representatives in the Ottoman Empire on the Armenian
Genocide of 1915-1918. – 19 Euro
• Tigran Sarukhanyan, Great Britain and the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman
Turkey, 1915-1918, Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National
Academy of Science Edition, Yerevan, 2005, 202 p., (in Arm.)
The monograph focuses on the issues of the official position of Great
Britain during the years of the Armenian Genocide and the British
parliamentary hearings on the Armenian Genocide. – 7,50 Euro
• Valeriy Tunyan, The Young Turks and the Armenian Question, Part 1
(1908-1912), Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National
Academy of Science Edition, Yerevan, 2004, 392 p., (in Rus.)
The monograph’s first part focuses on the issue of the attitude of the
Committee of Union and Progress-Turkish leading political party to the
Armenian Question, its relationships with the Armenian political
institutions, such as the National Assembly, Constantinople Patriarchate,
political parties, as well as the Armenian-Turkish relations since the Young
Turks’ ascendance to power till the downfall of their Cabinet. – 10 Euro
• Armen Marukyan, The Armenian Question and the Russian Policies,
(1915-1917), Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National
Academy of Science Edition, Yerevan, 2003, 485 p., (in Rus.)
The monograph discusses the policies of the Tsarist, Provisional
Government and Soviet regimes in Russia in the years of the Armenian
Genocide (1915-1917). It also examines the dynamic of a aforementioned
three regimes in regard to the Armenian Question; as well as Russian
policies in respect to the Armenian population of Western Armenia. –
8 Euro
• Robert Baghdasaryan, The Genocide and the Armenian Intelligentsia of
Russia, Gitutyun Edition, Yerevan, 2002, 256 p., (in Rus.)
The monograph presents the socio-political, cultural-patriotic and publicist
activities of the renowned Armenian intellectuals of Russia, such as G.
Janshiev, A. Jiviliegov, G. Chalkhushyan, M. Papajanov, Y. Zavriyev, K.
Mikayelyan in the period of the Armenian Genocide (beginning from the
1890's till 1920's). The book covers issues related to the Armenian-Russian
historical-Cultural connections at the Turn of the 19-20 Century. –
7,50 Euro
• Tigran Matosyan, Armenian Genocide and Jewish Holocaust, An Endeavor
to Compare, Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National
Academy of Science, Yerevan, 2005, 182 p., (in Arm.)
The monograph briefly overviews the causes, mechanisms and course of
both the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust. The author draws
analytical parallels between the two cases of genocide. – 7,50 Euro
• Armenian Genocide: World States Recognize and Denounce the Armenian
Genocide (Collection of materials), compiled and edited by L.Barseghyan,
Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National Academy of Science
Edition, Yerevan, 2005, 652 p., (in Arm.)
The collection of materials comprises Russian, British and Ottoman
parliamentary hearings on the Armenian Genocide in 1915-1918, as well as
statements and bills adopted by national and regional parliaments of
various countries recognizing and condemning the Armenian Genocide. –
12,50 Euro
• Armenian Genocide as reflected in the German Diplomatic Records,
(1915-1918), according to materials of the Political Archive of the German
Foreign Ministry, compiled and introduced by V. A. Mikayelyan,
Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National Academy of Science
Edition, Yerevan, 2004, 219 p., (in Arm.)
The volume is a collection of the records of the Political Archive of the
German Foreign Ministry, which testify to the Armenian Genocide of
1915-1918 – 10 Euro
• Beniamin Poghosyan, The Pro-Armenian Movement in Great Britain,
1914-1923, Nahapet Edition, Yerevan, 2005, 174 p., (in Arm.)
In this monograph the author introduces activities of the pro-Armenian
organizations as well as certain individuals in 1914-1923 in Great Britain
who provided relief aid to the Armenian refugees and supported righteous
claims of the Armenian people before the British social and political
circles. – 7,50 Euro
• Sosi Kevonyan, Auction of Souls – 27 Euro
• The United States Official Records on the Armenian Genocide, compiled
by Ara Sarafian, Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National
Academy of Science Edition, Yerevan, 2004, 336 p., (in Arm.)
The present collection of documents brings to the attention of researchers
and wider public a number of reports on the Armenian Genocide of 1915-
1917 by US consuls resident in the Ottoman Empire of that period. –
10 Euro
• Valeriy Tunyan, Russia and the Armenian Question, Museum-Institute of
Armenian Genocide of National Academy of Science Edition, Yerevan,
1998, (in Rus.)
The present monograph focuses on the Russian-Armenian relationships
beginning from incorporation of Eastern Armenia into Russia till the
beginning of the 20th century. The Armenian Question is viewed in close
connections with the expectations of the Armenian national activists,
international treaties signed by Russia, as well as the attitude of the Great
Powers. The Armenian policy of the Russian autocracy is viewed in the
general context of the geopolitical controversy in the Middle East, the
Russo-Turkish and Russo-Iranian relations are paid a special attention, and
the Russo-British controversy in Asia Minor are exposed. The Russian-
Armenian relations are viewed as friendly, which contributed to the
continuous development of the Armenian people. – 7,50 Euro
• The Armenian Losses during the First World War, (Collection of
documents and materials of the Investigation Committee on the Armenian
Losses of the World War), collected, introduced and annotated by
Anushavan Zakaryan, Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of
National Academy of Science Edition, Yerevan, 2005, 239 p., (in Arm.)
The present collection allows us to form an objective idea and evaluate the
activities of the Investigation Committee on the Armenian Losses of the
World War, which operated in Tiflis, Georgia, from the end of 1918 till
early 1920. The committee worked towards establishing losses of the
Armenians during the First World War and finding the possible ways of
reparations for them. – 7,50 Euro
• Aram Ananyan, A New Attempt at Negating the Armenian Genocide: On
the Turkish Historical Society new Publication “Armenians. Exile and
Deportation”. Yerevan: Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of
National Academy of Science Edition, 2005, 92 p., (in Arm.)
The book is refers to the recent volume published by the Turkish Historical
Society «Armenians, Exile and Deportation». It discloses one of the facets
of the Turkish policy of negationism; that is the anti-scientific approach of
diminishing the number of the Ottoman Armenians. – 6 Euro
• Lavrentiy Barseghyan, France is the First State in the World Recognize the
Armenian Genocide by Law, Yerevan: Museum-Institute of Armenian
Genocide of National Academy of Science Edition, 2002, 244 p., (in Arm.)
The volume for the first time brings forward to the reader’s attention
minutes of the debates on the Armenian Genocide in the National
Assembly and the Senate of the French Republic. – 7,50 Euro
• Ohandjanian Artem, Osterrich-Ungarn - 17,50 Euro
• Dadrian Vahakn, The Armenian genocide - 7,50 Euro
• Dora Sakayan, Smyrna 1922. Diary of the Armenian Doctor Garabed
Khacherian, Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of National
Academy of Science Edition, Yerevan 2005, 160 p., (in Rus.)
The volume represents the diary of Karapet Khacheryan, an Armenian
physician, who in September 1922 was in Smyrna and witnessed the forced
emigration and massacre of the city's Christian population. – 7,50 Euro
• Dora Sakayan, Smyrna 1922. Diary of the Armenian Doctor Garabed
Khacherian, Yerevan: Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide of
National Academy of Science, Nahapet Edition, 2005, 224 p., (in Arm.)
The volume represents the diary of Karapet Khacheryan, an Armenian
physician who in September 1922 was in Smyrna and witnessed the forced
emigration and massacre of the city's Christian population. - 7,50 Euro
• Mher Karapetyan, The Problematic of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-
1916 in the Armenian Post-Soviet Historiography, Nahapet Edition,
Yerevan, 2005, 279 p., (in Arm.)
In this volume are represented systematized and historically and critically
analyzed publications on the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1916, such as
collections of documents, memoirs, scientific studies, historiographic and
bibliographic researches, translations of foreign authors’ writings on the
topic, as well as researches on the international recognition and
denunciation Armenian Genocide and other relevant literature. – 9 Euro
C. Author: Boris Baratov
Boris Baratov
The Chronicles of Karabakh. 1999 - 2009
Linguist Publishers
Hardback with dust jacket
25 х 34 cms, 512 pages, more than 1,000 colour illustrations
Language: English, Russian
Price: € 200,00
Contact: Anna Petrosova
E-mail: [email protected]
Boris Baratov – is a screenwriter by profession. While he was still at school, he took a course
in photo-journalism at the USSR Union of Journalists and later graduated from the State
Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. Baratov is a screenwriter and director, with ten films
to his name. He has won a number of documentary film awards. In 1980, he joined forces
with the “Soviet Writers” and “Planet” publishing houses and is the author of the book “The
Angel of Artsakh”, about the monuments of Nagorno-Karabakh. “The Angel of Artsakh”,
which is abundantly illustrated with Baratov’s own photographs, was published in 1992 at the
height of the Karabakh war and was translated into four languages. After the collapse of the
Soviet Union, Baratov abandoned the world of documentary films to devote himself to
literature. Since then, he has published a number of books, all of which are beautifully
illustrated with his own photographs, including: “Jerusalem - a pilgrimage to the Holy Land”,
“Paradise Laid Waste. Journey to Karabakh”, “The Armenian Apostolic Church” and “The
Armeniad”. Baratov has been a keen observer of the events in Karabakh over the last twenty
years and he has published the results of his insights in his latest illustrated book “The
Chronicles of Karabakh. 1989-2009.”
“The Chronicles of Karabakh” is comprised of five sections: “The Road of Life”, “The
Angel”, “Death in Karabakh”, “Paradise Laid Waste” and “Twenty Years on”. The book
forms a unique guide in which history and contemporary life are seamlessly inter-woven.
These are travel notes of the highest quality: the simplicity of the language is supported by the
cogency of the images and the illustrations. This book will not only introduce its readers to
the historical and cultural monuments of the region, but also to real people, many of whom
are well known both within Karabakh and beyond. Within the book, the lives of most of its
leading figures are chronicled over a twenty-year period from 1989 to 2009.
Karen Mikaelian (“New Times”, Yerevan – 28th
January, 2010) writes: “The Chronicles of
Karabakh is a wonderful book, which, thanks to Boris Baratov, sets out the whole difficult
and dramatic history of Artsakh-Karabakh. It is practically a journalistic encyclopaedia.
More than 1,000 original colour illustrations, many of them never previously published, create
an overall picture of this country: the historical and cultural monuments, the natural
surroundings and - most important of all - the people. With his trusty Hasselblad at his side,
Baratov has covered the whole of Karabakh, reaching even the most inaccessible regions. He
has even managed to get into the Azokh Cave, photograph the newly excavated Tigranakert,
be present at a wedding and observe the Presidential elections.
“The illustrations are impeccable, since the camera here is in the hands of a true professional.
The whole book is like a fascinating documentary film, or a play in the way it is produced. A
hugely interesting read.”
Boris Baratov
“The Armeniad. Visible Pages of History”
Linguist Publishers
Hardback with dust jacket
25 х 34 cms, 336 pages, 600 colour illustrations
Language: Russian, English
Price: € 180,00
Contact: Anna Petrosova
E-mail: [email protected]
Even a casual glance at “The Armeniad” will strike the reader with the high quality and
penetration of its photographs of ancient Armenian, Persian and Byzantine monuments.
These wonderful photographs tempt all of us to dream about journeys to ancient countries,
steeped in legends, to the founts of human civilisation.
The book consists of the following chapters:
Chapter 1 - Armenia in the cuneiform inscriptions of the Achaemenid kings
Chapter 2 - The Ararat Armenian kingdom of Van
Chapter 3 - Nineveh — Ashurpanibal’s library, the pearl of Assyria
Chapter 4 - Armani and Aratta —the ancient states of Armenia, contemporaries of the Sumer
Chapter 5 - Hayasa — the cradle of the Armenians
Chapter 6 - Babylon — city of the legendary Hayk
Chapter 7 - Commagene — the kingdom of the Ervandids
Chapter 8 - Artashat and Garni — residences of the Armenian kings
Chapter 9 - Tigranakert and the era of Tigran the Great
Chapter 10 - Edessa — the city of Abgar, first Christian king
Chapter 11 - Etchmiadzin — the citadel of Christianity
Chapter 12 - Ani and Kars — residences of the Armenian kings
Chapter 13 - Aghtamar and the Church of the Holy Cross
Chapter 14 - Armenians in the Byzantine Empire
Chapter 15 - Cilician Armenia — the Armenian kingdom on the shores of the Mediterranean
Sea
Chapter 16 - Armenia — 1915
Chapter 17 - Matenadaran — the ark of the Armeniad
Based on the ancient chronicles of Armenian historians and verified documentary evidence
obtained by 20th
Century archaeologists, as well as on recent research conducted by a number
of European specialists, Baratov sets out the history of the Armenian Kingdom step by step,
its national traditions and the struggle of the Armenian people in the face of numerous
invaders.
Boris Baratov
“The Armenian Apostolic Church”
Linguist Publishers
Hardback with dust jacket
25 х 31 cms, 228 pages, 300 colour illustrations
Language: English
Price: € 100,00
Contact: Anna Petrosova
E-mail: [email protected]
A luxurious illustrated volume, which allows the reader to see the Armenian Apostolic
Church - one of the oldest Christian Churches - through new eyes. The book encompasses all
two thousand years of Christianity in Armenia, from the 1st Century A.D. to the 21
st Century.
The production of this book involved special photo-shoots in the Holy Land: Jerusalem,
Bethlehem, Nazareth, the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee, as well as in Jordan (in Petra,
Machaeron, and the cities of the Decapolis). A special shoot was also undertaken in Armenia,
including Etchmiadzin, Yerevan, Hor-Virap, Ashtarak, Gioumri and Tatev, as well as in
Karabakh and Iran.
«The Armenian Apostolic Church» consists of 7 chapters:
Chapter 1 - Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Chapter 2 - The John Baptist
Chapter 3 - Jesus Christ
Chapter 4 – The Apostles
Chapter 5 – Gregory the Illuminator
Chapter 6 – The Great Anniversary Celebration
Chapter 7 – Affirmation of Faith
Chapter 1 is dedicated to the pilgrimage made by the hierarchy of the Armenian Apostolic
Church to the Holy Land to celebrate the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Christ and
outlines the principal holy sites of the Armenian Church in the Holy Land: the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre and the Monastery of SS. James in Jerusalem and the Church of the Nativity
in Bethlehem.
Chapters 2, 3 and 4 tell of the witness of St. John the Baptist, of the earthly life of Jesus Christ
and his disciples and of the arrival of the apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew in Armenia.
These chapters are illustrated with outstanding miniatures by Armenian artists of the 10th -
16th centuries and views of those sites in the Promised Lands, where the gospel events took
place. Chapter 5 is dedicated to St. Gregory the Illuminator, the baptism of the Armenian
people and to Holy Etchmiadzin.
Chapter 6 gives the reader an insight into the celebrations of a very special anniversary: 1700
years since Armenia’s conversion to Christianity, the blessing of the holy chrism at Holy
Etchmiadzin, the pilgrimage of leaders of Christian churches to the Monastery of Hor-Virap
and the triumphant celebration of the sanctification of the Cathedral Church of St. Gregory the
Illuminator in the capital of Armenia, Yerevan.
Chapter 7 contains a panorama of the most important monasteries and churches in Armenia.
The collector's edition print run will grace the shelves of any book lover or collector.
Boris Baratov
“Jerusalem - a pilgrimage to the Holy Land”
Linguist Publishers
Paperback,
15 x 21.5 cms, 192 pages, 220 colour illustrations
Language: English, Armenian, Russian
Price: € 30,00
Contact: Anna Petrosova
E-mail: [email protected]
This is a guide book for both Armenian and non-Armenian pilgrims. It shows the existing
Armenian churches and monasteries in the Holy Land, as well as recounting the history of
former Armenian churches and monasteries, which once numbered as many as 74. It tells of
the history of the Armenian quarter of Jerusalem, indicating the holy sites, where Christ left
his mark and tells of the Armenian people who have borne their unshakeable faith in the truth
of the teachings of Jesus Christ over the millennia.
This book is a reliable guide for any pilgrim, planning to take the long journey to Jerusalem,
Bethlehem, Nazareth and other cities and villages in the Holy Land, which were blessed with
the earthly presence of Christ, the Blessed Virgin and the Apostles. This book enables the
traveller to learn the history of various holy sites and their related customs.
"Jerusalem – a pilgrimage to the Holy Land" consists of 14 chapters:
Chapter I. The Armenian quarter of the ancient city of Jerusalem: The Monastery of SS
James, the Monastery of the Holy Archangels, the Church of St. Thoros, the place where
many ancient manuscripts are stored.
Chapter II. The Armenian Monastery of the Saviour on Mount Zion.
Chapter III. The Via Dolorosa - the road in the Old City, along which Christ walked, carrying
his cross from the Antonia Fortress to the place of his execution.
Chapter IV - Jerusalem. The Church of the Sepulchre.
Chapter V - The Western Wall of the Temple of Jerusalem
Chapter VI - The Temple of the Rock, the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Chapter VII - The Valley of Jehosophat - the place where St. James, the brother of our Lord,
met his death.
Chapter VIII. The Church of the Blessed Virgin. The Garden of Gethsemane.
Chapter IX - The Mount of Ascension, The Chapel of the Ascension, the Pater Noster Church,
the Russian Monastery of the Ascension, 4th Century Armenian mosaics on the site where the
head of St. John the Baptist was found.
Chapter X - The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
Chapter XI - The Jordan valley, the site where Jesus Christ was baptised, Jericho, the
Quarantine Mount, the Monastery of St. George Hosephite, the Monastery of St. Saava, the
Dead Sea, the Qumran caves.
Chapter XII - The Holy sites of Galilee: Nazareth, Capernaum, Tagbha, the Mount of the
Beatitudes, Mount Tabor, Beth-Shea.
Chapter XIII - Joppa (Jaffa). The Armenian Church of St. Nicholas.
Chapter XIV - The Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Pilgrims have been making pilgrimages to the Holy Land for two thousand years. Nothing can
deter the Armenian pilgrim: be it twists of fate, distances, or difficulties on the journey, for
there is only one Holy Land on this earth, which is the cradle of the Christian faith, the
birthplace of every Christian. Travelling to the Promised Land, pilgrims can relive the events
of gospels on the sites, where they actually happened and can listen to the words of Jesus
Christ, where they were first said. This is the unbroken spiritual link between the Holy Land
and Armenia, the first country in the world to accept and declare Christianity as its state
religion.