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The delegation of the RF Federal Assembly visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
17.03.2023
On March 16, the delegation headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the RF Federal Assembly, Yuri Vorobyov, who arrived in Armenia to participate in the 36th session of the Inter-Parliamentary Commission on Cooperation between the RA National Assembly and the RF Federal Assembly, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial. Accompanied by Hakob Arshakyan, co-chairman of the inter-parliamentary commission on cooperation between the RF Federal Assembly, Vagharshak Harutyunyan, RA ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Russia, and Sergey Kopirkin, RF ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to RA.
The guests were greeted by AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan.
The Iraq-Armenia friendship group visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
14.03.2023
On March 14, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute welcomed the Iraq-Armenia Friendship delegation of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Iraq, chaired by Mohammed Khoshnau, to the Armenian Genocide Memorial.
The delegation was greeted by Lusine Abrahamyan, the AGMI Deputy Director for Museum Affairs, who presented the history of the Memorial’s establishment and creation. She then presented the story of the three khachkars placed at Tsitsernakaberd in memory of the Armenians who died in massacres organized by the Azerbaijani government in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak), and Baku during the 20th century—this component of the Memorial emphasizes the connection between the Armenian Genocide and contemporary acts of persecution and violence against Armenians.
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The newly appointed Ambassador of Mexico to Armenia, Eduardo Villegas Mejias, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
04.03.2023
Newly appointed Ambassador of Mexico to Armenia Eduardo Villegas Mejias (residence: Moscow) visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on March 4, accompanied by Honorary Consul of Mexico to Armenia Nikolay Kostandyan.
The guests were welcomed by AGMI Senior guide Hasmik Martirosyan, who narrated the history of the creation of the Memorial. She also presented the guests with the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak) and Baku in the last century organised by the Azerbaijani government, and the stories of the five freedom fighters buried in front of Hushapat during the Artsakh war, emphasizing the connection between what happened and the Armenian Genocide.
Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Djuna Bernard visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
28.02.2023
On February 28, the delegation led by Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Deputy Chairman of the Bureau of the Chamber, Djuna Bernard, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial, accompanied by Sona Ghazaryan, head of the Armenia-Luxembourg Friendship Group of the RA NA, and Tigran Balayan, RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
The guests were welcomed by AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan, who narrated the history of the creation of the Memorial. He also presented the guests with the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak) and Baku in the last century organised by the Azerbaijani government, and the stories of the five freedom fighters buried in front of Hushapat during the Artsakh war, emphasizing the connection between what happened and the Armenian Genocide.
RA high-ranking officials paid tribute to the victims of the Sumgait massacres
27.02.2023
On the 35th anniversary of the mass massacre of Armenians carried out in 27-29 February, 1988, in the city of Sumgait, Azerbaijan, delegation led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan, President of the Republic Vahagn Khachaturyan and members of the Security Council visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to pay tribute to the victims of the Sumgait crime.
The newly appointed US Ambassador Kristina Kvien visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
24.02.2023
The newly appointed US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Kristina Kvien visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on February 24.
The guests were welcomed by AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan, who narrated the history of the creation of the Memorial. He also presented the guests with the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak) and Baku in the last century organised by the Azerbaijani government, and the stories of the five freedom fighters buried in front of Hushapat during the Artsakh war, emphasizing the connection between what happened and the Armenian Genocide.
Italian Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
22.02.2023
On 22 February, the delegation led by the Minister of Culture of Italy Gennaro Sangiuliano visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial accompanied by Alfred Kocharian, Deputy Minister of the RA ESCS, Arkadi Papoyan, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations and Diaspora, RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Italy Tsovinar Hambardzumyan, and Italian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to RA Alfonso Di Rizzo.
The guests were welcomed by AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan, who narrated the history of the creation of the Memorial. He also presented the guests with the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak) and Baku in the last century organised by the Azerbaijani government, and the stories of the five freedom fighters buried in front of Hushapat during the Artsakh war, emphasizing the connection between what happened and the Armenian Genocide.
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
22.02.2023
The delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, who arrived in Armenia on an official visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on February 22, accompanied by RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan.
The guests were welcomed by AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan.
The Ministers laid wreaths at the Genocide monument, after which the guests put flowers at the Eternal Fire and observed a minute’s silence in memory of the innocent martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.
The former Prime Minister of France, currently the Mayor of Havre, Edouard Philippe, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
22.02.2023
On February 21, the delegation led by the former Prime Minister of France, currently the Mayor of Le Havre, Mr. Edouard Philippe, and the former Minister, currently the Member of the European Parliament, Ms. Nathalie Loiseau, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial, accompanied by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia, Mrs. Anne Luo.
The guests were welcomed by AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan, who narrated the history of the creation of the Memorial. He also presented the guests with the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak) and Baku in the last century organised by the Azerbaijani government, emphasizing the connection between what happened and the Armenian Genocide.
Deputies of the European Parliament visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
21.02.2023
French MPs of the European Parliament, co-chairs of the friendship group with Artsakh in the Council of Europe Sylvie Guillaume and François Alphonse visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on February 21, accompanied by Gaspar Karapetyan, the president of the European office of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Hay Dat/Armenian Cause, Heghine Evinyan, the director of the same office, and Gevorg Ghukasyan, the head of the special programs of Hay Dat Central Office.
The guests were welcomed by AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan, who narrated the history of the creation of the Memorial. He also presented the guests with the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak) and Baku in the last century organised by the Azerbaijani government, emphasizing the connection between what happened and the Armenian Genocide.
ORPHANS’ FATHER HOVHANNES TOUMANYAN
Today marks the 154 anniversary of the great Armenian poet– Hovhannes Tumanyan
19.02.2023
The life of the poet concerned with the fate of his nation was also paralleled with active public-political activities. Hovhannes Toumanyan's orphan care activities during and after the Armenian Genocide deserves a special attention.
At the end of July 1915, news arrived about the flow of thousands of refugees to Igdir and Echmiadzin. In July 30 Toumanyan arrived in Echmiadzin with his daughter Nvard, where masses of Armenians, survivors of the Armenian Genocide were gathered. Toumanyan was immediately engaged in a work to provide shelter to the migrants, take care of orphans and provide them with food. Under his direct leadership fundraising was organized, a hospital with 500 beds and an orphanage for 3000 orphans was opened.
In parallel to orphan care works, Hovh. Toumanyan was recruiting orphans from suburbs of Echmiadzin accommodating them in orphanages. He was personally making lists of sick and healthy children providing special treatment to sick Armenian orphans.
Mexican Senate recognizes Armenian Genocide
10.02.2023
The Mexican Senate (Senate of the Republic) adopted a document on February 8 recognizing the Armenian Genocide, citing the need for protection of universal human rights.
At the same time, the Senate calls on the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs to support the official recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Mexico.
Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman’s visit to the Armenian Genocide Memorial
08.02.2023
On January 19, the delegation led by the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Gordan Grlić Radman, who arrived in Armenia on an official visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial, accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Croatia Ashot Hovakimyan, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Croatia to the Republic of Armenia Aleksandar Sunko.
The guests were welcomed by AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan, who narrated the history of the creation of the Memorial. He also presented the guests with the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak) and Baku in the last century organised by the Azerbaijani government.
International Association of Genocide Scholars Executive and Advisory Boards:
Statement Condemning the Azerbaijani Blockade of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)
03.02.2023
The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) Executive and Advisory Boards strongly condemns Azerbaijan’s blockade of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the ongoing aggression against the indigenous Armenian population of the region and warns of the risk of genocide against the Armenian population of that entity. We reaffirm the IAGS Executive Board October 24, 2022 “Statement on Azerbaijani Aggression Against the Republic of Armenia and the Indigenous Armenians of the South Caucasus” and call for the immediate lifting of the blockade.
On December 12, 2022 the government of Azerbaijan imposed a blockade on the enclave of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) creating an ongoing humanitarian crisis for its 120,000 Armenian inhabitant, including 30,000 children and 20,000 elderly.
“Holocaust Remembrance Week” at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
02.02.2023
For the fourth year in a row starting in 2020, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute has organised the “Holocaust Remembrance Week” series of events on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), at the end of January.
This year, the series of events started on January 27, with the commemoration of the innocent genocide victims at the Holocaust and Genocide Victims Monument. The event was attended by representatives of Armenia’s Jewish community, led by its head, Rima Varzhapetyan; the director of the “Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute” Foundation Harutyun Marutyan; Vardan Astsatryan, the Head of the Department of National Minorities and Religion of the RA Government and others. In his speech near the monument, AGMI director Harutyun Marutyan said: “Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated 78 years ago on this day, January 27 and this very day was declared, by the United Nations in 2005, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. There are not many survivors of the Holocaust after 78 years and the Jews can learn from the Armenians how to preserve and pass on the memory of the genocide to future generations. Today, the victims of the Holocaust are remembered here not only by the Jewish community of Armenia, but also by the Republic of Armenia itself. It is important, however, not to confuse the commemoration of the Holocaust with the politics of the State of Israel. At the moment, 120,000 of our compatriots are under siege in Artsakh as a result of Azerbaijan government policy and it is appropriate to note that two dozen Jewish scientists, journalists and activists sent a letter to the Israeli Foreign Minister, asking for help to prevent a humanitarian disaster in Artsakh.”
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The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute will be closed on January 28, 2023.
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Artsakh։ A Genocide by Attrition
19.01.2023
Genocide is not an event but an unfolding process.
According to Raphael Lemkin, the lawyer and human rights activist who coined the concept itself, the term “genocide” encompasses physical annihilation of a group through direct perpetration of harm or indirect action that contributes to this goal. Furthering this assertion, Lemkin also argued that “genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a national group...but is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves.” With this perspective in mind, Lemkin viewed the Nazis’ passive assaults against the Jews—such as apportioning food, depriving people of basic needs to preserve health and life, withholding firewood and medicine, gathering people under conditions detrimental to health— as acts of genocide.
THE BAKU MASSACRES OF 13th-19th JANUARY, 1990
19.01.2023
A group of deputies of the RA National Assembly, representatives and teaching staff of Yerevan State University and Armenian State Pedagogical University, as well as many students and citizens, all paid their respects to the memory of the Armenians who died in the 1990 Baku pogroms, visiting the heights of Tsitsernakaberd today. They laid flowers near the khachkar erected in memory of the victims of those massacres organised by the Azerbaijani government.
The pogroms against the Armenian population of Baku, which took place between January 13 and 19, 1990, should be considered in the context of the ethnic violence and anti-Armenian policy carried out against the Armenian population living in the Azerbaijan SSR in 1988-1990. The first manifestation of this policy was the massacre of the Armenian population of the city of Sumgait during February 27 and 29, 1988. The lack of appropriate legal and political assessment of the Sumgait pogroms created an atmosphere of impunity, which contributed to the further expansion and continuation of anti-Armenian violence.
The Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry of Cyprus, Cornelius Cornelius, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
19.01.2023
On January 19, the delegation led by the Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry of Cyprus Cornelius Cornelius, who arrived in Armenia to participate in the Armenian-Cypriot political consultations, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial.
The guests were welcomed by Lusine Abrahamyan, the AGMI Deputy Director for Museum Affairs, who presented the history of the creation of the Memorial. She also presented the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres organised by the Azerbaijani government in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak), and Baku in the last century, emphasizing the connection between what happened and the Armenian Genocide.
The chairman of the Armenia-Mexico friendship group of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
17.01.2023
On January 17, the delegation headed by Berenice Juarez Navarrete, the president of the Armenia-Mexico friendship group of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, who arrived in Armenia on a working visit, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial, accompanied by Gurgen Arsenyan, the head of the Armenian-Mexico friendship group of the National Assembly of the republic of Armenia, and Armella Shakaryan, the Armenian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Mexican States.
The guests were welcomed by Harutyun Marutyan, AGMI Director who narrated the history of the creation of the Memorial. He also presented them with the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak) and Baku in the last century organised by the Azerbaijani government. He also related the stories of the five freedom fighters buried in front of the Memory Wall (Hushapat) who were killed during the Artsakh war, emphasizing the connection between what happened and the Armenian Genocide.
The Speaker of the French National Assembly, Yael Braun-Pivet, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
13.01.2023
At the invitation of the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia (NA RA), the delegation led by the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of France Yael Broun-Pivet arrived in Armenia and visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial on 13 January, accompanied by the Speaker of the RA NA Alen Simonyan, RA NA Deputy Speaker Ruben Rubinyan, RA NA Armenia-France Friendship Group Head Vladimir Vardanyan, RA Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in the Republic of France and accompanied by Ambassador Plenipotentiary Hasmik Tolmajyan and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to the Republic of Armenia Anne Luyot.
The guests were welcomed by Harutyun Marutyan, AGMI Director who narrated the history of the creation of the Memorial. He also presented them with the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak) and Baku in the last century organised by the Azerbaijani government. He also related the stories of the five freedom fighters buried in front of the Memory Wall (Hushapat) who were killed during the Artsakh war, emphasizing the connection between what happened and the Armenian Genocide.
Dear visitor,
The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute will be closed on January 6, 2023.
Sincerely,
The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation
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The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute will be closed from December 31 till January 2, 2023.
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