DISPATCH OF SMIRNOV, THE RUSSIAN ENVOY TO CAIRO, TO S. SAZONOV, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (JUNE 25, 1915)

Cruelties committed against the Armenians in Syria and neighboring vilayets, violations, massacres and very often mass slaughter of the population of the Armenian villages are constantly repeated; families are cruelly separated, wives are separated from husbands, children are separated from parents, and all of them are exiled in various directions. Especially the Armenian clergy are pursued cruelly: the priests are haunted, tortured, their nails are pulled out.

12000 Turkish troops lately occupied Zeitoun which was a stronghold for the Armenians and didn’t let the Turkish forces come near. Threatening, lying and giving promises the Turks made the Armenians surrender and occupying the city they settled accounts with the inhabitants and the defenders of the city. Thousands of people were slaughtered in spite of the promises of perfect security...



AN EXTRACT FROM THE SPEECH OF S. D. SAZONOV, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AT THE STATE DUMA

…I had to refer to the unprecedented sufferings of this unfortunate nation before. Under the favorable control of the allied Germany, the Turks evidently intend to fulfil their long-standing dream to exterminate the Armenians, which do not submit to the influence of the Muslims and hinder the plans of Germany to subdue the Turkish empire in economy and politics...

In April, 2010, AGMI organizes an international conference dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. The special focus of the conference will be on the cultural genocide of the Armenian heritage in Turkey.

In April 23, 2010, The Armenian genocide museum opens a temporary exhibition titled “Armenian genocide: frontpage coverage”. The exhibition includes rare century old newspapers and magazines covering Armenian genocide on their frontpages.

Ghazarosyan Hakob was born in Kharberd (Province of Kharberd of Western Armenia), merchant. He was killed by turks in 1915.

December 19, 2009 A group of Turkish journalists, who are in Armenia ...

November 21, 2009 The Chairman of the European Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions ...

October 30, 2009 Today the Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergey Martinov, visited to the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex ...

October 17, 2009 On October 16, the Association of the spouses of the foreign diplomats accredited in Armenia headed by Natalia Nalbandyan visited Tsitsernakaberd memorial of the ...

October 13, 2009 On October 13th of 2009, at 14:00, in the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute the presentation of the illustrated book of the AGMI director Mr. HAYK DEMOYAN, entitled “Armenian Sport and Gymnastics in the Ottoman Empire” ...

August 21, 2009 On August 17-21, 2009; the researcher of the AGMI Mr. Suren Manukyan took part in a conference in Cultural Studies; titled “The Cultural Life of Catastrophes and Crises”...

July 29, 2009 The representatives of Armenian and Turkish youth, “Tolerance through cultural and educational dialogues” program participants visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex ...