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OVER 12,000 DOCUMENTS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE STORED IN NATIONAL ARCHIVE OF ARMENIA
ArmInfo
2009-04-21 15:44:00
Over 12,000 documents on Armenian Genocide stored in National archive
of Armenia
ArmInfo. Over 12,000 documents on the Armenian Genocide are stored
in the National archive of Armenia, Director of the National Archive
Amatuni Virabyan said at today's press-conference in the National
press club.
He said the archive documents also contain memorials of the Russian
servicemen and diplomats from different countries of the world
accredited in the Ottoman Empire. According to A. Virabyan, only half
of the archive materials has been studied as of this day. 'However,
we keep on working towards acquisition of new documents on the Armenian
Genocide', he emphasized.
To note, new documents regarding the tragic events of 1915 are
received by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute almost every
week. The can be conventionally divided into two parts: those with
the proved authenticity and included in the exposition and those
under study by the Museum employees. To replenish the exposition,
the Museum periodically participates in the internet-auctions where
rare documents are exhibited.
The information about the documents is received in different ways,
including through the embassies and representatives of the Armenian
Diaspora. Among the most affecting acquisitions of the Museum, there
is a greeting card written on April 23, 1915, i.e. on the eve of
the Genocide.
ArmInfo
2009-04-21 15:44:00
Over 12,000 documents on Armenian Genocide stored in National archive
of Armenia
ArmInfo. Over 12,000 documents on the Armenian Genocide are stored
in the National archive of Armenia, Director of the National Archive
Amatuni Virabyan said at today's press-conference in the National
press club.
He said the archive documents also contain memorials of the Russian
servicemen and diplomats from different countries of the world
accredited in the Ottoman Empire. According to A. Virabyan, only half
of the archive materials has been studied as of this day. 'However,
we keep on working towards acquisition of new documents on the Armenian
Genocide', he emphasized.
To note, new documents regarding the tragic events of 1915 are
received by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute almost every
week. The can be conventionally divided into two parts: those with
the proved authenticity and included in the exposition and those
under study by the Museum employees. To replenish the exposition,
the Museum periodically participates in the internet-auctions where
rare documents are exhibited.
The information about the documents is received in different ways,
including through the embassies and representatives of the Armenian
Diaspora. Among the most affecting acquisitions of the Museum, there
is a greeting card written on April 23, 1915, i.e. on the eve of
the Genocide.