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NAASR TO SCREEN AMIRIAN'S 'EPOCHAL DEFENSE OF VAN'
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/04/11/naasr-to-screen-amirians-epochal-defense-of-van/
April 11, 2013
BELMONT, Mass.-On Thurs., April 25, the National Association for
Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will present a special archival
video feature, "The Epochal Defense of Van-1915," by Thomas Tzolag
Amirian at the NAASR Center in Belmont. Amirian (1910-93), a native
of the Van region, originally delivered the lecture on April 20,
1983. He was, along with the late Arra S. Avakian and Manoog S. Young,
one of the three original founders of NAASR, and instrumental in
its development.
The defense of Van, the ancient capital of the Urartian Empire, was
one of the most heroic episodes of World War I during the attempted
genocide of the Armenians in 1915. Amirian, who as a little boy
escaped with his family, made a study of this epochal defense a
life-long interest. In the film, he describes in detail how 80,000
Armenians with limited arms and ammunition managed to hold off the
superior Turkish forces until they were saved by the Russian Army. A
version of Amirian's account was published in Ararat Quarterly in 1993.
Amirian was born in Shadakh, near Van, and as a child experienced
the siege of Shadakh (April-May 1915) where his father, Tovmas,
was a prominent Ramgavar and community leader. A graduate of MIT,
Amirian was a well-known and successful architectural engineer and
was active in the Armenian Student Association (ASA) in addition to
his role as a NAASR founder. After his death, the Thomas T. Amirian
Fund was established at NAASR in his memory to further the objectives
towards which he worked with such dedication.
In presenting this unprecedented encore video presentation of a classic
lecture, NAASR pays tribute to the enormous contributions of Thomas
T. Amirian, 20 years after his death and 30 years after he gave this
extraordinary talk.
The screening will begin at 7:30 p.m. at NAASR, 395 Concord Avenue,
Belmont. For more information, call NAASR at (617) 489-1610 or e-mail
[email protected].
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/04/11/naasr-to-screen-amirians-epochal-defense-of-van/
April 11, 2013
BELMONT, Mass.-On Thurs., April 25, the National Association for
Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will present a special archival
video feature, "The Epochal Defense of Van-1915," by Thomas Tzolag
Amirian at the NAASR Center in Belmont. Amirian (1910-93), a native
of the Van region, originally delivered the lecture on April 20,
1983. He was, along with the late Arra S. Avakian and Manoog S. Young,
one of the three original founders of NAASR, and instrumental in
its development.
The defense of Van, the ancient capital of the Urartian Empire, was
one of the most heroic episodes of World War I during the attempted
genocide of the Armenians in 1915. Amirian, who as a little boy
escaped with his family, made a study of this epochal defense a
life-long interest. In the film, he describes in detail how 80,000
Armenians with limited arms and ammunition managed to hold off the
superior Turkish forces until they were saved by the Russian Army. A
version of Amirian's account was published in Ararat Quarterly in 1993.
Amirian was born in Shadakh, near Van, and as a child experienced
the siege of Shadakh (April-May 1915) where his father, Tovmas,
was a prominent Ramgavar and community leader. A graduate of MIT,
Amirian was a well-known and successful architectural engineer and
was active in the Armenian Student Association (ASA) in addition to
his role as a NAASR founder. After his death, the Thomas T. Amirian
Fund was established at NAASR in his memory to further the objectives
towards which he worked with such dedication.
In presenting this unprecedented encore video presentation of a classic
lecture, NAASR pays tribute to the enormous contributions of Thomas
T. Amirian, 20 years after his death and 30 years after he gave this
extraordinary talk.
The screening will begin at 7:30 p.m. at NAASR, 395 Concord Avenue,
Belmont. For more information, call NAASR at (617) 489-1610 or e-mail
[email protected].