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ARMENIAN ARCHIVES TO PUBLISH 4TH AND 5TH VOLUMES OF GENOCIDE MEMORIES
April 18, 2013 | 18:48
YEREVAN.- Armenia's National Archives is the largest depositary of
evidence of the Armenian Genocide, archive director said.
Amatuni Virabyan said they are preparing for the April 24 which will
mark the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
He noted that the national archives have 12,000 documents, which
are divided into several groups: state papers, testimonies of the
Genocide survivors which is the most valuable part, as well as copies
of the documents brought from different countries having ambassadors
in Turkey in 1915.
"Studying of the Genocide issue began only after 1965. Of course,
a large number of documents were published, but they were mainly the
state and diplomatic papers," he told reporters.
The feelings of people were left out of the research. Therefore, they
are engaged in publishing the documents containing stories of people
whose families have not survived or escaped but were eyewitnesses of
horrific events, Virabyan said.
He recalled that Armenia's national archive has published a
three-volume collection of Armenian Genocide memories recorded since
1916. This year the 4th and 5th volumes will appear.
"The first volume is devoted to the province of Van, the second -
to Bitlis, and the third - to the rest of the territories of Western
Armenia. The fourth volume will be devoted to Cilicia, and the fifth -
to the rest of the territories of the Ottoman Empire," Virabian noted.
The English and Turkish versions will be released by 2015.
Virabyan informed about an electronic register of names of the Armenian
Genocide victims, which will be posted on the web. He explained that
publishing the names of 1.5 million people is impossible, and the
register already includes about 150-200 thousands of names.
"Another area of the research is specification of material losses. We
have about 29,000 papers and we will publish them in turn during the
next 10 years," he added.
The National Archives is engaged in studying the issue of extermination
of the Armenians in Azerbaijan. According to him, the two published
volumes represented about 600 documents of what actually happened in
1918 in the Armenian provinces of Gandzak, Shaki and Shirvan.
http://news.am/eng/news/149539.html
April 18, 2013 | 18:48
YEREVAN.- Armenia's National Archives is the largest depositary of
evidence of the Armenian Genocide, archive director said.
Amatuni Virabyan said they are preparing for the April 24 which will
mark the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
He noted that the national archives have 12,000 documents, which
are divided into several groups: state papers, testimonies of the
Genocide survivors which is the most valuable part, as well as copies
of the documents brought from different countries having ambassadors
in Turkey in 1915.
"Studying of the Genocide issue began only after 1965. Of course,
a large number of documents were published, but they were mainly the
state and diplomatic papers," he told reporters.
The feelings of people were left out of the research. Therefore, they
are engaged in publishing the documents containing stories of people
whose families have not survived or escaped but were eyewitnesses of
horrific events, Virabyan said.
He recalled that Armenia's national archive has published a
three-volume collection of Armenian Genocide memories recorded since
1916. This year the 4th and 5th volumes will appear.
"The first volume is devoted to the province of Van, the second -
to Bitlis, and the third - to the rest of the territories of Western
Armenia. The fourth volume will be devoted to Cilicia, and the fifth -
to the rest of the territories of the Ottoman Empire," Virabian noted.
The English and Turkish versions will be released by 2015.
Virabyan informed about an electronic register of names of the Armenian
Genocide victims, which will be posted on the web. He explained that
publishing the names of 1.5 million people is impossible, and the
register already includes about 150-200 thousands of names.
"Another area of the research is specification of material losses. We
have about 29,000 papers and we will publish them in turn during the
next 10 years," he added.
The National Archives is engaged in studying the issue of extermination
of the Armenians in Azerbaijan. According to him, the two published
volumes represented about 600 documents of what actually happened in
1918 in the Armenian provinces of Gandzak, Shaki and Shirvan.
http://news.am/eng/news/149539.html