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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 'THE CAUCASUS FRONTLINE OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR' TO TAKE PLACE IN YEREVAN
16:32 23/08/2013 " SOCIETY
Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute of the National Academy of Sciences,
Republic of Armenia will host on April 20-22, 2014 in Yerevan an
International conference 'The Caucasus Frontline of the First World
War. Genocide, Refugees and Humanitarian Assistance,' dedicated to
the centenary of World War I.
The aim of the conference is to study the unknown historical facts on
the military operations in the Caucasus Front of the WWI, existence
of refugees in the regions of military actions and the implementation
of genocide against the Armenian population on the territories of
the former Ottoman and Russian Empires during the war.
The following topics are among the issues covered by the Conference:
War and Genocide, the Russian military men as witnesses of Genocide,
the Military photographers and footages of the Caucasus frontline
of the "Forgotten War", war and the science: archeological and
ethnographical studies in Armenia during the War, crimes against
humanity and civilization, status and faith of the prisoners of war
and missing, the War and volunteer movement, humanitarian assistance
and refugees, charity in the Caucasus Front.
On the pretext of the War the Ottoman Government committed the
planned Genocide against the Armenian population not only in the
Western Armenia and throughout the Ottoman Empire, but also in the
neighboring regions of Caucasus and North Iran. The Greek, Assyrian
and Yezidi population of the region were also decimated.
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian
16:32 23/08/2013 " SOCIETY
Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute of the National Academy of Sciences,
Republic of Armenia will host on April 20-22, 2014 in Yerevan an
International conference 'The Caucasus Frontline of the First World
War. Genocide, Refugees and Humanitarian Assistance,' dedicated to
the centenary of World War I.
The aim of the conference is to study the unknown historical facts on
the military operations in the Caucasus Front of the WWI, existence
of refugees in the regions of military actions and the implementation
of genocide against the Armenian population on the territories of
the former Ottoman and Russian Empires during the war.
The following topics are among the issues covered by the Conference:
War and Genocide, the Russian military men as witnesses of Genocide,
the Military photographers and footages of the Caucasus frontline
of the "Forgotten War", war and the science: archeological and
ethnographical studies in Armenia during the War, crimes against
humanity and civilization, status and faith of the prisoners of war
and missing, the War and volunteer movement, humanitarian assistance
and refugees, charity in the Caucasus Front.
On the pretext of the War the Ottoman Government committed the
planned Genocide against the Armenian population not only in the
Western Armenia and throughout the Ottoman Empire, but also in the
neighboring regions of Caucasus and North Iran. The Greek, Assyrian
and Yezidi population of the region were also decimated.
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian