Armenia
Capital:
Yerevan
Continent:
Asia
Maps:
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| Asian continent. Armenia shaded darker, with an arrow pointing to it. |
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| A closer look at Armenia & its neighbors. |
Neighbors:
Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey
Water Borders:
None
Total Area: (added March 2015)
11,484 square miles
Five Largest Cities:
Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Vargharshapat, Hrazdan
Famous Geographical Point:
Lake Sevan
Famous Person:
Alexander Arutiunian, composer
Book Set In/About:
Family of Shadows by Garin K. Hovannisian
A history of Armenia, told through the lens of three generations of Hovannisian's Armenian-American family.
Movie Set In/About:
"We and Our Mountains (Meq enq, mer sarere)" (1969), directed by Henrik Malyan
As best as I can tell, this is a comedy about four shepherds who eat a neighbor's sheep and try to come to an agreement with him for payment but are thwarted by a young, eager police officer who wants to press criminal charges.
Headline of the Day:
"Armenia's President Honors by His Presence 'Book' Movie Premiere" in the Armenian News Agency.
Book Set In/About:
Family of Shadows by Garin K. Hovannisian
A history of Armenia, told through the lens of three generations of Hovannisian's Armenian-American family.
Movie Set In/About:
"We and Our Mountains (Meq enq, mer sarere)" (1969), directed by Henrik Malyan
As best as I can tell, this is a comedy about four shepherds who eat a neighbor's sheep and try to come to an agreement with him for payment but are thwarted by a young, eager police officer who wants to press criminal charges.
Headline of the Day:
"Armenia's President Honors by His Presence 'Book' Movie Premiere" in the Armenian News Agency.
2 comments:
I severely doubted that Azerbaijan was on both sides of Armenia like that, but furrowed brow looking at several maps on the internet shows me that there's a weird little bit of Azerbaijan hanging out on the south side. What's up with that?
My first boss out of college was of Armenian descent. When she told me that I smiled and nodded because I had not idea where it was. But the Armenian genocide is depicted in great detail in a part of "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides, so that gave me some context, albeit several years later. Although maybe it wasn't that book? The Wikipedia summary isn't clear.
I just opened five, no six! windows to research because of this post.
When I was researching this post, I saw some stuff about a "contested" area, and sort of assumed that it was referring to that small sliver of Azerbaijan on the southwest side of Armenia. However, I don't know for sure and should really do some more research.
I LOVE that this post opened up so much research for you! That's awesome.
One of my favorite customers at my last job is Armenian & started a school there to teach kids how to work with computers. Before this project, that's about the only thing I knew about Armenia, besides the genocide.
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