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.
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?
ReplyDeleteMy 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.
ReplyDeleteI 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.