Armenia - Open Air Museum

Where is Armenia?

Armenia in the 4th Century, 299-387 A. D

The Kingdom of Armenia at its greatest extent under

Tigrane the Great, who reigned between 95 - 66 BC

REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

Location: Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey.

Area:

total: 29,800 sq km

land: 28,400 sq km

water: 1,400 sq km

General information

Population ~ 3,019,100 people

In Capital City Yerevan ~ 1.000.000

Official language Armenian

Religion Christian Apostolic

Government Presidential republic

Ethnic groups Armenian 97.9%, Yazidi,

Russian, Greeks, Ukrainians,

Other

9.000.000 Armenians live in many countries in the world.

State Symbols

The National Flag

Coat of Arms

The symbol of armed forces

The Armenian Church was

founded in the middle of the 1st century by two of the original Apostles of Jesus Christ: St. Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew. It was fully recognized in AD 301 by Armenia's King Trdates III, who was converted to Christianity by St. Gregory the Illuminator (or Enlightener) of Armenia. As a result, Armenia was the first nation in the world to declare Christianity as its state religion.

RELIGION: CHRISTIANITY

The official name of the church is

the One Holy Universal Apostolic

Orthodox Armenian Church.

Language

The Armenian language is an independent member of the

Indo-European language that belongs to the western branch of the European-Aryan family

Armenian Alphabet

Armenian alphabet was created in 405-406 AD by a scholar st. Mesrob Mashtots. It contains 39 letters.

The Matenadaran or Mashtots

Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in

Yerevan, is one of the richest depositories

of manuscripts and books in the world.

Armenian diaspora

Russia 2,500,000

United States 1,500,000

France 450,000

Georgia 250,000

Iran 200,000

Syria 190,000

Lebanon 150,000

Argentina 130,000

Ukraine 130,000

Cypros 4,000

Total About 9 mln

Currency

1 euro = 560 AMD (Armenian Drams)

Highest Mountain Peak:

Aragats (4,090 meters) Average Altitude Above Sea Level:

1,800 meters

LAKE SEVAN

FAMOUS ARMENIANS

Aram Khachaturian

COMPOSER

One of the leading

Soviet composers

• Gayane (Sabre Dance)

• Spartacus,

• Masquerade

Artem Mikoyan

MIG aircrafts designer

Twice Hero of Socialist Labour

Six Orders of Lenin

Order of the Red Banner

Order of the Patriotic War 1st class

Two Orders of the Red Star

Lenin Prize (1962)

Stalin Prizes (1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953)

Ivan Aivazovsky

The Ninth Wave

Battle of

Cesme at Night

Romantic painter

who is considered

one of the greatest

masters of marine art

80 years career,

800+ written songs,

1,200 + recorded songs,

sung in 8 languages,

sold 200 million records

Charles Aznavour

National Hero of Armenia

Singer, Songwriter, actor and public activist

Cherilyn Sarkisian (CHER)

Awards Grammy,

Emmy,

Academy,

three Golden Globe,

Cannes Film Festival

CFDA Fashion.

Sold 100 million records

Kim Kardashian ???

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Famous sports WEIGHT LIFTING

FOOTBALL

•GRECO-ROMAN

WRESTLING

Gymnastics, Boxing, Judo…etc

CHESS

Andre Agassi

Tennis player

8 time Grand slam champion

olympic gold medalist

runner-up in 7 GS tournaments

Vic Darchinyan Professional boxer who was WBA, WBC

and IBF Super Flyweight World

Champion

"King" Arthur Abraham

IBF Middleweight

World champion.

Yurik Vardanian weightlifter

Henrikh Mkhitaryan football

Garry Kasparov

former World

Chess Champion

(1985-1993)

former World

Chess Champion

(1963-1969)

Tigran Petrosian

Levon Aronian

Chess olimpic champion

(2006, 2008, 2012)

FIDE world cup (2005, 2017)

World team champion (2011)

FIDE Grand Prix (2008-2010)

Armenian cuisine

Armenian Brandy

THE CAPITAL OF ARMENIA - YEREVAN

Climate in Yerevan is highland continental,

with long and hot summers, and short but cold winters

October average temperature is about 18-22 0C

WELCOME TO ARMENIA

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION