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gregorius
10-13-2013, 03:21 PM
Does anyone has a pictures of these folks?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Crimea
Arsen_
10-14-2013, 02:28 PM
Does anyone has a pictures of these folks?


Here's the picture of Ivan Aivazovsky, famous Crimean Armenian

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Aivazovsky_by_Bolotov%2C_1876.jpg/200px-Aivazovsky_by_Bolotov%2C_1876.jpg
riverman
10-14-2013, 02:28 PM
Here's the picture of Ivan Aivazovsky, famous Crimean Armenian

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Aivazovsky_by_Bolotov%2C_1876.jpg/200px-Aivazovsky_by_Bolotov%2C_1876.jpg

that's not an Armenian name
Sikeliot
10-14-2013, 02:32 PM
that's not an Armenian name

Maybe if he lived in a certain time period it was commonplace to take Slavicized sounding surnames?
riverman
10-14-2013, 02:34 PM
Maybe if he lived in a certain time period it was commonplace to take Slavicized sounding surnames?


Idk could be, but that's the first thing I noticed.
Arsen_
10-14-2013, 02:37 PM
that's not an Armenian name

True. That name is russified version of his Armenian name. He lived in Russian Empire and many Armenians there were known by russified versions of their names.