Women of Armenian Highland

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Romina Hovhannesian and Meline Seferian, members of Homenetmen (a pan-Armenian diaspora organization devoted to sport and scouting), climbed Mount Ararat on August 21, along with a group of Armenians from different parts of the world. The 47 participants from 12 countries flew flags of Armenia at 5,137 meters above sea level.

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John Frederick Lewis, “The Armenian Lady, Cairo”, 1855




Charles Landelle, “An Armenian Woman”, 1866



Frederick Arthur Bridgman, “Armenian Woman", 1882

Grigory Gagarin, "Armenian woman", 1840



Clarence Gagnon, "Armenian Woman", 1899

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Some old photos of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Armenian woman from Isfahan, 1850. Lithography by Janeta Lanzh



Armenian woman from Constantinople, 1850. Lithography by Janeta Lanzh

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William James Glackens, "Armenian Girl", 1916

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Gohar Navasardyan got the title "The Sports Queen" and became the winner in the Sports nomination at the beauty contest "Born to win" for wheelchair girls with disabilities held in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

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Armenian girl speaks 5 languages (Armenian, Italian, German, Russian, English)

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Eva Gevorgyan won International Piano Competition and got First Prize at Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists, held in Ohio, USA









In video bellow Eva Gevorgyan asking a question at a meeting with Russia's president Putin

Young talented pianist Eva Gevorgyan received Armenian citizenship.

“Today I became a citizen of Armenia! I am immensely happy,” said Eva Gevorgyan

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Legendary Soviet intelligence agent Gohar Vardanyan died in Moscow

Gohar Vardanyan, a legendary Soviet intelligence agent of Armenian descent, has died in Moscow aged 94.

She foiled the assassination attempt on Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at the Tehran Conference, 1943

President of Russia Vladimir Putin expressed condolences over the death of Soviet intelligence agent Gohar Vardanyan, spokesman for the head of state Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday: "Putin expressed condolences to the family and friends of Gohar Vartanyan, our famous intelligence agent. Without Gohar Vartanyan, without her husband Gevork history of our world could go differently. These are people who left their mark on the history of mankind."

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Agrippina Vaganova (Vaganian), the great mother of Russian ballet

The founder of Russian ballet, Michelangelo of choreography, Agrippina the Great and Terrible - this is what Agrippina Vaganova was called.

Agrippina was born in Armenian family in St. Petersburg in 1879.

In 1888, she was admitted to the Imperial Theater School. After graduating from college, she was accepted into the ballet troupe of the Mariinsky Theater, and a few years later became a soloist in it and was a stunning success. Vaganova’s variations will remain among the legends of ballet art forever... Vaganova has shown phenomenal flight skills with prolonged fading in the air. She breaks off without a start and hangs motionless for several seconds in the air. The whole audience applauded.













After completing a career on the ballet stage Agrippina Vaganova achieved no less success in the teaching field. She found and lit many new stars of Russian ballet stage including the most titled ballerina of the Russian ballet Galina Ulanova.




Nowadays after Vaganova named the Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg - "Академия Русского балета имени А. Я. Вагановой"