Armenian Sports
This Yerevan-based club won the Soviet Top League in 1973 and is one of Armenia’s most storied football/soccer teams.
What is Ararat Yerevan (FC Ararat Yerevan)?
This Armenian architect is best known for designing the master plan of Yerevan, including Republic Square. Today, a statue near the Cascade shows him leaning over a model of the city.
Who is Alexander Tamanyan?
This ancient Armenian king, reigning in the 1st century BC, is famous for expanding the kingdom to its greatest territorial extent and for his conflicts with Rome and Parthia.
Who is Tigranes the Great?
This sweet, layered Armenian pastry bread—often filled with sugar and nuts, rolled or folded into rounds, and sliced like a cake—is traditionally served with coffee or tea and is a specialty of places like Garni and Geghard.
What is Gata?
This southern Armenian town, known for its mild subtropical climate and pomegranate orchards, is Armenia’s southernmost urban settlement and lies just north of the Agarak–Iran border crossing on the highway toward Iran.
What is Meghri?
Known for his nearly impenetrable defensive style, this Armenian-born chess legend held the World Chess Championship title from 1963 to 1969.
Who is Tigran Petrosian?
This powerful Armenian war dance from the Sasun region, often performed by men facing each other and striking their chests in rhythm, is famous for its explosive energy and battlefield origins.
What is Yarkhushta?
This mountainous town in Syria has held a historic Armenian population since the medieval period.
What is Kessab?
This traditional flatbread from Artsakh is stuffed with a mix of finely chopped wild and garden greens, cooked on a saj or griddle, and is especially famous in the town of Goris and surrounding regions.
What is Zhingalov Hats?
This village in Armenia’s Vayots Dzor province, famous for its annual wine festival and a nearby cave that holds the world’s oldest known winery, shares its name with a native red grape variety.
What is Areni?
This Armenian finswimmer dove into a freezing reservoir in 1976 to rescue dozens of people from a sinking trolleybus – saving 20 lives, despite the grave risk to himself.
Who is Shavarsh Karapetyan?
This Armenian poet and public activist wrote “Sasna Mher” and “Abu-Lala Mahari”, spent years in European exile, and is honored on the 10,000-dram banknote.
Who is Avetik Isahakyan?
This Armenian Catholic monastery was founded in 1717 and exists on a small island in the Venetian Lagoon.
What is San Lazzaro degli Armeni?
Traditionally made with cracked wheat and slow-cooked meat, this porridge-like dish is associated with religious holidays and village feasts.
What is Harissa?
This mountain range runs along Armenia’s northern border and contains peaks such as the Somkhet and Bazum ranges.
What are the Lesser Caucasus Mountains?
Born in 1930 in Fresno, California, this coach, nicknamed “Tark the Shark,” led UNLV to an NCAA championship in 1990, was known for his fiery sideline style, and became a symbol of Armenian-American success in basketball.
Who is Jerry Tarkanian?
This Armenian composer, known for iconic pieces like “Artsakh,” holds multiple world records for organizing massive performances—such as uniting 200 qanun players for “Yerevan,” 112 duduk players for “Hayr Surb,” and even creating the first bass-qanun.
Who is Ara Gevorgyan?
This Kingdom became a center of religion for Armenians, having its own Catholicos and publishing manuscripts such as the Zeytoun Gospels.
What is the The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia?
This festive Armenian dish is traditionally prepared for Christmas and New Year’s by hollowing out and stuffing with a mixture of rice, dried fruits, nuts, and honey, then baking it until tender.
What is Ghapama?
Built on a basal plateau near the edge of the Vorotan Gorge, this 9th-century Armenian monastery housed a famous medieval university and features the “Gavazan,” a swaying warning column that demonstrated advanced architectural engineering.
What is Tatevavank?
This Armenian-American diver, who won bronze in the 10-metre platform at the 1920 Antwerp Games, later became famous for secretly taking the Olympic flag as a prank and keeping it for over 70 years.
Who is Hal Haig Prieste (Keshishian)?
This Armenian-American artist was a strong influence on the world of abstract impressionism.
Who is Arshile Gorky?
Armenians have historically had a strong connection to this country, borrowing parts of their alphabet, having religious ties, and even taking in Armenian orphans during the genocide.
What is Ethiopia?
Simmered for hours with large chunks of lamb or beef, potatoes, onions, and sometimes tomatoes and herbs, this rustic Armenian stew is often served straight from the pot at family gatherings and countryside picnics.
What is Khashlama?
COAF, also known as the Children Of Armenia Fund, expanded its first SMART Center in May 2018 in this town.
What is Debet, Lori?