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Description: Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստան Hayastan, Հայք ... more

Armenia ... Hayq), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked mountainous country in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, located in the Southern Caucasus. It shares borders with Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan to the south. A former republic of the Soviet Union, Armenia is a unitary, multiparty, democratic nation-state and one of the oldest and most historic civilizations in the world. It has a rich cultural heritage and was the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion. Although today Armenia is constitutionally a secular state, the Christian faith plays a major role in both its history and the identification of the Armenian people.

Newest Review: ... make for an easy going lifestyle that hides the tragedies of a suffering people; Armenian cafe society continues -- strong coffee is drunk from little cups, and art is appreciated in the park. The flavour is not quite Turkish, and the passing style is of a more open Middle East; a taste perhaps of the Lebanese. Men may cluster, but they are not all old and few prayer beads are fondled. It ... more

... is not uncommon fo r couples to stroll together, but more noticeable is the behaviour of the women. Hemlines are longer than the thigh-high fashions favoured in Kiev; from a...more

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The Spirit of Armenia (514 words)
by - written on 30/07/00 (Very useful, 104 readings)
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Although the Russians and Armenians once spent a common currency, the spoken word and written script are completely different. Persecuted by their neighbours for centuries; unfortunate in a violent earth-quaking act of God as recent as 1988; enduring a dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh that materialized into a terrible war; and haunted by the massacre of their people in Baku. The Armenian story is a tragic one, yet still they faithfully keep the flame alight. Twenty kilometres west of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, is the site of the Holy Seat of the Armenian Apostolic Church and residence of the Supreme Catholicos. The cathedral was built ... Read the complete review

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