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Day 5 Armenian Genocide Museum and Duduks

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September 11th 2023
So today we went to the Armenian Genocide Monument and Museum In Yerevan. It remembers a series of massacres an deportations of Armenian Christians by Ottoman Turks particularly in the period from 1890 - 1919. At least 664,000 and possibly as many as 1.2 million died during the genocide. Pistachio croissant for breakfast. It was decorated with green glazed stripes and filled with green ... read more

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Armenia prides itself on being the first nation to formally adopt Christianity (early 4th century). Despite periods of autonomy, over the centuries Armenia came under the sway of various empires including the Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Persian, and Otto... ... read more