Yerevan's Famous Rose Man ...

... the story is that this man used to grow roses and hand them out to women who walked along Abovyan street. He ended up falling in love with a famous actress, and in a fit of jealousy he killed her suitor, and ended up in prison. When he got out, he found that his wife and son had left him, and the house and the rose garden were no longer his. Apparently, he somehow found a way to keep handing out roses until he died, in the 60s.

BL #46: Learn That Ugly Soviet Style Isn't So Ugly

August 17th 2014
Geo: 40.1793, 44.5102Former Soviet Republics are typically ugly, particularly in the larger cities, where any buildings built by the Soviets were intended to only be functional, and nothing else. It's not that the aesthetics were merely secondary, it's that they don't seem to have been considered at all! Big, blocky concrete monstrosity after monstrosity - that's the stereotypi ... read more

Asia » Armenia

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

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