Actors of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Alexander Spendiaryan, who arrived from Armenia in Moscow for the Days of Armenian Art, in a scene from the Anush opera by composer Armen Tigranyan.19.10.1995#8263046
Azatutyan (Freedom) Square in Yerevan, the Armenian SSR. A sit-in involving Armenian refugees from Sumgait in the Azerbaijani SSR. In February 1988, ethnic riots swept Sumgait, with the Azerbaijanis attacking the Armenians. In this photo, the protesters are supporting the demands of the Armenian population of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Region on transferring the Region from the Azerbaijan SSR to the Armenian SSR. This came to be known as the Karabakh Movement.05.07.1988#6589480
Armenian SSR. Sitting student protest on Freedom Square (Theater Square) in Yerevan in support of the demands of the Armenians living in the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region to transfer the region from the Azerbaijani SSR to the Armenian SSR (Karabakh Movement).15.06.1988#6589484
Armenian SSR. Freedom Square (Theater Square) in Yerevan. A protest held by residents of the city and Armenian refugees from Sumgait (Azerbaijani SSR), where ethnic riots (Sumgait pogrom) took place in February 1988, accompanied by massive violence against the Armenian population. Some of the protesters, who have gone on hunger strike, have settled down at the monument to Alexander Spendiaryan. The participants express their support of the demands of the Armenians living in the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region to transfer the region from the Azerbaijani SSR to the Armenian SSR (Karabakh Movement).14.06.1988#6589485
Armenian SSR. Freedom Square (Theater Square) in Yerevan. A protest held by residents of the city and Armenian refugees from Sumgait (Azerbaijani SSR), where ethnic riots (Sumgait pogrom) took place in February 1988, accompanied by massive violence against the Armenian population. Some of the protesters, who have gone on hunger strike, have settled down at the monument to Alexander Spendiaryan. The participants express their support of the demands of the Armenians living in the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region to transfer the region from the Azerbaijani SSR to the Armenian SSR (Karabakh Movement).14.06.1988#6589483
Yerevan, the Armenian SSR. May 19, 1988. A meeting in Matenadaran in support of demands of the Armenian population of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Region on transferring the Region from the Azerbaijan SSR to the Armenian SSR. This came to be known as the Karabakh Movement.19.05.1988#6589482
Armenian SSR. A protest in the Yerevan Cascade architectural and memorial complex in Yerevan, May 12, 1988 in support of the demands of the Armenians living in the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region to transfer the region from the Azerbaijani SSR to the Armenian SSR (Karabakh Movement.12.05.1988#6589488
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. Rossiya movie theater (now Airarat) in Yerevan built in the Art Nouveau style and designed by young architects Artur Tarkhanyan, Spartak Khachikyan and Grach Pogosyan. The interior combines concrete, plastic, stained glass and engraving.03.08.1975#6528941
Armenian SSR. Artist Yervand Godzhabashyan works on a bas-relief on the facade of the Cinema House in Yerevan.22.06.1975#5791490
Armenian SSR. Artist Yervand Godzhabashyan works on a bas-relief on the facade of the Cinema House in Yerevan.22.06.1975#5791770
Yerevan. The Government House of the Armenian SSR on Lenin Square (currently Republic Square). built in 1926-1940s by architect Alexander Tamanyan.23.09.1969#6445302
The Armenian SSR. A wooden capital from Sevanavank Monastery, foundedin 874 AD on the shore of Lake Sevan.01.06.1968#6235240
St. Hripsime Church, a church at the Armenian Apostolic Church's Etchmiadzin Monastery, was built in 618 AD in place of an ancient pagan worshipping site where St. Hripsime was tortured to death.22.03.1968#6656927
Vagarshapat in the Armenian SSR. The dome of the Etchmiadzin Cathedral, the main cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the throne of the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians in 303-484 AD and also from 144 AD.22.03.1968#6656924
