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| '''Samvel Karapetian''' ({{lang-hy|Սամվել Կարապետյան}}) is an ] historian, researcher, author and expert of medieval architecture specializing in the study of the historical monuments of ] and other regions of the Southern Caucasus. He surveyed and cataloged thousands of artifacts of Armenian history and architecture during the course of more than two decades. |
'''Samvel Karapetian''' ({{lang-hy|Սամվել Կարապետյան}}) is an ] historian, researcher, author and expert of medieval architecture specializing in the study of the historical monuments of ], ] and other regions of the Southern Caucasus. He surveyed and cataloged thousands of artifacts of Armenian history and architecture during the course of more than two decades. Karapetyan is currently head of the ] branch of the ] ] (RAA).<ref> | ||
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| Karaperyan is also known as an outspoken critic of the treatment of Armenian monuments in Turkey: he argues that Turkey has a policy of intentional neglect and planned destruction. He has also presented evidence that accuses], and ] of deliberately destroying Armenian historical monuments.<ref>{{Citation | |||
| Samvel is also known as an outspoken critic of Turkish policy of intentional neglect and planned destruction of Armenian architectural monuments in Western Armenia and Anatolia. He accused ], ], and ] of deliberately ], including thousands of medieval '']'' (stone-crosses).<ref>{{Citation | |||
| | last = Tapan | | last = Tapan | ||
| | first = Noyan | | first = Noyan | ||
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Samvel Karapetian (Template:Lang-hy) is an Armenian historian, researcher, author and expert of medieval architecture specializing in the study of the historical monuments of Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh and other regions of the Southern Caucasus. He surveyed and cataloged thousands of artifacts of Armenian history and architecture during the course of more than two decades. Karapetyan is currently head of the Yerevan branch of the NGO Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA). Karaperyan is also known as an outspoken critic of the treatment of Armenian monuments in Turkey: he argues that Turkey has a policy of intentional neglect and planned destruction. He has also presented evidence that accusesGeorgia, and Azerbaijan of deliberately destroying Armenian historical monuments. He presented his findings to US Congress in 2007 and to the European Court of Human Rights in 2008.
In 2007 he won the Armenian Presidential Humanitarian Sciences Prize for his work in literature.
Published works
- Template:Hy icon Բուն Աղվանքի հայերեն վիմագրերը (Armenian Lapidary Inscriptions in Caucasian Albania Proper). Yerevan: Gitutiun Publishing, 1997.
- Template:Hy icon Վրաց Պետական Քաղաքականությունը և հայ մշակույթի հուշարձանները, 1988-1998 (Georgian State Policy and Historical Armenian Monuments, 1988-1998). Yerevan: Gitutiun Publishing, 1998.
- Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh. Trans. Anahit Martirossian. Yerevan: Gitutiun Publishing, 2001.
- Template:Hy icon Ջավախքի Պատմական Հուշարձանները (The Historical Monuments of Javakhk). Yerevan: Gitutiun Publishing, 2001.
- Template:Hy iconԿովկասյան թանգարանի Հայկական հավաքածուն (The Armenian Collection of the Caucasian Museum). Yerevan: Gitutiun Publishing, 2004.
- Template:Hy icon Հյուսիսային Արցախ (Northern Artsakh). Yerevan: Gitutiun Publishing, 2004.
- Template:Hy icon Հայերը Կախեթում (The Armenians of Kakhetia). Yerevan: Gitutiun Publishing, 2004.
External links
Research on Armenian Architecture homepage
Notes
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Noyan Tapan (July 1, 2002). "Armenian intellectuals blast "barbaric" destruction of Nakhichevan monuments". Newsgroup: Monitoring Trans Caucasus Unit BBC Monitoring Trans Caucasus Unit.
{{cite newsgroup}}: Check|newsgroup=value (help) - Tapan, Noyan (July 1, 2002), "Armenia accuses Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan of destroying historical monuments", BBC Monitoring Trans Caucasus Unit
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"US Congressmen presented facts of demolition of ancient Armenian khachkars in Old Jugha by Azeri troops", ARMINFO News Agency, November 28, 2007
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"European Court for Human Rights notes a claim for recognizing Azerbaijan guilty in desecration of khachkars in Old Jugha", ARMINFO News Agency, November 26, 2008
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"Annual awarding of Presidential Prize took place in Yerevan today", ARMINFO News Agency, June 18, 2007
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