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[middleeasternsarecool]

A question for Mod Araxi! Do you know of any Armenian blogs worth following?

Yes I do! My personal favorites are:

@soultranquilbluntz - not really a blog about Armenia but run by a lovely Armenian with lots of Armenia content

@sariaghjik - again not 100% about Armenia but a lot of good content, lots about the genocide

@armeniangenocidehistory - pretty self-explanatory 

@artist-sarian - not about Armenia but an Armenian painter with many beautiful paintings of Armenia

@vartanm - lots of Armenia stuff but some of it is in Armenian so if you can’t read the alphabet or don’t know the language some of it might be pretty useless to you

@shakarlicious - another one not about Armenia but run by an Armenian with good posts about Armenia, although they are a bit sparse

@vicalbert - more non-Armenian centered blogs run by Armenians, with good Armenia content but also a lot of fandom stuff so if you wish to avoid that probably not this one

@artaxata - a REALLY good one with a whole page dedicated to Armenia and also mythology (Armenian and non-Armenian) if you’re into that

@armenianhistory - again pretty self-explanatory

@armenianhighland - about all aspects of Armenia, lots of really good original content so go support them!

@armenian-problems-blog - not anything of substance but I think it’s funny so I'm putting it here

@luvarmenia - pretty pictures of Armenia

These aren’t in any particular order, I just typed them as they came to mind so check out all of them!

you can also check out this thread if you’re looking to follow other Armenian people

Also if you see this and you have an Armenia blog tell me and I’ll add you to the list!

- Araxi

[armenianhighland]

Աղւէսը բերանը խաղողին չի հասնում, ասում է՝ խակ է: When the fox can't reach the grape, he says it's unripe.

Armenian proverbs

[reservoircat]

What the hell? Remove your fake stupid post now

....you might have to actually tell me what the fuck you're talking about?

[fuckyeahhistorycrushes]

Hello, I just want to tell you that I am amazed by your blog! Really cool material and I am happy yo see a fellow history type blog succsed as well as you! Would you consider promoting me? I've had a hard time lately on Tumblr.. If you can of course!

WELL GOSH thank you so much for the kind words! Happy to promote you, your blog is quite gorgeous and interesting! Will probably reblog a few posts from it as well; keep it up!

[alt-reality]

What the hell are you talking about?

What, about the quote I reblogged from you? Just posting the historical truth.

[armeniansontumblr]

Barev, What type of list is this? Ev es Hay em :)

Barev, It's a list of all Armenians on tumblr, you can view it here:

http://armeniansontumblr.tumblr.com/list

I'll add you!

[middleeasternsarecool]

Armenian are not middle easterns, just because some confused individual you know feels a certain way does not mean you can misrepresent my entire people. Leave us alone, don't reblogg my stuff.

It’s more than one person though, I honestly dont know why you’re so against the idea that there are Armenians who identify as Middle Eastern. 

Armenian followers;

Do you feel Armenia should be included in this blog?

-Donya

[tomarza-blog]

12

12: If you could pick one language to learn automatically without having to work for it, which language would you choose?

armenian!!! absolutely, no question

[clarasdestiny]

Just don't call your self Armenian, better for all of us.

Ummm, excuse me?

I'm not quite sure what I did to offend you, do you mind shedding light on this, dear? Because I can't fathom what action of mine could possess someone to be so outrageously rude. 

Telling someone to denounce their ethnic ties is not something I could imagine a civil person would ask of another, especially to a person whom they have never met or spoken to.

Have I done something inexplicable shameful to the Armenian culture? Have I raped and pillaged? Have I murdered people? As far as I can recall, I've done no such thing, so please, enlighten me, why would the Armenian ethnicity be better if i were to not call myself Armenian?

If you give me irrefutable proof to back up your claim, I'll gladly no longer identify as Armenian, but till then, I'll be here eating my byorek and listening to Aram Mp3's Eurovision song.

usents anshunorkutsyun cheynk tesel.

[truthunarmed]

As an Armenian i find your "Azerbaijan" joke highly offensive. Please remove it.

quick someone call the censorship police, I haven't catered to someone on the internet!

[armenianhighland]

Գևորգ Բաշինջաղյան Gevorg Bashinjaghian Armenian painter born in Sighnaghi, Georgia, Part of the Russian Empire at the time. In 1872 became a student in the Imperial Academy of Arts in St.Petersburg where he was a top student and even won medals for his work.Mikhail Clodt was one of his teachers.

Zachary Bashinjagyan, Gevorg's father, was one of the best-educated men in Signakhi, although the life-style of his family did not differ much from the simple ways of other townsfolk. A warm-hearted out-going man, he was endowed with extraordinary linguistic talents. A part from his native Armenian, he was fluent in Russian, Georgian, and Persian, and was frequently engaged as a guide and interpreter by merchants traveling from Georgia across Armenia to Persia. Gayane Kulidjanova, his wife, taught her own children and those of her neighbors to read and write. All the members of Gevorg's large family were avid readers and ardent lovers of poetry. His father was an amateur poet himself and took great pleasure in reciting his verse to his children. He wrote down his best poems in a thick notebook and Gevorg illustrated them with scenes from fairy-tales and folk legends. Gevorg lost his father at the age of 15 when he was on a trip to Persia.

  After his graduation, Gevorg started to travel throughout the Caucasus, Lake Sevan, Yerevan, Ashtarak, Echmiadzin, Georgia and Northern Caucasus, On his travels the artist made many canvas paintings of the landscapes. 

In 1884, Bashinjagyan made a trip to Europe, using the scholarship that went with the silver medal awarded by the Academy. He toured Italy, visiting Florence, Venice, Rome, and Naples, and was fascinated by the masterpieces of the old Italian art. He also spent some time in Switzerland where he made several sketches of Mt. Jungfrau. "The Alps are beautiful," he wrote, "but they cannot win your heart if you have seen the Caucasus." 

In 1897, he produced a series of oils depicting Ani, once a mighty fortress and the capital of Armenia in the Middle Ages. Bashindjagyan viewed the proun ruins as a symbol of the grim past and also of the undaunted spirit of his people who had courageously stood up to all invaders. 

From 1899 to 1901, Bashinjaghian lived in Paris with his wife Ashkhen Katanian and their three children. In France, he made a trip throughout the country and produced over 30 paintings.In 1923 Bashinjaghian became a member of the Armenian Artists' Society. The artist died on 4th October 1925. In accordance with his will, he was buried at the side of Sayat- Nova's tomb in Tbilisi. Today, rich collections of Bashindjagyan 's paintings are on display in the Art Galleries of Georgia and Armenia, and in the Museum of Oriental Art and the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.  Bashindjagyan's work is deeply rooted in Armenian culture, but he was also influenced by European and Russian art. A bold innovator, he introduced new forms and styles into Armenian painting which today is unthinkable without his legacy.

[tomarza-blog]

do i really need to make it clear that i am talking about armenians in the context of the united states and other western nations? because i literally said that my grandfather wasn't seen as white by white americans like i don't know about you but that's pretty clearly not about armenia