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[Danno]

AssyrianS IN ARMENIA

In his inaugural speech, President Robert Kocharian declared his intention to make Armenia a "dear home" for all ethnic minorities living within the borders of the newly independent republic. Despite the expulsion of the largest - the Azerbaijanis - at the beginning of the Karabagh conflict, three per cent of the population still consists of a variety of ethnic groups ranging from the Yezidi and the Molokans to the Jews and the Greeks.

Armenia is also home to an estimated 7,000 Assyrians who - like the Kurds - are a nation without their own state and who have experienced a history that closely mirrors that of the Armenians. Indeed, according to Pavel Tanrazov - President of the 'Assyrians of Armenia' - not only did the Assyrians adopt Christianity in the 1st Century but they were also the main disseminators of the religion in pagan Armenia and elsewhere. In the aftermath of the Russo-Persian war of 1826-28 the Russian government allowed one hundred Assyrian families to resettle in transcaucasia, and in Armenia these families settled in Dimitrov, Dvin, Arzni, Yerevan Province and other regions. Descendents of these families - and other Assyrians that joined them after fleeing persecution, massacre and genocide - are still to be found in these locations, and the community has evolved to form a vibrant component of a cultural diversity that every country requires in order to develop maturely.

However, that is not to say that problems do not exist for the community. As with other minorities in the republic - and for Armenians themselves - the period of Soviet rule and the economic problems now faced by the country today have had their effect. Like the rest of the population one key concern is in the area of education. In 1924, primary schools taught Assyrian children their own language - albeit in Latin script - but in 1936-38 repression of the Assyrian intelligentsia saw the closure of these classes and the Assyrians became a Russian-speaking people. The re-introduction of the Assyrian language into the school curriculum only came about in 1972, according to Irina Sagradova Gasparyan - President of the Assyrian Youth Association - but problems still remain with regards to an absence of teachers and textbooks.

"The situation was very serious in Armenia for so many years," explains Gasparyan. "There were no teachers and no concern with the preservation of the Assyrian language. Faced with the same financial problems as Armenian schools, the only way to protect the language was through self-preservation. For example, as a child I was sent to stay with my grandmother in her village - and only Assyrian was spoken." Indeed, in earlier years, many children were sent abroad in order to learn their mother tongue, but now classes have been established in the Pushkin school in Yerevan, and in schools in the regions. As a result, in villages such as Dimitrov with a mixed population of Assyrians and Armenians, not only do the Assyrians speak Armenian fluently, but so too do many Armenians speak Assyrian. Marriage between the two communities is also common, and at the recent Shekhane festival in Dimitrov towards the end of July both Assyrians and Armenians were in attendance. One other problem for the Assyrian community however, is the absence of an Assyrian priest in the country - priests from the Russian Orthodox Church conduct services instead. However, attempts to preserve Assyrian culture are very much alive, and the Assyrian dance group in the village even has Armenian members.

The Assyrians - like the Armenians - are an ancient nation, and despite the emigration of an estimated 3,000 from the country the Assyrian community has a great deal to offer Armenia. Not only through the continuation of centuries of coexistence, cooperation and mutual friendship, but also by offering an extra-dimension to any development of tourism to the republic. The music, culture and hospitality of the Assyrian community in the Republic of Armenia has an important role to play in the development of a truly independent, democratic and culturally diverse society as the country prepares to enter the new millennium and seeks admission into the Council of Europe.

[Tough_Armenian14...]

lol

I knew that your gonna post this.

Your just proving my points,that Assyrians are the only scum that are danger to our racial purity,
there are some Assyrian/armenian mixture,because Assyrians are christians unlike other muslims,
however most of armenians are still pure,the semitic blood in armenia is %2,maybe 5%of diasporian armenians are mixed with Assyrians and other inferior people.

The percentag of mixture with other christians like georgians,russians,ukranians is much higher,and i dont see big problem in that.

armenia of today is not 99,9% white armenian,neither armenians are 99,9% pure white,
thats why there are racists like,if armenia was 100% white armenian there wouldnt be people like me, fighting to preserve the blood of his ancestors.

And btw this article is posted by Assyrian scums,to justify themselves.

[Danno]

lol

I knew that your gonna post this.

Your just proving my points,that Assyrians are the only scum that are danger to our racial purity,
there are some Assyrian/armenian mixture,because Assyrians are christians unlike other muslims,
however most of armenians are still pure,the semitic blood in armenia is %2,maybe 5%of diasporian armenians are mixed with Assyrians and other inferior people.

The percentag of mixture with other christians like georgians,russians,ukranians is much higher,and i dont see big problem in that.

armenia of today is not 99,9% white armenian,neither armenians are 99,9% pure white,
thats why there are racists like,if armenia was 100% white armenian there wouldnt be people like me, fighting to preserve the blood of his ancestors.

And btw this article is posted by Assyrian scums,to justify themselves.

All i know is that Assyrians and Armenians are brothers... thats all i have to say...and majority of both peoples would agree with that statement...now of course there are some idiots in each that would beg to differ b/c of their racist mentality but who cares about them they are a minority ... sort of like you

LMAO 99.9% pure...where did u get this from misinformation.com??? that is total bull can u provide me with sources backing that up or is in once again total bullshit that comes from racist idiots like u?

there are no people in the world who are 99.9% one people.

[Tough_Armenian14...]

All i know is that Assyrians and Armenians are brothers... thats all i have to say...and majority of both peoples would agree with that statement...now of course there are some idiots in each that would beg to differ b/c of their racist mentality but who cares about them they are a minority ... sort of like you

LMAO 99.9% pure...where did u get this from misinformation.com??? that is total bull can u provide me with sources backing that up or is in once again total bullshit that comes from racist idiots like u?

there are no people in the world who are 99.9% one people.

First of all stop calling us your "brothers" i will say it again if you are my "brother" so are other monkies/gorrillas and other animals.

Its not a big shock to me that you try to get approach from white armenian girls like the typical non white animal you are brainwashing them and saying that your our "brothers" so you can rape them or get mixed with them.

And i never said that armenia is 99,9% pure,i said that if it was like that there wouldnt be racists like me,but hence its not like that there are racists like me fighting to make that come true,your very same article proving that there is genetic damage in armenia mostly done by Assyrian animals,
i have dna material on armenia proving that its 90% pure armenian and 10% mixed non white,
its interresting that the percentage of Assyrian genetic marker is 1% and the eastern iranian 5% (much higher),i will post some information about it soon,i cant today because i have exam for c++ programing in my university tomorrow, as you know im armenian i go to university like other whites and get educated i cant hang on forums wasting my time getting drunk like non white semitic lazy Assyrian like you,dont blame anyone for having no country on this earth except your self and your lazy people,and stop beeing jealous from us,the difference between you and me can explain why were superiour and your inferior.