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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.

[blixa]

Naa,

The genetic damgage/race mixing among armenian people is far less comparing with western europeans.

Im not worried about race mixers and mongrels that much,their very few,and were building the strongest racist organization in the world.
We will be example to other white countries.

You must feel ashamed thay a girl from your nation is acting like whor-e by dating a boy from other race,but you have no pride in your self.

You Assyrians even preffer to get mixed with cats and dogs than breeding with your own kin
Lets hope that armenian guy is dark armenized turk/gypsy not real armenian.

If this couple migrate/settle in armenia one day,they must DIE.

We did just come back from travelling together and we were in Armenia for several weeks. I didn't recieve any hostility from anyone towards me. I actually met quite a lot of Assyrians living there. Even putting that aside, I constantly get asked if I am Armenian because of the way I look.

To me, I see no differences between Armenians and Assyrians. They are closely similar in my eyes because I have seen time and time again proof of our similarities.

[Tough_Armenian14...]

We did just come back from travelling together and we were in Armenia for several weeks. I didn't recieve any hostility from anyone towards me. I actually met quite a lot of Assyrians living there. Even putting that aside, I constantly get asked if I am Armenian because of the way I look.

To me, I see no differences between Armenians and Assyrians. They are closely similar in my eyes because I have seen time and time again proof of our similarities.

Your saying this cause....



Look at the genetic map that danno posted in the Assyrian section,the genetic distance between average armenians and Assyrians is as big as the genetic distanance between armenians and saudian arabians.


Let me show you his post if you escaped it.

And dont let me laugh when your saying that you met Assyrians in armenia.

Most of Assyrians in armenia are peasanst/shephards and live in arzni/ararat regions just like yezidi kurds and half of them have migrated to russia after the breaking up of soviet union,their school is closed now,cause no Assyrian ###### skin is interrested about learning his own language.

And those regions are very isolated regions and tourists never go there,there is no normal road for cars.If you visited that region during your visit in armenia then im Geoge W bush.

I totally skipped over the part where he called me a "whor-e". I think he's falling in love with me. Can't bear the idea that I'm having sex with another Armenian boy that isn't him.

Lol

Actually there is one Assyrian girl in my university,she looks somehow lighter than average Assyrians,
shes giving me every sign to f*** with her,she even gave me her phone number(exactly this morning).
She doesnt know that i have pure bloood armenian like me as my girlfriend and what kind of bonehead armenian racist/seperatist am i.

But i personaly did not decide wether if i will bash her by making racist comments and showing that
im not interrested in her cause of her ethnicity,or if i will have some fun then do the same thing in the end