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#81
Posted 20 October 2012 - 01:40 PM
#82
Posted 22 November 2012 - 10:44 AM
By GAYANE MKRTCHYAN
ArmeniaNow
http://www.armeniano...k_karabakh_army
21.11.12 | 13:32
Something close to chaos rules in the kitchen at one of Nagorno
Karabakh's Defense Army military units. I peep in through the half-open
door - soldiers wearing snow-white typical cook uniforms are chopping
cabbage, putting potatoes into a peeling device, then wash and remove
the "black spots".
As their eyes turn to look at the stranger who has intruded in their
realm I can clearly see a puzzled interest: "Who is this woman?..". To
their silent question I start explaining that I am a reporter looking
for the chef of the night shift. The boys take me to her.
I spot Seda Soghomonyan in the distance. Her grey hair compliments
the white robe and hat. For breakfast soldiers will have the stew
she is making. A bright smile veils the deep-rooted sadness in her
eyes. We get acquainted, and as we speak she opens up and shares her
story. To my question whether she participated in the war she gives
a soldier's response: "Yes, ma'am!"
"Our village was the most heroic one in the Amaras canyon. Together
with the boys I went all the way to Horadiz, took part in the battles
of Martakert. I was a cook, but was doing miscellaneous things," tells
Seda, who is now 52 and lives in Matchkalashen village, Martuni region
of Nagorno Karabakh. "With my kids and my husband I stood on guard,
kept vigil. On December 6, 1991, fierce shelling started, the Turks
[the woman, as many in Karabakh refers to Azeris as Turks] wanted
to take Matchkalashen. Things were unfolding some 50 meters from
our house. How could we stay away and not participate in the fight -
it'd be the same as letting the Turks break into our house and just
sit silently or run away?" recalls Seda.
When talking about the war she gets excited - sparkling eyes, burning
cheeks: "If it happened again, I'd go right away," she says.
In 1992, bloody battles started for Matchkalashen. Azeris launched
a fierce attack. Seda says everybody had left the village, but her
family with her four children and parents-in-law stayed home.
"To tell the truth we had nowhere to go. My husband was at the
frontline. I kept telling my mother-in-law to leave and take the kids
with them. But she'd say to me: "My son is at the frontline, where
would I go?' And so we stayed. Battles at Klor Khut were terrifying. I
went to our posts and saw our guys all lying around wounded, Turks
were approaching. I picked up a rifle, found the walkie-talkie and
started shouting: "Help, everybody is wounded at Klor Khut". If help
got delayed Turks would have taken me away along with all our guys.
Boys would later say, 'Seda has kept the village'," recalls the woman
with a warrior's heart.
During the war Seda's children were 12, 11, 8 and 2 years old. With
her eldest son she'd take hot food to the trenches.
"Some unknown strength overwhelms you and you stop being afraid of
anything. I used to drag out corpses of killed soldiers from the
trenches, as well as the wounded. And they are really heavy, they
are men after all. But then my arms got that strength coming from
somewhere," she says.
Before the war Seda had worked at a shop in Matchkalashen. She recalls
how she had to travel to Martuni to do the procurement, where shop
assistants of various villages would meet. With one of them, Mahmed,
an ethnic Azeri, Seda's family was friends; the war turned them
into enemies.
"I can never forget this. One day after an exchange of captives our
guys came and said: "Seda, Mahmed has sent you regards, but then
asked us to tell you not to stand on guard at the post, 'we know
it's her..'" They were close buddies with my husband, our families
used to visit one another often. He wanted to say that perhaps they
pitied me and didn't shoot me, but I still didn't give up."
After the war, in May 1994, Seda's husband got killed by a landmine.
In 1995, her youngest son got injured again in a landmine explosion.
"It blew out my child's eye, we spent a lot of time in hospitals. My
eldest son is a doctor at one of Askeran's military units. If we were
in our village I'd show our front posts. In 2006 I entered the army
as a cook. Can't be apart from our guys, from the army," she says.
We are running late so have to stop our interview with Seda, with an
agreement to meet in the morning at breakfast.
A soldier's breakfast: the stew cooked at night, condensed sweet
milk, eggs, butter, cheese, tea. Seda is standing by the doors to
the sleepless kitchen watching the eating area. The duty detail is
laying the tables.
At the unit Seda is not only a chef, but also a caring friend to many
soldiers. They trust their secrets to her, talk to her about their
worries, share thoughts and dreams.
"'Someone's sick' or 'my mom's too worried'... It'd be better if family
members didn't tell everything to their sons who are in the army,
they are children, they get upset, their attention shifts to issues
at home. Most importantly there is no war; let them send their sons
[to the army] with peaceful mind and joy. A while ago one of the boys
got heartbroken as his girlfriend had run away with someone else,"
tells Seda.
The lunch menu for the soldiers includes cabbage salad, soup with beef,
beans and rice, buckwheat porridge and juice.
"They are crazy about sweets. And I should say they don't feel deprived
- we give them pastry, chocolate bars, cookies. On a daily basis a
soldier consumes up to 70 grams of sweets," says Seda. "Meet is a
must. They cook 130 kilograms of meet every day."
Her shift ends at noon. She has a day off before she goes back to
the unit. There are three shifts and two chefs.
"Cooking for a thousand people in a night is not an easy task. Soup,
meet, eggs - it is all cooked at night. I love these guys like my
own children, and start missing them as soon as I get home," says Seda.
#83
Posted 24 November 2012 - 02:23 PM
#84
Posted 24 November 2012 - 02:29 PM
Varoujan@ mer @entaniqi vaghemi barekamnn e,. Arjani Hayordi E.
orinakeli Hayordi, Hayr, barekam,
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#85
Posted 24 November 2012 - 02:30 PM
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#89
Posted 17 December 2012 - 08:36 PM
found this blag that made me fill super good
http://thefoodblog.c...non-and-to.html
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Lebanon has a fantastic Armenian community who have enriched our cuisine and with whom we have co-contributed to much cross-cultural osmosis. Our fellow Armenians have had a presence in Lebanon for centuries, but the major influx was during the Ottoman empire’s Armenian genocide in 1915 – a very sad event.
But Armenians are a strong and positive people, and they persevered well, and integrated into the Lebanese society where they now have representatives in the parliament. An area of major concentration is Bourj Hammoud, and there you will find some of the best sujuk ever.:"
it fills good
#90
Posted 29 December 2012 - 03:06 PM
Հարգելի եղբայրներ և քույրեր, վաղը` ժամը 17:00-ից սկսած հյուսիսային պողոտայում Երևանի աստիճանավորական խորհրդի նախաձեռնությամբ տեղի կունենա դրամահավաք, որի ամբողջ հասույթը կուղարկվի Զաքարյանների ընտանիքին, ցանկացողները կարող են գալ և մասնակցել, նշեմ որ դրամահավաքի ամբողջ ընթացքում մասնակիցները պետք է երգեն ազգային-հայրենասիրական երգեր, որով և կպորձենք գրավել անցորդների ուշադրությունը:
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Եղբայրական բարևներով Երևանի աստիճանավորական կազմ:
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Edited by Ashot, 29 December 2012 - 03:10 PM.
#91
Posted 29 December 2012 - 03:12 PM
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Edited by Ashot, 29 December 2012 - 03:13 PM.
#92
Posted 29 December 2012 - 03:41 PM
#93
Posted 29 December 2012 - 03:57 PM
#94
Posted 30 December 2012 - 01:31 PM
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#95
Posted 10 January 2013 - 09:18 AM
Lilit Sedrakyan
"Radiolur"
15:33 09.01.2013
Armenian children were again the best at the L.A. All-City Scholastic
Chess Championships. The championships take place every three months
and feature 140-170 children of different nationalities and ages.
As usual, 30% of the participants were Armenian. Armenians always
show the best results. "I think it's a great success that there are
many Armenians in the chess community of California. They are good
players and good coaches. Chess would not be on such a solid basis
in Western California without Armenian coaches," said Jay Stallings,
Head of the US Chess Federation Scholastic Council.
"Armenian coaches are demanded in the US. It's the product of the
Armenian school, which brings success when combined with the American
standards," said Armen Hambartsumyan, head coach of the US chess team.
The first coach of the Armenian Olympic team has been training
American chess players since 1998. His students often win in different
tournaments.
US-based Armenian coaches are looking forward to see new Armenian
talents. Armen Hambartsumyan hopes new Armenian names will appear on
the international arena after the introduction of chess as a compulsory
discipline in Armenian schools.
Tennis coaches also promise new Armenian names on international
courts. Coach Harutyun Khachatryan, who has been living in the US for
two decades now, is one of the best tennis coaches in Burbank. He's
proud to note that Armenians Alex Halebyan, Sahak Bazarganyan and
Andranik Khachatryan are already well known among the best tennis
players of the United States.
A young Armenian tennis player has been invited to the US with the
support of the Armenian Consulate in Los Angeles. He will train in
LA for a few months and participate in several tournaments, after
which he will return to Armenia to contribute to the national team.
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#96
Posted 25 January 2013 - 12:30 PM
EUROPEAN EXPERTS STUDY ARMENIAN CHESS TEACHING EXPERIENCE TO IMPLEMENT IT IN EU
12:06, 24 January, 2013
YEREVAN, JANAURY 24, ARMENPRESS. The Yerevan State Pedagogical
University after Khachatur Abovyan hosted the members of the European
Chess Union board. Rector of YSPU Ruben Mirzakhanyan welcomed the
foreign guests and introduced the activity of one of the largest
educational institutions in the Republic of Armenia. After, he
spoke about the implementation of "Chess" subject in the educational
programs.
The Yerevan State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan
informed "Armenpress" that the rector laid a heavy emphasis on the
fact that annually more than 4000 students have opportunity to study
chess alongside with the main profession and lecture in the schools.
Among other things Ruben Mirzakhanyan was glad to announce that Armenia
is the only country in the world to teach chess in the whole schools
providing general education.
In turn, the President of the European Chess Union Silvio Danailov
stated that he is glad for visiting one of the leading chess countries
of the world - Armenia. The President of the European Chess Union
stated: "We are like inexperienced pupils, who follow your success
in this realm and want to acquire experience to teach this subject
in the EU member-states."
#97
Posted 17 April 2013 - 10:12 AM
Ayb High School’s robotics team receives special prize in U.S.
The Ayb High School’s robotics team, sponsored by VivaCell-MTS, had a successful participation at the Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest held on April 6-7 at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, USA. The Aybstorm robot prepared by the students and their teacher Vazgen Gabrielyan received a special prize at the contest.
As the Partner of Ayb Senior School and sponsor of robotics project, VivaCell-MTS allocated AMD 14 million of financial assistance for the creation of robotics laboratory, its equipment, continuous operation and further development, as well as for participation of the robotics team in local and international competitions.
“VivaCell-MTS extends hands to AYB Senior School in line with its commitment to encouraging the development of robotics in Armenia. As a responsible corporate citizen, VivaCell-MTS supports young peoples’ interest in the sphere of robotics, which can positively affect the development of related spheres of industry in Armenia and help developing the country’s competitiveness in international markets. VivaCell-MTS is present wherever there is room to development, wherever we can encourage our people’s intellectual excellence,” VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian said.
The Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest organized by Trinity College is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and is considered one of the premiere robotics events in the world. The contest includes two categories – Fire Fighting Home Robot and RoboWaiter. Over 130 teams from 7 countries took part this year, Armenia being represented for the first time by Ayb’s small team. The Ayb robotics team competed in the high school age group, which included around 30 participants. The team successfully passed the first test thanks to a well-prepared poster depicting the robot’s capabilities, and then faced the jury. The fact that the Ayb team managed to fight its way into the top eight in the group alongside teams from countries like Israel and China is truly a remarkable achievement.
Source: Panorama.am
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