Armenians of the Pontic littoral. Interesting story with historical facts

23.03.2021

This is the Pontic littoral. In the 18th century, Russia and the Ottoman Empire waged war here in order to seize strategically important territories and resources. These clashes influenced the fate of many peoples of the Pontic littoral, including the Armenians. How did Armenians move here over the years and how did they preserve their identity? The encyclopedia “Armenians of the Pontic littoral” tells about this.

“I communicated with many interesting people - historians, ethnographers, Armenologists, Caucasologists, collected materials for an article in the “Khachkar” newspaper. Many of these materials which tell about the Armenian community living in the south of Russia turned out to be quite interesting. And the idea to create a large project “The Armenians of the Pontic littoral” was born then.

Currently, about 1 million Armenians live in this region. About 1000 articles in the encyclopedia tell about the life of different people, as well as about Armenian settlements, temples, schools and other structures. A large group of scientists, historians and journalists worked on the book.

“Each reader of this encyclopedia can find interesting information for himself: someone, perhaps, will find a familiar surname, another - a generation that will be directly related to him. In the articles, one can find a lot of materials that can be used in scientific works" - the author of the project said.

The book is also available online. According to Christophor Mkhitaryan, the possibility of translation of the book into Armenian and English is being discussed. At the moment they are working on the creation of the second volume of the encyclopedia. It will be presented to the reader this year.