Battles & Heroes
Seven Salmastetsi Fedayess, in Salmast, Nov 1908
Battle of Dilman, 1915
Russian-Armenian Victory
Karekin Ter-Harutyunyan (‘ Njdeh’) was born in the village of Kznut in the province of Nakhichevan on January 1, 1886, in the family of the local priest, Yeghish, whose ancestors hailed from Salmast, a region in northern Iran that was also home to the great Armenian writer, Raffi.
Karekin Njdeh in Goris in 1921
Khachkar - In Memory of Salmast Hero Jibo Vartanian
Salmast Earthquake
On May 6, 1930, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale hit Salmast. Dilman, the capital city of Salmast, was destroyed beyond repair. Therefore, a new city was built instead. The city, which was named Shahpour was built based on modern concepts of city planning.. On April 17, 1931, the construction work started amid much fanfare. Government officials, construction worke
Copies of Telegrams sent by Reza Shah Pahlavi to the residents of Salmast in the wake of the earthquake.
The Territorial Question
Salmast & the Red Party
Genocide
Survivors of the 1918 Khoy Genocide
A Century later, a short documentary based on the 1915 Genocide
Nare Mkrtchyan, the director of The Other Side of Home had an interview recently with two Armenian television networks.