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Post 1800

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.


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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

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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


The idea of Communism appealed to  many people during the rise of the Soviet Union.  During those  tough economic times, most Salmastsi's were drawn to the idea of  having free food and housing.  As such, many people rallied in every  corner of Salmast in favor of the Communist Party.  Little did they know  what  Communism actually entailed. 



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.

Migration

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