Western Armenia
206 items
№ 0013Ani
Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator in Ani
№ 0023Surb Arakelots Monastery
Vardan Vardapet in the courtyard of Surb Arakelots Monastery
№ 0024Van
Armed Armenian woman from Shatakh with her son, Van
№ 0028Van
Armenian fedayi in Van
№ 00311908Erznka (Erzincan)
Soghomon Tehlirian with his family, Erznka (Erzincan), 1908
№ 0045Adapazar (Adapazarı)
Armenian family from Adapazar
№ 0050Erznka (Erzincan)
The giant khachkars of Abrenk monastery
№ 005219th centuryVan
Silver belt from Van, 19th century
№ 005319th centuryVan
Silver bracelet from Van
№ 00561892Kharberd (Harput)
Armenian wedding in Kharberd, 1892
№ 0061c. 1900Sasun (Sason)
An Armenian man from Sasun
№ 0066
Hamshen Armenian circle dance
№ 01041914Aghtamar (Akdamar)
The Holy Cross Cathedral of Aghtamar, 1914
+1№ 0109Mush
View of Mush
№ 0110Varagavank
The throne of Senekerim Artsruni at Varagavank
№ 0113Van
Mher’s Door in Van
№ 0114Ani
The Cathedral of Ani
+2№ 0116Narekavank
Narekavank Monastery
+1№ 0121Van
Armenian women and children of the Van region in traditional dress
№ 01421840s
Portrait of an Armenian Man of the Ottoman Empire
№ 01471902
The lost tomb of King Ashot III
№ 0152Khavadarig (Dereçik)
Armenian women of Khavadarig village, Mush plain
№ 01541912Mush
The Town of Mush in 1912
№ 0155early 20th centuryAni
At the tomb of Ashot III the Merciful, Ani
№ 0172early 20th centuryAni
Excavations at Ani led by Nicholas Marr
№ 0173Karin (Erzurum)
Armenians of Karin in traditional dress
№ 01841884Khtskonk (Beşkilise)
The Church of Surb Sargis at Khtskonk, 1884
№ 0185Karin (Erzurum)
Ruined building and cemetery in Karin (Erzurum)
№ 0186Kharberd (Harput)
Armenian Schoolgirls in Kharberd
+1№ 0205Khtskonk (Beşkilise)
The Church of Surb Sargis at Khtskonk Monastery
№ 0208
Nubar Grigoryan, a woman who fought for her people
№ 0220Surb Arakelots Monastery
Vardan Vardapet at the Surb Arakelots Monastery of Mush
№ 0224Trebizond (Trabzon)
Armenian woman from Trebizond in national costume
№ 0226Ani
Interior of the Church of Tigran Honents, Ani
№ 02321911Tigranakert (Diyarbakır)
The Malkhasyan family in Tigranakert (Diyarbakır), 1911
№ 0233Tigranakert (Diyarbakır)
Armenian women and children of Tigranakert (Diyarbakır)
№ 02381911Van
Armenian woman from Van, 1911
№ 0241Mush
Children of the missionary school-orphanage in Mush
№ 02421907Marash (Kahramanmaraş)
Consecration of St. Gevorg Church in Marash, 1907
№ 0248Van
A street in Van in 1900 and in 2014
№ 0260early 20th centuryKars
Armenian women of Kars in festive dress
№ 0262c. 1912Caesarea (Kayseri)
Four Generations of the Omartian Family of Caesarea
№ 0268Kaghzvan (Kağızman)
An Armenian Woman of Kaghzvan in Traditional Dress
№ 0272
The lost heritage of Armenian churches
№ 0273915–921Aghtamar (Akdamar)
Khachkar on Aghtamar Island
№ 02811902–1903Sebastia (Sivas)
Fishing in the Alis River, Sebastia
№ 02861900–1915Kharberd (Harput)
The Fabrikatorian brothers, industrialists of Mezre
№ 02881906–1911Aintab (Gaziantep)
The Grain Market of Aintab
№ 02891904Edessa (Urfa)
Armenians of Urfa in traditional costume
№ 0290c. 1900Van
Orphans of Van at the weaving looms
№ 03001910Trebizond (Trabzon)
Diran and Imasdouhi Antreassian, Trebizond, 1910
№ 0302Ani
Ani: a ruined church
№ 0303Kars
A View of Kars
+1№ 0305Karin (Erzurum)
Karin (Erzurum) today
№ 0307Tigranakert (Diyarbakır)
The Dudan Chasm near Tigranakert
№ 0308c. 1900Karin (Erzurum)
The Tortum waterfall
№ 0310Khotorjur
Armenian women of Khotorjur
№ 0312Sebastia (Sivas)
Giving Out Books at the Aramian School in Sebastia
№ 0324Aksaray
The Church of the Holy Mother of God (Red Church), Aksaray
№ 0326Ktuts Island
Ktuts Monastery on Lake Van
№ 03281915Van
The American hospital in Van before and after the shelling
№ 0330Mush
Surb Karapet Monastery of Mush
№ 0334Yerevan
The ring of Misak Metsarents
№ 03441914Prusa (Bursa)
The Armenian quarter of Prusa (Bursa), 1914
№ 0347Van
Armenian Women of Van
№ 03691915Van
Armenian cavalry in Van, 1915
№ 03791914Kharberd (Harput)
A Picnic in Kharberd
№ 03861888–1889Van
An Armenian from Van, 1888–1889
№ 03871904Kharberd (Harput)
Armenian women from Bisbichan, Kharberd, 1904
№ 0394Kars
A little Armenian girl from Kars in national dress
№ 0397Van
Urartian bronze belt from the Van area
+4№ 0398Ani
Ani Cathedral from the south-east
№ 0406Caesarea (Kayseri)
Chest with an Armenian inscription at a market in Caesarea
№ 0407early 20th centuryWestern Armenia
Metal Mesh Purse from Western Armenia
№ 0408early 20th century
Silver women’s belt, Western Armenia
№ 04131727Western Armenia
Gold cup with precious stones, 1727
№ 041518th centuryVan
Silver censer, Van, 18th century
№ 04191915
Armenian fedayis in Western Armenia
№ 0454Aghtamar (Akdamar)
Aghtamar Island and the Church of the Holy Cross
№ 04551312Mush
Wooden Door of the Surb Karapet Monastery of Mush, 1312
№ 04561898Tomarza
Armenian woman from the village of Tomarza, 1898
№ 0471Van
Local Armenians of Van
№ 04721915Van
Armenian Boys Defending Van, 1915
№ 0477Ani
Statue of King Gagik I from Ani
№ 0485early 20th centuryKarin (Erzurum)
Armenian woman in wedding attire
№ 048618th centuryWestern Armenia
Silver Pendant from Western Armenia
№ 0501Vaspurakan
Ornament of Armenian women of Vaspurakan
№ 050921st century
Arakhchi, a Traditional Cap
№ 05371901Karin (Erzurum)
Five generations of an Armenian family, Karin, 1901
№ 05481910Marash (Kahramanmaraş)
Armenian Orphans Learning Shoemaking, Marash, 1910
№ 0551Van
Inscription of Xerxes the Great below the Van fortress
№ 05641893Marash (Kahramanmaraş)
The Chorbajian family, Marash, 1893
№ 0567early 20th centuryBayazet (Doğubayazıt)
Armenian family from Bayazet, early 20th century
№ 05741862Zeitun (Süleymanlı)
Leaders of the Armenian uprising, Zeitun, 1862
№ 05871914Marash (Kahramanmaraş)
Armenian family from Marash, 1914
№ 0619Ani
The Ruined Bridge of Ani
№ 0623Aghtamar (Akdamar)
Church of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar
№ 0625early 20th centuryMush
Surb Karapet Monastery of Mush, early 20th century
+1№ 0642Kars
Church of the Holy Apostles in Kars
№ 06561913Amasia (Amasya)
Tailors from Amasia, 1913
№ 0675Ani
The Thousand-Year-Old Road in Ani
№ 0678c. 1890Zeitun (Süleymanlı)
Armenian man from Zeitun, around 1890
№ 0679Arsameia
Relief of Antiochus I and Heracles at Arsameia
№ 0682Van
Ruins of the Van Fortress
№ 0713Sasun (Sason)
Yarkhushta, an Armenian War Dance, Sasun
№ 0720early 20th centuryKars
The City of Kars in the Early 20th Century
№ 0728Hamshen
Single-arch stone bridge in Hamshen
№ 07341900Van
Armenian Belt from Van, 1900
№ 0744Ani
Arevakhach sign on the fortress wall of Ani
№ 0746Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat Seen from Space
№ 0762Kars
An old house in Kars
№ 0765early 20th centurySasun (Sason)
The Yarkhushta War Dance, Sasun
№ 076619-րդ դարի վերջMush
National festival at Surb Karapet Monastery, Mush
№ 07791916Van
A Ruined Street in Van, 1916
+6№ 0787Caesarea (Kayseri)
The Underground Cities of Caesarea
№ 0807Aghtamar (Akdamar)
Relief of the Church of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar
№ 0811Kharberd (Harput)
Urartian water reservoir in Kharberd Fortress
№ 08171903Mush
Feast Day at the Monastery of Surb Karapet, Mush, 1903
№ 08249th–8th centuries BCVan
Cuneiform Inscription in Van
№ 0863Adana
Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God, Adana
№ 0868Kars
The Treaty of Kars, 13 October 1921
№ 08721900Gurin (Gürün)
Pupils of an Armenian orphanage, Gurin, 1900
№ 0876Ani
Inside the Cathedral of Ani
№ 0880
Daniel Varoujan
№ 0902Kars
The fall of Kars, 1920
№ 0917Ani
The gold belt found at Ani
№ 09391905Van
Cats of Van, 1905
№ 0948c. 1915Western Armenia
“An Armenian View of the Baghdad Railway”, c. 1915
№ 0956Kars
Armenian priests in Kars
№ 09621386Lake Van
Manuscript Gospel, Lake Van, 1386
№ 0976Ani
The Ani bridge seen from a ruined church
№ 0988Sasun (Sason)
Yarkhushta
№ 0998Edessa (Urfa)
Karen Jeppe with orphanage pupils, Urfa
№ 10121312Mush
Wooden door of the Surb Karapet Monastery of Mush, 1312
№ 10131877Western Armenia (Eastern Anatolia)
Silver amulet pendant, 1877
№ 1017Zeitun (Süleymanlı)
The Zeitun uprising of 1862
№ 1022
Mkrtich I Khrimian
№ 10351904Aghtamar (Akdamar)
Gevorg Chavush on Aghtamar Island, 1904
№ 1037Caesarea (Kayseri)
Armenian inscription in Caesarea (Kayseri)
№ 1039c. 1890Kharberd (Harput)
Armenians making silk, Kharberd, c. 1890
№ 1047Western Armenia
The Hamidian massacres (1894–1896)
№ 10501913Amasia (Amasya)
Armenian seamstresses of Amasia, 1913
№ 10591842Ani
The walls of Ani: engraving by Charles Texier, 1842
№ 1060Kars
Armenian family from Kars
№ 1061Karin (Erzurum)
Armenians of Karin, before 1915
№ 1062Armenian Highlands
Historical Armenia according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica
№ 10701914Western Armenia
Andranik’s first battalion, 1914
№ 10751915Western Armenia
Armenian fedayis in Western Armenia, 1915
№ 1079Mardin
Bishop Ignatius Maloyan
№ 10861912Zeitun (Süleymanlı)
The Armenian bishop of Zeitun at Easter, 1912
№ 1099Van
Aram Manukyan with the defenders of Van
№ 11031922Malatia (Malatya)
A caravan of Armenian orphans from Malatia, 1922
№ 1109Mush
The Monastery of Surb Karapet near Mush
№ 1126Mush
A house built from the stones of Surb Karapet Monastery
№ 11549th–7th centuries BCVan
A large Urartian storehouse at Kevenli fortress
№ 1158Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat from the air
№ 1160Van
The self-defence of Van, 1915
№ 1164Mardin
The historic post office building in Mardin
+3№ 1171
The Hamshen Armenians
№ 1177Tigranakert (Diyarbakır)
The Hekimian family from Tigranakert
№ 11921882Karin (Erzurum)
Street scene in Karin (Erzurum), engraving
№ 11981895Western Armenia
The massacre of Christians in Armenia, 1895
№ 1201Mardin
Archbishop Ignatius Maloyan
№ 1214Varzahan
The Armenian cemetery at Varzahan
№ 1216Ani
The Convent of the Virgins in Ani
№ 12221907Van
Armenian girls and women weaving carpets in Van, 1907
№ 1223Ani
Ani Cathedral
№ 1224Van
The Fortress of Van
№ 1230Kars
The Church of the Holy Apostles in Kars
№ 1238early 20th centuryKars
The Church of the Holy Apostles in Kars, early 20th century
№ 1244Surb Arakelots Monastery
Surb Arakelots Monastery near Mush, then and now
+5№ 1253Karin (Erzurum)
Landscape of the Karin region
№ 12581960sKars
The Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator in Kars
№ 1262Armenian Highlands
The Armenian Highlands seen from space
№ 1277c. 1907Edessa (Urfa)
Armenian women in a carpet workshop, Edessa (Urfa)
№ 1280Ani
The ruins of Ani and its rock-cut dwellings
№ 1289Baghesh (Bitlis)
The fortress of Baghesh
№ 12941900–1901Mush
Surb Karapet Monastery of Mush
№ 1295Ktuts Island
Ktuts Monastery on Lake Van
+1№ 1297Ani
The ruins of the city of Ani
+1№ 1298Baghesh (Bitlis)
View of Baghesh (Bitlis)
№ 1300Varagavank
Monastery of the Holy Cross of Varag (Varagavank)
+1№ 1302Kars
The city and fortress of Kars
+2№ 1308Tushpa
Tushpa, the capital of Urartu
№ 13119th century BCVan
Mher’s Door near Van
№ 1340Ani
Interior of the Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents, Ani
№ 13561909–1910Iconium (Konya)
Pupils of the Sahakyan School in Iconium
№ 13701915Marash (Kahramanmaraş)
Armenian prisoners from Zeitun in Marash, 1915
№ 1378Western Armenia
Armenian girl from Western Armenia
№ 1381Adapazar (Adapazarı)
An Armenian Family from Adapazar
№ 13951885Zeitun (Süleymanlı)
Armenian women of Zeitun with rifles
№ 14041922Ankara
An Armenian Catholic Priest in Ankara, 1922
№ 1413Kars
An Armenian woman from Kars
№ 14151910Tigranakert (Diyarbakır)
Armenian children in Tigranakert, 1910
№ 1417Amasia (Amasya)
Armenian violinists of Amasia
№ 1420Mush
Vardan Vardapet at the Surb Arakelots Monastery of Mush
№ 1421Van
An armed Armenian woman from Shatakh with her son, Van
№ 14251915Van
The Fedayis of Van, 1915
№ 14281908Erznka (Erzincan)
Soghomon Tehlirian with his family, Erznka, 1908
+1№ 1429Van
Little Boys in Van with Wooden Rifles
№ 143419th centuryOttoman Empire
Armenian family, Ottoman Empire, 19th century
№ 144218th–19th centuriesVaspurakan
Women’s costume of Vaspurakan
№ 14471889Constantinople (Istanbul)
Ottoman 1-lira banknote with Armenian text, 1889
№ 1449Lake Van
The Van Cat, a Native Breed of the Armenian Highlands
№ 14541912Karin (Erzurum)
Armenian men of Karin around a table, 1912
№ 1456Aghdznik