“VEM”, YEAR 18 (24), ISSUE 1 (93),
JANUARY-MARCH 2026

EDITORIAL
THE ALPHABET OF MONTLOGY

CORNERSTONES
Hripsime A. Zakaryan
POSTMODERN PERCEPTION AND THE POETICS OF THE FOLK FAIRY TALE:
An Attempt at Comparative Analysis

HISTORY
Arkadi G. Vardanyan
OPPOSING PERCEPTIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN THE NEWSPAPERS “MSHAK” AND “TACHAR” IN 1915-1918
The search for the “inner culprit” in the context of the ontological confrontation between the victim and the perpetrator

THEORY OF HISTORY
Suzanna N. Badalyan
THE PAULICIAN AND TONDRAKIAN MOVEMENTS IN SOVIET ARMENIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY
Part one: Class struggle and social utopia

LITERARY CRITICISM
Hasmik J. Hakobyan
THE DISCURSIVE FUNCTIONS OF BIBLICAL INTERTEXT AND THE ESCHATOLOGICAL TURN IN CONTEMPORARY ARMENIAN PROSE
(A Case Study of Arpi Voskanyan’s Not for Sale Collection)

Seyran Z. Grigoryan
”THE STORY OF A HORSE” IN LEO TOLSTOY’S NOVELLA “KHOLSTOMER” AND IN HRANT MATEVOSYAN’S SHORT STORIE “ALKHO”

LINGUISTICS
Siranush G. Hovhannisyan
THE SEMANTIC DEVALUATION OF THE LINGUISTIC UNIT IN CONNECTED SPEECH:
Phenomenology of Linguistic Absurdity

Anna S. Soghomonyan
THE FORMATION OF THE PLURAL NUMBER OF NOUNS AND ITS SEMANTIC – FUNCTIONAL USES IN LITERARY EASTERN ARMENIAN, GERMAN, AND RUSSIAN

ARCHAEOLOGY
Father Bagrat priest Farishyan
Ashot G. Manucharyan
EPIGRAPHICAL NEWS OF THE GANDZASAR MONASTERY
from the Diary of a Priest

CULTURE
Armine L. Babajanyan
THE ICONOGRAPHY OF ROYAL ATTIRE IN THE MINIATURE PAINTING OF THE PERIOD OF THE ARMENIAN KINGDOM OF CILICIA

MEMORY
Mher A. Harutyunyan
ARTASHES TER-KHACHATURYAN: SCHOLARLY LEGACY
Part One: An Eminent Bibliographer of the Armenian Book

SCIENTIFIC-PRACTICAL
Sarkis M. Mkrtchian
MODERN TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEOLOGY OF PAN-TURKISM
in Light of The Noteworthy Judgments of the Tatar Dissident Sabirzyan Badretdin

REVIEWS
Lilit R. Minasyan
THE ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ANCIENT GREEK CITY-STATE:
Reflections on A. Stepanyan’s monograph Ancient Greece: research esquisses

APPENDIX
Armen Ts. Marukyan
LEGAL AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON AUGUST 8, 2025, IN WASHINGTON BETWEEN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN