“VEM”, YEAR 8 (14), ISSUE 1 (53), JANUARY-MARCH 2016

EDITORIAL
THE SENSE OF DANGER

CORNERSTONES
Davit R. Mosinyan
THE IDEA OF METAHISTORY BY HAYDEN WHITE
In the context of linguistic turn

HISTORY
Sargis G. Petrosyan (Gyumri)
HISTORY AND MYTHOLOGY IN THE EPICAL IMAGE OF KING SINAM

Avag A. Harutyunyan
ARMENIAN-KURDISH RELATIONS IN THE PERIOD OF THE FIRST REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

LITERARY CRITICISM
Haykazun S. Alvrtsyan
CHURCH IN SPIRITUAL POEMS (TAGH) OF GRIGOR NAREKATSI

Albert A. Makaryan
“GARDENS OF SILIHTAR” BY ZAPEL ESAYAN

LINGUISTICS
Parandzem G. Maetikhanyan
IDOL, PAGAN GOD, NOT GOD
And their names in the Holy Bible

PHILOSOPHY
Romik Kh. Kocharyan
INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHICAL CONCEPT OF MOVSES KHORENATSI
Part one. History as culturally significant presence of the past of short-lived life

CULTURE
Slavi-Avik M. Harutyunyan
THE AREA OF THE TEXT
Types of mutual relations of text and context

MEMORY
Hamlet M. Gevorgyan , Arthur S. Ghazaryan
BATTLE OF SURMALU
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of death of Commander Drastamat Kanayan

THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL
Haroutiun L. Kurkjian (Athens)
CULTURAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ARMENIAN DIASPORA
Publishing house PARENTHESES, Marseille, France

Greta Y. Nikoghosyan
FRENCH LITERATURE ON THE PAGES OF “ARARAT” JOURNAL

NEWS
Hasmik A. Yeghiazaryan
THE LAST GREAT THINKER OF EUROPE
In memory of Umberto Eco

REVIEWS
Mariam H. GevorgyanAlbert Kharatyan, WesternArmenian press at the end of its history (1900-1922)

ARCHIVE
LATTER-DAY MEMORIES OF MAR
Part Three: Activity in Syria and arrest when attempting to move to Cilicia
Prepared by Ruben H. Gasparyan and Ruben O. Sahakyan

Vahagn A. Hakobyan
FOLLOWING A NOTE BY MICHAEL VARANDYAN

Vladimir N. Ghazakhetsyan
TURKISH-AZERBAIJANI AGREEMENT OF APRIL 15, 1920
Discloses the reasons of the massacre of Armenians of Karabakh on March 22-26, 1920

ANNEX
Gegham M. Badalyan
HISTORICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF WESTERN ARMENIA ON THE EVE OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Part four: eastern and southern provinces of Erzurum vilayet