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INTELLECTUALS INCLUDED IN ACTIVE POLITICAL LIFE
It is very important for the country, society that the intellectuals are included in the active political life of the country. The intellectuals are the power tightening the society and the government, said the executive director of National consciousness foundation Karen Meliksetyan. According to him, the mission of the foundation is to combine the scientific power of the intellectuals. It is of great importance at every time, especially when the country treats with elections. We try hard to include the intellectuals in the political life of our country, he said. If the intellectuals are included in these processes then it will contribute to the formation of political mind and accurate interpretation of the challenges, said Meliksetyan.
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Today in Armenian history- 1268 Enthronement of the Armenian Catholicos, Hakob Klayetsee the First. He was an erudite scholar, orator, and commentator. He supported the signing of the Armenian-Egyptian Peace Treaty of the end of the 13th century. (He died in 1286).
- 1286 Death of Catholicos Hakob Klayetsee the First, an erudite scholar, orator, and commentator. He supported the signing of the Armenian-Egyptian Peace Treaty of the end of the 13th century.
- 1721 Greegor Shghtayakeer, who was elected Jerusalem's Patriarch in 1715, placed a chain around his neck to symbolize the debts of the Patriarchate. Several years later, on collecting sufficient funds to pay off the debts, he assumed his patriarchal throne. He built new buildings and introduced various improvements. He died in 1749.
- 1845 Birth of Mateos Izmirlian in Constantinople. He died in 1910.
- 1845 Birth of Patriarch Matheos Izmirlyan in Constantinople. He died in 1910.
- 1908 Death in Cairo (Egypt) of Arpiar Arpiaryan (writer and public figure). He was born in 1851.
- 1918 Death of Sultan Hameed, nicknamed the "Red Sultan" because of his organized Genocide of the Armenians in 1894-1896. He was dethroned in 1909.
- 1918 Turkish officers reject the armistice and move (with 25000 soldiers) on Erzroom, Van and the Black Sea coast. Armenian forces -- alone -- are unable to stop the Turkish agression.
- 1919 Two Armenian delegations leading by Poghos Noobar and Avetees Aharonyan present the "Memorandum on Armenian's Demands" to the Paris Conference. The document sought the recognition of Armenia's Independent Statehood, compensation for Armenian losses reimbursement, a 20-year mandate for Armenia by one of the Allied countries, and punishment of the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. No attention was paid to the document.
- 1921 Protests in Loree Province against its "Neutral Zone" status under the Menshevik government of Georgia. Consequently, it is ceded to Armenia four days later.
- 1950 Creation of the European Radio Union.
- 1988 Party and Economic meetings took place in the Autonomous Region of Mountainous Gharabagh. These demanded the reunification of Artsakh to Armenia.
- 1988 First national mass demonstrations in Stepanakert in favor of Union between Armenia and Artsakh.
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