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  • Part I
    Armenian Civilization
  • Part II
    Armenian Genocide
  • Part III
    Consequences
  • Part IV
    America and the World's Response
  • Part V
    Taking Action
Consequences
The 1915 genocide resulted in the eradication of the Armenian people from their historic communities in Western Armenia, the destruction of their millennial civilization, and the dispersal of the survivors around the globe. Only a portion of Eastern Armenia then under Russian rule remained as a refuge.
A Civilization Destroyed

Among the many consequences of the Armenian Genocide was also the destruction of the millennial civilization of the Armenian people. In 1915 across the Ottoman Empire the Armenian community maintained some 2,500 churches, 400 monasteries and 2,000 schools. In 2015, of these centuries-old institutions, only 34 churches and 18 schools remained in Turkey, nearly all in the city of Istanbul, effectively indicating the total eradication of Armenian civilization in its historic homelands. What remains are mostly ruins, all deliberately vandalized, others abandoned to nature, and some converted to other uses such as barns, depots, and even mosques. Of many an ancient monument not a trace remains.

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Survivors

With the vast majority of adults killed or starved to death, survivors of the atrocities were mostly children.

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About Us

This online museum was made possible by the generous contributions of the Estate of Agnes Kazanjian, Anoush Mathevosian, Hirair & Anna Hovnanian Foundation, Edele Hovnanian, Dr. Sarkis Kechejian, Dr. Nishan Kechejian, the Alice Ohanessian Irrevocable Trust, Julie Kulhanjian Strauch, Noubar Tcheurekjian, and the Trustees of the Armenian Assembly of America.

The online museum is a joint project of the Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial, Armenian National Institute, and Armenian Assembly of America.

Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial, Inc.

 

Board of Trustees
Edele Hovnanian
Van Z. Krikorian
Rouben Adalian

AGMM Building and Operations Committee

 

Chairman
Van Z. Krikorian

 

Denise Darmanian
Edele Hovnanian
Richard H. Papalian
Zaven Tachdjian

AGMA Online Museum Working Group


Mark Malkasian
Richard H. Papalian

Van Z. Krikorian
Rouben Adalian

Armenian National Institute, Inc. 
Board of Governors


Chairman
Van Z. Krikorian

Vice-chairman, Chairman Emeritus
Robert A. Kaloosdian

Treasurer and Secretary
Bianka Kadian-Dodov

Archbishop Vicken Aykazian
Dr. Armen Baibourtian
Mark Malkasian
Carolyn Mugar
Annie Simonian Totah

Director
Rouben Adalian

Assistant to the Director
Robert Arzoumanian

Armenian Assembly of America, Inc. 
Board of Trustees

 

 

Co-Chairs
Anthony Barsamian
Van Z. Krikorian

President
Carolyn Mugar

Treasurer
Oscar Tatosian

Secretary
Bianka Kadian-Dodov

Assistant Secretary
Lisa Kalustian

Solicitor
Mark Momjian

Board Members
Valina Agbabian
Aram A. Gavoor
Alex Karapetian
Peter Mirijanian
Lu Ann Ohanian
David Onanian
Herman Purutyan
Ani Yeramian Speirs
Annie Simonian Totah
Talin Yacoubian

Emeritus Board Members
Robert A. Kaloosdian
Joyce Stein

Executive Director
Bryan Ardouny

Staff
Ani Arshamian
Anna Avagyan
Taleen Babayan
Mary Jo Bazarian Murray
Mary Garabedian
Ellen Gordon
Mariam Khaloyan
Alin Ozinian
Joseph Piatt
Armen Simonyan
Arpi Vartanian

Special Thanks
AGMA would like to thank the following institutions and individuals for generously sharing resources and supporting the online museum.


Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Yerevan
http://www.genocide-museum.am/eng/index.php
Armenian Film Foundation, Los Angeles
http://www.armenianfilm.org/
AGBU Nubarian Library, Paris
http://agbu.org/education/library-research-center/
California State University, Fresno
Armenian Studies Program

http://www.fresnostate.edu/artshum/armenianstudies/
Freer | Sackler The Smithsonian's Museums of Asian Art
http://www.asia.si.edu/
Republic of Armenia National Archives, Yerevan
http://www.armarchives.am/
Zoryan Institute, Toronto
http://www.zoryaninstitute.org/index.html

Alexandra Avakian
Ashot Boghossian
Ted Bogosian
Gevorg Dabaghyan
Hayk Demoyan
Carla Garabedian
Robert Hewsen
Hrair Hawk Khatcherian
Greg Sarkissian
George Shirinian
Amatuni Virabyan

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