Hovhannes, also spelled Hovhanes, Hovannes or Hovanes is an Armenian name equivalent to English John.
Gyumri is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city was known as Alexandropol, it became the largest city of Russian-ruled Eastern Armenia with a population above that of Yerevan. The city became renowned as a cultural hub, while also carrying significance as a major center of Russian troops during Russo-Turkish wars of the 19th century.
New Julfa is the Armenian quarter of Isfahan, Iran, located along the south bank of the Zayanderud.
Armenians in Russia or Russian Armenians are one of the country's largest ethnic minorities and the largest Armenian diaspora community outside Armenia. The 2010 Russian census recorded 1,182,388 Armenians in the country. Various figures estimate that the ethnic Armenian population in Russia is actually more than 2 million. Armenians populate various regions, including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Krasnodar Krai in the North Caucasus and as far as Vladivostok in the East.
Armenians in Bulgaria are the fifth largest minority, after Russians, in the country, numbering 6,552 according to the 2011 census, down from 10,832 in 2001, while Armenian organizations estimate up to 80,000. Armenians have lived in the Balkans since no later than the 5th century, when they moved there as part of the Byzantine cavalry. Since then, the Armenians have had a continuous presence in Bulgarian lands and have often played an important part in the history of Bulgaria from early Medieval times until the present.
Armenians in Ukraine are ethnic Armenians who live in Ukraine. They number 99,894 according to the 2001 Ukrainian census. However, the country is also host to a number of Armenian guest workers which has yet to be ascertained. The Armenian population in Ukraine has nearly doubled since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1989, largely due to instability in the Caucasus. Ukraine was home to the fifth largest Armenian community in the world before the invasion by Russia displaced millions of people.
Armenians in Georgia or Georgian Armenians are Armenian people living within the country of Georgia. The Armenian community is mostly concentrated in the capital Tbilisi, Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia and Samtskhe-Javakheti region. 2014 Census of Georgia puts the Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti at 50.5% of the population. In Abkhazia, Armenians are the third largest ethnic group in the region after the Georgians and the Abkhazian majority.
Bedros is the Western Armenian pronunciation of the Armenian given name Petros, deriving from Greek Petros and equivalent to English Peter. All Armenian Catholic Patriarch-Catholicoi have Bedros as a middle name. Bedrosian, meaning "son of Bedros/Petros," is also a common Armenian given name.
The Armenians have historically been one of the main ethnic groups in the city of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Armenians are the largest ethnic minority in Tbilisi at 4.8% of the population. Armenians migrated to the Georgian lands in the Middle Ages, during the Muslim rule of Armenia. They formed the single largest group of city's population in the 19th century. Official Georgian statistics of 2014 put the number of Armenians in Tbilisi at 53,409 people.
Hakobyan is an Armenian surname with the meaning "son of Hakob". This surname has multitudes of transliterations into Latin alphabet, including Acopian, Acopyan, Agopian, Agopyan, Akobian, Akobyan, Akopyan, Hagopian, Hagopyan, Hakobian, and others. A Russified version of this surname is Akopov. A variant is Hakobyants, Hagopiantz, with similar variations of rendering in the Latin alphabet.
Hovhannisyan or Hovannisyan is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Hovhannes", the Armenian equivalent of John, thus making it equivalent to Johnson. It is the most common surname in Armenia.
Ghazaryan, or the Western Armenian variant Ghazarian (Ղազարեան), is an Armenian surname meaning "descendant of Ghazar", the Armenian equivalent of Lazarus. It may refer to:
Arshak is a Persian and Armenian given name.
The Karin dialect is a Western Armenian dialect originally spoken in and around the city of Erzurum, now located in eastern Turkey.
Events from the year 1900 in Russia.
