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16 Cards in this Set
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Daniel Varuzhan
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A victim of the Armenian Genocide, established the 'Mehian' literary group and magazine
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David of Sassoon
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The Armenian national epic, took shape in the 10th century, during one of the peaceful lulls in Armenian history
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Khachatur Abovyan
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Author of Wounds of Armenia (Verk Hayasdani), mysteriously disappeared in 1848
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Raffi
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(Hakob Melik-Hakobian,) Armenian author and poet
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Yeghishe Charents
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Poet, a victim of Stalinist purges in 1937, at the age of 40
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St. Mesrob Mashdots
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First a soldier, then a priest and scribe in the royal court, the founder of Armenian Alphabet, with Catholicos St. Sahag
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Sayat-Nova
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Musician, poet, sang and played the kamanche, he performed in the court Heraclius of Georgia
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Hagop Baronian
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Playwright, satirist. His most famous work is Medzabadiv Mouratsganner ('Honorable Beggars')
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Mkhitar Gosh
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Armenian legal scholar, fabulist, teacher and political adviser, the compiler of a ground-breaking Law Code
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Mkhitar Gosh
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Armenian legal scholar, fabulist, teacher and political adviser, the compiler of a ground-breaking Law Code
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Krikor Zohrab
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Prince of the novella, a member of the Ittihad Party and of the Turkish Parliament, one of the 250 intellectuals of Constantinople to perish on April 24, 1915
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St. Movses Khorenatsi
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The Father of Armenian History, was a student of Sts. Sahag and Mesrob. His History of Armenia told the story of Armenia from its origins through his day
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St. Nerses Shnorhali
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Catholicos of the Armenia (1166-1173), he revised and recompiled the Armenian Book of Hours and wrote many of the key hymns and chants of our daily prayer services
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St. Grigor, the Illuminator or Enlightener
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Patron saint of Armenia, The first Catholicos of the Armenian Church, he is the true founder of Armenian Christianity
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Hovhannes Toumanian
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The Poet of All Armenians, his works are 'Kach-Nazar', 'David of Sassoon', 'Parvana' and 'Anoush'
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Paruyr Sevag (Ghazaryan)
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Churchman, musician, (Soghomon Soghomonian). His polyphonic rendering of the Armenian Divine Liturgy is one of the two basic settings in use in Armenian churches world-wide
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