Heritage of Armenia

1. Sona Aramyan
IE GMBA 2018 Applicant
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2. Welcome to
Armenia…
Sona Aramyan
IE GMBA 2018 Applicant
#IEApplication

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…the first country in
the world to
adopt Christianity as
a state religion in 301
AD…

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…the country with
unique language
and religion…
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Own
alphabet started
from 405 AD

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…the country of
the cleverest
nation on earth
Armenia has
won the chess
Olympics
twice in a row
in 2006 and
2008.
In 2014 FIDE rating
list Aronian was
ranked number two in
the world and had
an Elo rating of
2830, making him
the fourth highest
rated player in history.

6. …the country of
Aznavour
Khachaturyan
Tankian
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7. …the country of
Aznavour
Khachaturyan
Tankian
5

8. …the country of
Aznavour
Khachaturyan
Tankian
5

9. …the country of
Aznavour
Khachaturyan
Tankian
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Ayvazovsky
Parajanov
Gorky
Saryan

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Ayvazovsky
Parajanov
Gorky
Saryan

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Ayvazovsky
Parajanov
Gorky
Saryan

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Ayvazovsky
Parajanov
Gorky
Saryan

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Ayvazovsky
Parajanov
Gorky
Saryan

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It is a repository of ancient
manuscripts, research
institute and museum in
Yerevan. It holds one of the
world's richest depositories of
medieval manuscripts, books
and cosmography.
…Matenadaran

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Apricot was known
in Armenia during
ancient times, and
is thought to have
originated here.
Seeds of the
apricot have been
discovered during
archaelogic
excavations of the
Garni Temple
having a history of
6 000 years.
Its scientific name
Prunus
Armeniaca
derives from that
assumption.
…Apricot

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A complex idea can be conveyed with
just a single still image, namely making
it possible to absorb large amounts of
data quickly.
Wings of Tatev

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A complex idea can be conveyed with
just a single still image, namely making
it possible to absorb large amounts of
data quickly.
…the country of
the longest
aerial tramway
in the world
according to
Guinnes World
Records
Wings of Tatev

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During a 2013 meeting at his personal villa in
Sochi, Russian president Vladimir Putin gave
British Prime Minister David Cameron a bottle
of Armenian brandy as a gift, recalling Stalin's
offering to Churchill in 1945
…the country of legend…
An undocumented anecdote claims that during
the Yalta Conference, Winston Churchill was so
impressed with the Armenian brandy Dvin given
to him by Joseph Stalin that he asked for several
cases of it to be sent to him each year.

23. Maps
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…Lake Sevan

24. Maps
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Lake Sevan is the largest body
of water in Caucasus region. It
is one of the largest freshwater
high-altitude (alpine) lakes in
Eurasia.
…Lake Sevan

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