Armenian Revolutionary Federation
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF or ՀՅԴ) (Armenian: Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն – Hay Heghapokhakan Dashnaktsutiun, Dashnaktsutiun, Դաշնակ – Dashnak or Tashnag) is an Armenian political party founded in Tiflis (Tbilisi in modern-day Georgia) in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Shaumian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian.[1] The party works in Armenia and in countries where the Armenian diaspora is active, notably in Lebanon and the ethnically Armenian-dominated de facto Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.[2][3]
Museum
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation History Museum was created during an official ceremony Friday 2007 at Yerevan's Kristapor Mikaelian Center, with the party's leaders and supporters on hand to mark this momentous occasion.
Opened in 1946, the ARF History Museum was in Paris and during the years has collected more than 3,000 artifacts describing the party's history. After the ARF's return to Armenia, the museum and the ARF archives have been sent to Armenia.
Giro Manoyan is one of the leaders of ARF.
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Media
ARF Founders left to right: Stepan Zorian, Christapor Mikaelian, Simon Zavarian
Yeprem Khan was a revolutionary leader of Iran
Fedayi group fighting under the ARF banner. Text in Armenian reads Azatutyun kam Mah (Liberty or Death)
Armen Garo (Karekin Pastermadjian), an ARF member of Chamber of Deputies from Erzurum during the Second Constitutional Era.
Aram Manukian, one of the leaders of the Van Resistance
Members of the second cabinet of the First Republic of Armenia, 1 October 1919.Sitting: Avetik Sahakyan, Alexander Khatisyan, General Christophor Araratov. Standing: Nikol Aghbalian, A. Gulkandanian, S. Araradian.
The Simon Vratsyan centre of the ARF Supreme Council of Armenia in the capital Yerevan
References
- ↑ "Armenian Revolutionary Federation Founded, Armenian history timeline". Archived from the original on 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2006-12-25.
- ↑ "Tachnaq party holds 2 seats in Lebanese National Assembly" (PDF). Retrieved 2006-12-30.
- ↑ "ARF among parties running in NKR elections". Archived from the original on 2006-10-03. Retrieved 2007-01-03.