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YEREVAN, APRIL 15, ARMENPRESS: After the visit of the Kardashians’ family to Armenia, buzzfeed.com news reporter Susie Armitage made the list of the places and peculiarities, which could be interesting for the tourists to see and to feel in Armenia. Armenpress reports that in the article, entitled “20 things you need to know aboutArmenia”, the journalist presents interesting facts:
1.First things first: Armenia is a small, mountainous country in the South Caucasus.
2.Before gaining independence in 1991, the country was part of the Soviet Union.
The Soviet-era Mother Armenia statue that looks over Yerevan, the capital, symbolizes peace through strength, according to Armenianlore.
3.The Kardashian sisters visited to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a defining event in Armenian history and identity.
On Friday, Kim, Khloe and Kanye visited the memorial to the 1915 massacre of more than a million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire. Turkey does not acknowledge the tragedy asgenocide. Also, the U.S. has yet to publicly commemorate the event.
4.They aren’t the only famous Diaspora Armenians to stop by.
Cher, whose dad was Armenian-American, traveled to Armenia in1993.
5.Armenia has a chilly relationship with some of its neighbors.
The journalist tells about the Armenian-Turkish relations and the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
6.It was the first country in the world to officially adopt Christianity back in 301 AD.
Pope Francis recognized the genocide inremarksSunday, prompting Turkey to recall its ambassador to the Vatican.
7.It has some beautiful centuries-old churches.
8.Like this gorgeous old monastery.
9.And the Monastery Complex of Sevan
10.Haghpat Church.
Not too shabby, right?
11.But Armenia can do modern, too. Anyone who’s been there knows its public fountain game is on point.
In case Kanye wants to take anotherdip…
12.Armenians are REALLY into chess.
It’s a required subject in the elementary schools, and tiny Armenia has moregrandmastersper capita than most other countries.
13.They’ve also got a super cool alphabet.
14.So cool there’s an actual monument dedicated to it…
15.…and they put it on their bread.
16.Armenia is well known throughout the region for its cognac…
Free idea for the Armenian business community: someone better get a branded Kanye-ak deal out of this trip.
17.…fresh fruit…
18.…and its traditional flatbread, called lavash.
19.The ArmenianDiasporastretches across the globe.
20.And now they’ve embraced a new member of the family. In Armenia they call Kanye West “son-in-law”.
