Book on Dancer and Writer Armen Ohanian by Vartan Matiossian and Artsvi Bakhchinyan Published by Fresno State Armenian Series

The Armenian Series of The Press at California State University, Fresno announced the publication of its sixteenth volume, “A Woman of the World: Armen Ohanian, the “Dancer of Shamakha,” by Vartan Matiossian and Artsvi Bakhchinyan. 

Only a Japanese Ship Accepted the Armenians

Japan, the country of the rising sun, and its people have charmed Artsvi Bakhchinyan, an Armenian Studies scholar who has been engaged in studying Armenian-Japanese historical-cultural relations for the past few years.

An Armenian story in 35 languages

Artsvi Bakhchinyan, an Armenian Studies scholar, researcher, and translator based in Yerevan, brought into fruition a unique literary project. "Zangak-97" Publishing House recently printed a collection of 35 translations of one story. The name of the book is "The Hands," authored by Armenian writer and psychologist Elda Grin. The story was actually written in two languages: Armenian and Russian. Artsvi Bakhchinyan arranged translations in 32 languages, including the European ones, as well as Chinese, Japanese, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hindi and Hebrew. He prepared also a version in Western Armenian, included as an appendix.