STEPANAKERT, JULY 30, ARMENPRESS: The scientific library of the NKR MFA has received as a gift the Russian version of the book ‘Artsakh’ by bishop Makar Barkhudaryants published in Science publishing office in St. Petersburg.
NKR MFA Press Service told Armenpress the edition was prepared by Bella and Vahe Grigorians, the translator from the Armenian language is Nelson Alexanian. All the nuances and author’s terminology are preserved within the translation.
First, the book was published in Armenian in 1895 in Baku. It is of exceptional historical and source study significance. Historian, ethnographer, teacher, religious figure, native of Artsakh Makar Barkhudariants provided corresponding information on the natural resources, flora, fauna, and demography of the region, described its historical monuments, collected and decoded the inscriptions on the gravestones, church- and monastery walls. The book was repeatedly used in scientific researches, served as a ...
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