Oral history interview with Vahan Afrikian 1969

Name: Afrikian, Vahan (Interviewee); Parsegian, V. L. (Vazken L.) (Interviewer)
Title: Oral history interview with Vahan Afrikian 1969
Abstract: Description of life in Nor Bayazid, Armenia: schools, neighborhood; revolutionary activities, establishment of Armenian Revolutionary Federation[ARF]; rise of first Republic of Armenia, 1918; assistance to refugees escaping the Turkish massacres; desperate conditions in Yerevan and Etchmiadsin; Bolshevik takeover of Armenia, the fall of Republic; letter to Turkey; retreat of the ARF leaders to Iran ; establishment of Armenian communities in Tehran and Tavriz.
Collection Name: Columbia Armenian Oral History Archive
Subjects: Armenian massacres, 1915-1923; Armenians--History--20th century.--Turkey; Armenian Americans; Afrikian, Vahan
Format: oral histories; sound recordings
Genre: Interviews

Date: 1969
Note: Interviewed by: Vazken Parsegian, Watertown, Mass., March 30, 1969.
Note (Provenance): Gift of: Adrian Parsegian and the Armenian Educational Council
Language: Armenian
Library Location: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record: 13706828
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-1agj-fd79
Related URLs: Available digital content for this interview.