On 22 October 1926, an earthquake struck the Leninagan area, causing extensive damage, injury, and death. The disaster galvanized all the chapters of the AGBU, which spared no effort to help the victims. Initially, the central board sent £2,000 to Yerevan for emergency disaster relief. Thereafter, all sections of the Union joined in a worldwide campaign to raise relief funds. In the United States, local AGBU chapters collected tens of thousands of dollars; the chapters in Europe raised £16,214.42
The most important project carried out by the AGBU in Armenia was, without a doubt, the construction of Nubarashen. In the second half of the 1920s, after the death of Boghos Nubar’s wife Marie and at a time when he ... Read all
A group of refugees from the Ottoman Empire settled in Nubarashen
(Coll. Bibl. Nubar/Paris).
Building Nubarashen (Coll. Bibl. Nubar/Paris).
Plan of Nubarashen by the architect Alexander Tamanian
(Coll. Bibl. Nubar/Paris).
The Habusiye district of Nubarashen (Coll. Bibl. Nubar/Paris).
The AGBU and Soviet Armenia