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murder and deportation in 1915 provoked the censure of the world. Through a comparative analysis of an enormous quantity of multilingual and diverse sources and a thorough study of newly unearthed sources, Kirakosyan showed how contemporary
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In his treatise "The Young Turks before the tribunal of history", Kirakosyan set out to uncover the political essence of the Young Turks and the hollowness of their slogan "liberty, equality and justice", and to reveal the historical truths about the tragedy that befell the
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Kirakosyan's major work "The First World War and the
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Kirakosyan also made significant contributions to the development of relations between
Diasporan Armenian communities and Soviet Armenia. As an expert in Armenian history and identity, he paid considerable attention in his writings to the Diaspora's struggle to maintain its ethnic and cultural
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on television and radio broadcasting. From 1969 to 1975 he was head of the science and education division of the party, and he served as
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Beginning in the 1960s, Kirakosyan conducted in-depth research into the most complex and tragic events in the history of
Western Armenia, uncovering little-known and poorly studied aspects of the
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two-volume monograph "The Young Turks before the tribunal of history" (1982 and 1983). For these major works the author was awarded a State Prize of the
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