Front: Yeghishe Charents (1897-1937), Armenian poet

Charents was born in Iran, but moved with his parents to Kars where he received his primary and secondary education. He received his higher education in Moscow. In 1919 he returned to Yerevan and worked as a teacher.

Charents wrote prolifically. He published six volumes of poetry and a novel. He was killed in 1937 at the age of 40, a victim of Stalin's 1937 purge of intellectuals.

Back: Old Yerevan city scene

Front: Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869-1923), Armenian poet

Back: Village of Karinge in the Thumanian Mountains by Armenian painter Martiros Saryan, 1952

Front: Martiros Saryan (1880-1972), Armenian painter

Back: A fragment from Saryan's landscape "Armenia"

Front: Depiction of Mother Cathedral of Holy Echmiadzin

Back: Armenian Church in the hands of Saint Gregory the illuminator and the king Tiridat the Great

Front: King Abgar V of Edessa (4 BC-7 AD and 13-50 AD), the first Christian king in history, having been converted to the faith by the Apostle Thaddeus of Edessa

Back: Castles; disciple Thaddeus handing canvas of royal flag to King Abgar V