Как помнят Великую Отечественную в Армении: некоторые наблюдения

Abstract

The article discusses a neglected aspect in the history of the Second World War and the role of Armenians and their motivation to fight against the Nazi Germany. The author suggests that the memory of the Genocide against the Armenians perpetratrated by Turkey in the First World War with connivance from Germany played an important role in the memory of Soviet Armenians enrolled in the Red Army. This is one of the explanations why the present day Republic of Armenia still maintains – from different reasons – the name The Great Patriotic War instead of Second World War, like Russia.

Keywords

• Armenia
• Armenian Genocide
• First World War
• Second World War
• Red Army
• Turkey
• Nazi Germany
• memory