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  • Int'l Conference On The Tallish In Tsaghkadsor, Armenia

    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DEVOTED TO THE CULTURE AND HISTORY OF
    TALLISH AND THE TALLISH PEOPLE TO TAKE PLACE IN TSAGHKADSOR (ARMENIA)
    ON MAY 20-22

    ARKA News Agency
    20 May 2005

    CONFERENCES, EXHIBITIONS, SEMINARS

    YEREVAN, May 20. /ARKA/. An international conference devoted to the
    culture and history of Tallish and Tallish people will take place
    in Tsaghkadsor (Armenia) on May 20-22. According to the Caucasus
    Center for Iranian Studies, the speeches of a representative of the
    Tallish National Movement (TNM) Fakhraddin Abboszod, rector of Yerevan
    State University Razmik Martirosyan, Deputy Head of the Department
    for Iranian Studies of Yerevan State University, Professor Garnik
    Asatryan will be introduced at the conference. Besides scientists
    from various countries of the world also representatives of Tallish
    national movement of Azerbaijan, as well as representatives of Tallish
    from Iran will participate in the conference.

    Tallish are Iranian language speaking people living in Azerbaijan and
    Iran. The real population of Tallish makes abut a million of people
    in Azerbaijan and a million in Iran. Currently, Tallish live in the
    territory of South-West regions of Azerbaiojan, namely Lencoran,
    (in Tallish - Lankon), Lerik, Masalin, Asarin and Yardamlin regions.

    On June 21, 1993 a group of servicemen under the leadership of Colonel
    Alikram Gummatov declared of establishment of Tallish Mughan Republic
    on the territory of seven south -eastern regions of Azerbaijan. On
    August 24, 1993 TMR was abolished and all the leaders, namely the
    President, Minister of Defense and over 20 people were arrested.

    The approaching conference already had impetuous feedback in the
    Azerbaijani Mass Media.

    The organizers of the conference are the Department of Iranian Studies
    of Yerevan State University and Caucasus Center for Iranian Studies
    (Yerevan).
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