BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA “WHO’S WHO. ARMENIANS” PREPARED FOR
PUBLICATION

YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The editoral staff of the Armenian
encyclopedia is preparing the biographical encyclopedia “Who’s
Who. Armenians” for publication. It will contain the biographies of
famous Armenians who distinguished themselves by remarkable
achievements in various fields – science, culture, politics, etc, from
pagan times to present day. According to the editor-in-chief of the
Armenian Encyclopedia Hovhannes Aivazian, a biographical data on about
12,000 well-known Armenians has been collected during the preparatory
work. It is impossible to include such an amount of information in a
volume so “Who’s Who. Armenians” will propably be released in two
volumes. The third volume, “The Armenian Nature”, of the series
“Family Encyclopedia” will come out by late 2005. According to
H. Aivazian, recent years have seen a decline in the territory covered
with green areas and forests in Armenia, whereas the air and water
pollution have increased. For example, 15-16% of the country was
covered with green areas in the Soviet time compared with 10-12% at
present. That is why the environmental education has become a topical
problem, which also prompted the publication of “The Armenian
Nature”. According to H. Aivazian, the first volume of the same series
– “The Household” was published in 1995, while the second one, “The
Popular Medical Encyclopedia”, in 2000.