ARMENIAN SCIENTIST’S BOOKS WINS A COMPETITION IN RUSSIA

armradio.am
18.05.2007 16:32

At the CIS social scientists’ General History competition themed
"The end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century"
86 qualified scientific works were presented. The Russian Federation’s
State Archive Director Sergey Mironenko headed a jury of peers who
chose eight finalists, two of whom were Armenian – Hayk Demoyan,
PhD and Arsen Hakobyan, PhD.

The grand prize was awarded to Hayk Demoyan for his monograph
entitled "Turkey and Karabakh Conflict: A Historical & Comparative
Analysis." Arsen Hakobyan’s work on Tat-Speaking Armenians won
third prize.

Demoyan’s work primarily used neutral sources to demonstrate Turkey’s
culpability in aiding and supporting Azerbaijan’s political, military
and economic aggressive policies against Nagorno Karabakh and the
Republic of Armenia.

The main conclusions of the monograph placed Turkey at the epicenter
of the Karabakh conflict vis-a-vis its comprehensive support of
Azerbaijan. It also illustrates how Turkey actively lobbied various
international organizations in order to execute a policy of hostile
pressure on the Republic of Armenia and also confirmed that Azerbaijan
recruited foreign Islamic mercenaries to fight against the civilian
population of Nagorno Karabakh.