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When limitations on religious freedom were lifted, starting with perestroika in the mid-1980s, most countries that were under the influence of the Soviet empire saw a resurgence of religious faith and ...
... Nagorno Karabakh Conflict Provokes a Major Post-Soviet Leadership Change in Armenia
Hratch Tchilingirian
The peaceful resignation of President Levon Ter-Petrossian on February 3 brought to an ...
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The collapse of the Soviet Union triggered unprecedented processes of rapid and long-term transitions in virtually all aspects of life: political, social, economic, religious, cultural, and territorial. ...
... them to the Karabakh conflict and its consequences. Other post-Soviet states lacking secessionist conflicts do not exhibit superior democratic credentials, as the examples of Belarus or Turkmenistan demonstrate. ...
Hratch Tchilingirian (2007) "Hrant Dink and Armenians in Turkey" in David Hayes (ed,) Turkey: Writers, Politics and Free Speech, OpenDemocracy Quarterly, Series 1; Vol. 2.
The assassination of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink on 19 January 2007 and its aftermath highlighted both change and resistance to change in Turkish society. To understand how far Turkey has travelled in the past generation, this article examines the role of Hrant Dink himself in the context of the Armenian community of which he was voice, critic, and emblem
Hratch Tchilingirian (2010) “Il catholicos e le sedi gerarchiche della Chiesa Apostolica Armenia: storia, problem e prospettive” in L. Vaccaro & B. L. Zekiyan (eds.), Storia religiosa dell’Armenia (Milano: ITL, Centro Ambrosiano): pp. 189-212.
... beginning of the 21st century in a post-SovietArmenia provide both challenges and opportunities to the Armenian Church. This chapter discusses the key issues in the Armenian Church today: the role ...
Hratch Tchilingirian live Interview guest on Al Jazeera English (London) on presidential elections in Armenia, 20 February 2008. Interviewed by Barbara Serra for the flagship Newshour.
Hratch Tchilingirian and Theo van Lind interview guests live on Resonance FM 104.4. "Colours of Armenia" discussion of Armenian language, literature and religion", 10 April 2011.
Hratch Tchilingirian (2007) "Modern ‘Believers’ in an Ancient Church" in Arméniens et Grecs en diaspora: approches comparatives (Édités par M. Bruneau, I. Hassiotis, M. Hovanessian et C. Mouradian). Athenes: E.F.A 2007.
... the globe has enabled Russia to accumulate over $16.7 billion in its energy-stabilisation fund. Asia Times, 27 January 2005. While relatively unknown in Soviet times, the large oil and natural gas ...