Armenia and A Guide - Resources and Review

Collection of maps, travel information, news and articles about culture, arts, human rights, business, media and history in countries throughout Central Eurasia. Covers Mongolia and four countries of the former Soviet Union
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The project aims to establish scholarships, information offices and open forums, and to distribute grants promoting freedom of expression and the free flow of information.
 
Presents a weekly discussion program addressing various cultural and socio
political topics. Also offers information on Armenian music, instruments such as the Duduk, Dhol, and Shvi, and online games including chess, torpedo, and tailgunner. Windows Media Player is required.
 
A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Armenia, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
 
Basic reference information about Armenia, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
 
Set of over 80 maps produced by the CIA of the political and ethnic boundaries and major defence industries in Russia and the former Soviet Union.
 
Official information from the office of the President of the Republic of Armenia, in Armenian.
 
Newspaper on Armenian life, with articles on culture, religion, media, politics, society, youth, people, and places.
 
Detailed handbook describing the history of Armenia and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention is given to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues on which they are divided, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order.
 
Listing of political resources relevant to Armenia, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
 
Collection of resources relating to life in Russia and its former republics, covering the Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Checnya, Georgia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Topics include the economy, human rights, education, media, politics, art, language, libraries, and geography.
 
Full text of a travel guide to Armenia, covering visas and customs, worldwide Armenian contacts, travel practicalities, travel for women, tourism trends and photography. Also features maps of Echmiadzin City and Cathedral, and a summary of the history of Armenia and Yerevan.
 
Collection of information about Armenia covering Armenian genocide, culture, religious beliefs, traditional cookery including meza, aghtzan, pilaf, and hatz, and tourist attractions such as cities, towns, churches, and monasteries. Also features a hall of fame, a bookstore, and examples of Web art with borders, backgrounds, music, and icons available for download.
 
Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Armenia. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
 
Details of the US Department of Energy's cooperative effort to improve safety at Soviet
designed nuclear power plants in eight partnering countries - Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, and Slovakia. Joint projects are correcting major safety deficiencies and establishing nuclear safety infrastructures.
 
Basic reference information about Armenia, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co
ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
 
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