the St.Petersburg Academy of Arts, which he graduated with a gold medal. At 31, Aivazovsky married Julia Graves, an English governess in St. Petersburg. They had four daughters. The marriage was dissolved, and at the age of 65, Aivazovsky, married Anna Boornazian, a young Armenian widow from Theodosia. In 1895, he painted a number of works on the subject such as "The Expulsion of the Turkish Ship," and "The Armenian Massacres at Trevizond." He spent his last years in Feodosia where he supplied the town with water from his own estate, opened an art school, began the first archaeological excavations in the region and built a historical museum. Aivasovsky died in Feodosiya in 1900. STYLE AND SUBJECT MATTER Aivazovsky is best known for his seascapes and coastal scenes. His technique and imagination in depicting the shimmering play of light on the
1. The Amenian Genocide and its causes 1.1. Armenian Genocide Armenian Genocide (also known Armenian Holocaust) took place during World War I (1915- 1917), when Armenian people of the Ottoman Empire were systematically exterminated and deported by the ,,Young Turk" goverment. The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the 20th Century. During the genocide two million Armenians living in Turkey were eliminated from their historic homeland through forced deportations and massacres. One and a half million Armenians were killed, out of a total two and a half million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. (Fact Sheet: Armenian Genocide) (Wikipedia, 2011) (UHRC, 2011) First the Armenians in the army were disarmed, placed into labor battalions, and then killed and then the Armenian political and intellectual leaders were rounded up on April 24, 1915, and then killed. Finally, the remaining Armenians were called from their homes, told they
Angoulême The House of Plantagenet Henry II claimed the throne in 1154 - Appointed his friend Thomas Becket as the Archbishop of Canterbury to reduce the church's power - Constitution of Clarendon Becket was sent to exile Henry II's wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and his sons rose against him but failed His third son, Richard I, defeated Henry II in 1189 and became the King Richard I was a devoted Christian and a soldier - Massacres of Jews in London and York - Third Crusade - Married Berengaria of Navarre and became King of Cyprus - Received the nickname of Richard the Lionheart for fighting bravely for the rights of Christians While he was on the crusade and in caption, his brother John almost became the king but was stopped by the return of Richard who later named John as his heir due to having no children of his own Died in 1199
1397 he arrested three appellants, got his power back. 1398 Henry Bolingbroke was banished for settling a quarrel with Duke of York. Richard confiscated Lancastrian estates that were to become Henry´s. Finally king surrened his crown to him and was sent to imprisoned where he died The War of the Roses 1455-1485 Series of dynastic wars between the House of Lancaster(red rose) and the House of York(white rose) for the English throne. Many battles, huge massacres. Disaster for nobility. It ended with the marriage of Henry VII Tudor and Elizabeth of York which united roses into red-white Tudor rose Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodwille Edward IV was twice the king. Defeated the Lancastrians and became the Lancastrian king. Henry VI overthrown, Edward was crowned as Edward IV. Earl of Warwick(powerful supporter) was furious when king married Elizabeth secretly, he allied with kings brother George and led a revolt
unrecognized dead people, etc. However, there could be certain overlapping. E.g. certain big acts of terrorism can overlap with the crimes against humanity. Lecture MOVIE about international crimes (Soviet Story) Soviet union killing people by shots in the back neck etc, mass graves and anonymous graves. Lenin communism will work when certain groups of people are killed Best workers, best engineers are killed. Lots of gulags were created for this. Resisting people were shot, massacres towards peasants. No-one knows how many died - Crime against humanity, because it was a widespread/systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack (murder, extermination, torture) Ukraine 1932 11.sept, extermination, winter 32-33, food supplies taken away, no-one could leave the country. Initially, leftovers kept them alive, but stalin confistaced everything, peasants were forbidden to find food elsewhere, to buy it etc