W dniach 9 - 11 października 2012r. w Mińsku, na Białorusi odbywała się konferencja "Sztuka i kultura ormiańskich kolonii na terytorium Rzeczypospolitej" (“Artistic Culture of Armenian Communities in the lands of Rzeczpospolita”). Konferencja zorganizowana została przez Muzeum Narodowe Białorusi oraz centrum badań ormiańskich ANIV przy wsparciu Ministerstwa Kultury Białorusi, Ambasady Republiki Armenii na Białorusi, Ministerstwa Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego RP oraz Instytutu Polskiego w Mińsku. W programie konferecji znalazły się wystąpienia przedstawicieli polskich uczelni wyższych oraz organizacji ormiańskich. Niestety nie wszyscy prelegenci dojechali.
Drugiego dnia konferencji została otwarta wystawa fotografii wykonanych przez jednego z prelegentów p.Armena Kazaryana pt. “Ani. Blessed Image of the Armenian Capital” (ANI. Błogosławiony wizerunek ormiańskiej stolicy)
Program konferencji:
Minsk, the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus; 20 Lenina street, the hall for the ancient Belarusian art
October 9, 2012
9:45 – the registration of the participants
10:30 – the conference opening ceremony
Speeches:
Tadeush Struzhetsky – deputy minister of culture of the Republic of Belarus
Andrey Savinykh – director Information Directorate, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
Vladimir Prokoptsov – PhD in art, the director general of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus
Pyotr Kozakevich – the adviser-envoy, the director of the Polish Institute in Minsk
Armen Khachatryan – the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia in the Republic of Belarus, permanent plenipotentiary representative of the Republic of Armenia at the charter and other bodies of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Ashot Melkonyan – PhD in history, professor, a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Plenary meeting:
Hosts – Irina Skvortsova and Armen Kazaryan
Ruben Atoyan (PhD in technology, Minsk).
The map of the Armenian colonies in the lands of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 14th – 18th centuries
Balint Kovacs (PhD in art, Leipzig).
Data about the Missions-Networks of the Armenians in East and East-Central Europe (Crimea – Galizia – Moldavia – Wallachia and Transylvania)
Michal Michalski (Warsaw).
Restoration of historic monuments of the Armenian culture by the initiative of the Ministry for Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
Marta Axentowicz-Bohosiewicz (Warsaw).
Project “Kuty by Cheremosh. The small Armenian capital”
Karen Khachatryan (PhD in history, Yerevan).
Presentation of the edition: From of the Armenian-Ukrainian, Hungarian and Moldavian Relations. Collection of articles and materials. Authors: Karen Khachyatryan, Ovanes Alexanyan. Editor Karen Khachyatryan. – Yerevan. History Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, 2012. – 224 p.: illustrations
Stepan Zakharkevich (PhD in history, Minsk)
The Armenians of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Analysis of Model of Cultural Adaptation
Coffee-break
Section 1. Culture of the Armenian colonies in the land of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in archival documents and reference sources
Hosts Irina Gayuk and Ruben Atoyan
Piruza Mnatsakanyan (Yerevan).
Armenian hand-written heritage from Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the collections of Matenadaran
Alexander Bozhko (Kiyiv).
Kamenets chronicles as a source to study history of the Ukrainian and Belarusian lands of the 16th and 17th centuries
Tatevik Sargsyan (PhD in history, Simferopol). Prelegent nie przyjechał
New data on the construction and the restoration of the Armenian cultural and spiritual centres in Kamenets-Podolsky
Krzysztof Stopka (PhD in history, Krakow). Prelegent nie przyjechał
Social and legal status of Armenian communities in the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Attempt of comparison
Viga Ribikauskiene (Vilnius).
Brief overview of Lithuanian reference sources on research of the Armenian activities in the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Dominika Macios (Warsaw).
The attitude of Poles to the “Armenian issue” in press, literature, and art from 1895 to 1939
Section 2. Architecture, fine and decorative and applied art of Armenians in the lands of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: study, restoration, promotion
Hosts – Seinarush Manukyan and Michal Michalski
Alexey Khoryak (Minsk).
Works by Ivan Aivazovsky in the collection of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus
Vyacheslav Korniyenko (PhD in history, Kiyiv).
Armenian chapel in the Sophyia of Kiyiv
Armen Kazaryan (PhD in art, Moscow).
Architecture of Armenian cathedral in Lviv. Specification of the origins of composition and the decoration of the church
Andzhey Kazberuk (Warsaw).
Restoration of the sculptural group “Golgotha” in the inner yard of the Armenian cathedral in Lviv
Coffee-break
Hosts – Vega Ribikauskiene and Karen Khachatryan
Samvel Azizyan (Kiyiv).
Sacral and civil buildings of Armenians in Galicia in Ivanovo-Frankovsk region of the Ukraine
Alexander Kaglyan (PhD in biology, Kiyiv), Roman Smerechyansky (Gorodenka), Vladimir Nikiforuk (Gorodenka). History of Armenian community in Gorodenka
Maria Arsenyan (Kiyiv). Prelegent nie przyjechał
Structure of Armenian quarters on the example of Lviv and Kamenets-Podolsky
Irina Gayuk (Ph.D. in philosophy, Lviv).
Presentation of the edition: Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Armenian Culture in the Ukraine. List of the monuments of the Armenian culture in the museums and archives: in 2 volumes. – Lviv, 2012. – 992 p.: illustrations
From 18.30 – a walking tour in the historic centre of Minsk
October 10, 2012
10:30
Section 2. Architecture, fine and decorative and applied art of Armenians in the lands of Rzeczpospolita: study, restoration, promotion
Hosts –Nadezhda Krasutskaya and Vyacheslav Korniyenko
Armen Sardarov (PhD in architecture, Minsk).
Christian symbols in the architecture of Armenians and Belarusians
Sarah Anne Laporte-Eftekharian (PhD in art, Lille).
Genealogy of some Motives in Visual Arts of Armenian Diasporas in Europe
Kristina Lavysh (PhD in art, Minsk).
Discoveries of Byzantine glass in Belarus and their Armenian analogue
Joanna Rydzkovska (Torun).
The miniatures of Lazar of Babert and the works of other Armenian miniaturists in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Deliberations on the attribution
Irina Gayuk (PhD in philosophy, Lviv).
Armenian painting in the Ukraine in late 16th c. – first half of the 18th c.
Coffee-break
Hosts – Tatevik Sargsyan and Balint Kovacs
Magdalena Olszewska (Warsaw).
Armenians in the circle of Stanisław August Poniatowski (1764–1795)
Irina Skvortsova (PhD in art, Minsk).
On the dates of Slutsk belts
Seyranush Manukyan (PhD in art, Yerevan).
Slutsk belts from the collections of Echmiadzin
Ilona Karlionova (Minsk).
On restoration of kontusz belts
Galina Kazarnovskaya (PhD in technology, Vitebsk).
Slutsk belts' technology on modern equipment
Nadezhda Krasutskaya (Minsk).
Cross-cultural dialogue and the issue of the contemporary viewer’s perception of gold-woven szlachta belts of the 18th century
Natalya Trifonova (PhD in art, Minsk).
Ivan Paskevich (1782–1856) and "the Armenian topic" in his Gomel collection
Coffee break
General tour on the permanent exhibition of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus
17:00 – opening ceremony of the exhibition “Ani. Blessed Image of the Armenian Capital” by Armen Kazaryan
October 11, 2012
9:00 – 17:00 – trip to the National History and Culture Museum-Reserve “Nesvizh” and the museum “Castle Complex “Mir”
