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Two New documentaries about Assyrian History produced by Lina Yakubova have been completed In Armenia .
October 20, 08
- PATHS OF FATE
Historical documentary about Assyrian Community in Georgia , revealing its past and its present situation.
In 1876 there were 200 Assyrians living in Tbilisi, by 1899 they had grown to 1600 and were involved in different occupations, such as masons, water carriers/tulukhchi/, kerosene dealers/niftachi, house painters, unskilled laborers. At the end of the 19th century a stratum of well-off Assyrians already emerged in Tbilisi , consisted of contractors, property owners, and merchants.
The massacres of the assyrians between 1914-1918, by the Turks and Kurds in Persia and Turkey had pushed the nation to the edge of extinction. The homeless and impoverished survivors; diseased and suffering from hunger, abandoned their homeland and scattered throughout the East and West. Many refugees found shelter in Armenia , Georgia , and Russia's Azerbaijan . Some of them joined their compatriots in Tbilisi , Others were offered shelter in cities and villages of Georgia .
The film is - 57 min. long.
Produced & written by Lina Yakubova
Directed by Artak Avdalyan
Original music by Vahan Artsruni
Director of Photography Karen Stepanyan
Film sponsored by
Assyrian Universal Alliance Foundation ( Chicago IL )
2-Assyrian Way
Historical documentary about Assyrians and the Assyrian community in the Russian Federation.
The Film consists of 3 parts.
Part I : “To Survive Through …” is about the WWI Assyrian arrival in Russia.
Part II : “Revival” shows life and activity of the Assyrian Communities scattered trough out numerals sites and regions within The Russian Federation.
Part III : “To itemize the portrait” covers life and activity of prominent Russian Assyrians, specialized in differed professions.
To survive the wholesale massacre of their people by the Turks, Kurds and Persian Azari Assyrians abandon their historical homelands in Turkey and Northwest Persia (Iran) and fled to the Russia's territory. There they built their new life and shared the misfortunes of the local people, and suffered even more .
Today, at the dawn of the 21st century, after two world wars, the socialist revolution and the collapse of the Soviet Union, there is a big Assyrian Community living in the different cities and regions of this huge country - Russia .
These Films were shot at various localities in Russia, including: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Krasnodar, Krimsk, village of Urmia, Armavir, Novorossiysk, Rostov-na-Donu, Novocherkassk, Shakhti, Akhtubinsk, Murmansk.
Duration- 130 min
Produced & written by Lina Yakubova
Directed by Artak Avdalyan
Original music by Vahan Artsruni
Director of Photography Karen Stepanyan
Film sponsored by
Assyrian Universal Alliance Foundation (Chicago IL)