[38] Greater and Lesser Ararat are known as Büyük Ağrı and Küçük Ağrı, respectively. Ararat: Two Identifications", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Ararat&oldid=980716784, Five-thousanders of the Armenian Highlands, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from September 2019, CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown, Articles with Turkish-language sources (tr), Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism, Wikidata value to be checked for Infobox mountain, Articles containing Turkish-language text, Articles containing Armenian-language text, Articles containing Kurdish-language text, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2004, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles containing Ottoman Turkish-language text, Articles containing Persian-language text, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Holy Mountains", the 8th track of the album, "Here's to You Ararat" is a song from the 2006 album, Besides Ararat being the Hebrew version of, Richard James Fischer: "The Genesis text, using the plural 'mountains' (or hills), identifies no particular mountain, but points generally toward Armenia ('Ararat' being identical with the Assyrian 'Urartu') which is broadly embraces [sic] that region. Mount Ararat is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey. Russian Symbolist poet Valery Bryusov often referred to Ararat in his poetry and dedicated two poems to the mountain,[k] which were published in 1917. [5], The chronology of Holocene volcanic activity associated with Mount Ararat is documented by either archaeological excavations, oral history, historical records, or a combination of these data, which provide evidence that volcanic eruptions of Mount Ararat occurred in 2500–2400 BC, 550 BC, possibly in 1450 AD and 1783 AD, and definitely in 1840 AD. The most prominent party to lay claims to eastern Turkey is the nationalist Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun). The Ararat plain runs along its northwest to western side. [60][57][58][61] According to the interpretation of historical and archaeological data, strong earthquakes not associated with volcanic eruptions also occurred in the area of Mount Ararat in 139, 368, 851–893, and 1319 AD. Брюсова: к вопросу о влиянии событий Первой мировой войны на русскую литературу начала XX в. 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", Štromas wrote: "The Armenians would also be right to claim from Turkey the Ararat Valley, which is an indivisible part of the Armenian homeland containing the main spiritual center and supreme symbol of Armenia's nationhood, the holy Mountain of Ararat itself. Ararat. By entering this site, you are agreeing to our Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy. [59] Overall, radiometric ages obtained from the volcanic rocks erupted by Mount Ararat range from 1.5 to 0.02 Ma. It is the principal national symbol of Armenia and has been considered a sacred mountain by Armenians. [46][47][48][49] However, a number of sources, such as the United States Geological Survey and numerous topographic maps indicate that the alternatively widespread figure of 5,137 m (16,854 ft) is probably more accurate. [139] Stephanie Platz wrote, "Omnipresent, the vision of Ararat rising above Yerevan and its outskirts constantly reminds Armenians of their putative ethnogenesis … and of their exile from Eastern Anatolia after the Armenian genocide of 1915. Several major episodes in Declare (2001) by Tim Powers take place on Mt. [67][71] The group included Parrot, Abovian, two Russian soldiers – Aleksei Zdorovenko and Matvei Chalpanov – and two Armenian Akhuri villagers – Hovhannes Aivazian and Murad Poghosian. They flowed across the Doğubeyazıt plain and along the southerly flowing Sarısu River. an early account of an ascent of Mount Ararat. FC Ararat Yerevan is playing next match on 22 Sep 2020 against FC Ararat-Armenia in Premier League.When the match starts, you will be able to follow FC Ararat Yerevan v FC Ararat-Armenia live score, standings, minute by minute updated live results and match statistics. Along this fault and the subsidiary fissures and cracks, a number of parasitic cones and domes were built by minor eruptions. The lower moraine occurs about 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) downstream from Lake Balık. It is featured prominently in Armenian literature and art and is an icon for Armenian irredentism. The mountain came under Turkish control during the 1920 Turkish–Armenian War. FC Ararat Yerevan fixtures tab is showing last 100 Football matches with statistics and win/draw/lose icons. "[93][94], Most Christians identify Mount Ararat with the biblical "mountains of Ararat," "largely because it would have been the first peak to emerge from the receding flood waters",[87] and it is where most of Western Christianity place the landing of Noah's Ark. They set up a base camp at the Armenian monastery of St. Hakob some 730 metres (2,400 ft) higher, at an elevation of 1,943 metres (6,375 ft). This rate is consistent with the general rates of retreat of other Turkish summit glaciers and ice caps that have been documented by other studies. It was also depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 100 lira banknotes of 1972–1986. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian Highland with an elevation of 5,137 m (16,854 ft); Little Ararat's elevation is 3,896 m (12,782 ft). This is official webpage of ARARAT brandy produced by Yerevan Brandy Company, that as a subsidiary of Pernod Ricard is promoting responsible drinking. Access is still limited, even for climbers who obtain the necessary permission, and those who venture off the approved path may be fired upon without warning. [63][83][92] English traveler John Mandeville is another early author who mentioned Mount Ararat, "where Noah's ship rested, and it is still there. [21][30] The Kurdish name of the mountain is Çiyayê Agirî[42][43] [t͡ʃɪjaːˈje aːgɪˈriː], which translates to "fiery mountain".[44]. Հայոց անմահության խորհուրդը [Ashot Melkonyan, Ararat. "[140], Turkish political scientist Bayram Balci argues that regular references to the Armenian Genocide and Mount Ararat "clearly indicate" that the border with Turkey is contested in Armenia. Actualités Pour la saison en cours, voir: Championnat d'Arménie de football 2020-2021 0 modifier Le Football Club Ararat Erevan (en arménien: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), plus couramment abrégé en Ararat Erevan , est un club arménien de football fondé en 1935 et basé à Erevan , la capitale du pays. Ethnographer Levon Abrahamian noted that Ararat is visually present for Armenians in reality (it can be seen from many houses in Yerevan and settlements in the Ararat plain), symbolically (through many visual representations, such as on Armenia's coats of arms), and culturally—in numerous and various nostalgic poetical, political, architectural representation. The mountain has been called by the name Ararat (in the West) since the Middle Ages, as it began to be identified with "mountains of Ararat" described in the Bible as the resting place of Noah's Ark, despite contention that Genesis 8:4 does not refer specifically to a Mt. This volcanic activity has continued uninterrupted until historical times. 'What mountain is that?' ", "System of a Down – Holy Mountains Lyrics", "Armenian community of Estonia: A look into the future", "Անդրանիկ. [157] Other major Armenians artists who painted Ararat include Yeghishe Tadevosyan, Gevorg Bashinjaghian, Martiros Saryan,[158] and Panos Terlemezian. ARARAT Museum’s opening hours are Wednesday to Sunday 11:00–20:00 (last entry at 18:30), We will contact you soon for the confirmation of the date and time of your ARARAT tour/tasting. […] it connects Armenians to the biblical narrative of human development. / We do not think ourselves superior to anyone. According to Meliné Karakashian, Armenian poets "attribute to it symbolic meanings of unity, freedom, and independence. Does modern Turkey consider the possibility of giving the mount back to Armenians? [104] Despite numerous reports of ark sightings (e.g. From the 16th century until 1828 the range was part of the Ottoman-Persian border; Great Ararat's summit and the northern slopes, along with the eastern slopes of Little Ararat were controlled by Persia. Mt. [55] He also found two morainal deposits that were created by a Mount Ararat valley glacier of Pleistocene, possibly Wisconsinan (Last Glacial Maximum) age, downvalley from Lake Balık. "[164], During his travels to Armenia, Soviet Russian writer Vasily Grossman observed Mount Ararat from Yerevan standing "high in the blue sky." It is this snowy mountain, this bluish-white sunlit mountain that shone in the eyes of those who wrote the Bible. 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"[64] In response to its first ascent by Parrot and Abovian, one high-ranking Armenian Apostolic Church clergyman commented that to climb the sacred mountain was "to tie the womb of the mother of all mankind in a dragonish mode." [36][37] According to Russian orientalist Anatoly Novoseltsev the word Masis derives from Middle Persian masist, "the largest. Accompanying this uplift was extensive deformation by faulting and folding, which resulted in the creation of numerous local basins. The first recorded ascent of the mountain in modern times took place on 9 October [O.S. 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"[108], Despite lying outside the borders of the modern Armenia, Ararat has historically been associated with Armenia. One subsidiary cone erupted voluminous basalt and andesite lava flows. Founded 1935 Address Tigran Mets Avenue 4 Yerevan Country Armenia Phone +374 (15) 784 92 Fax +374 (15) 785 40 E-mail ararat_fc@yahoo.com [146] In various settings, several notable individuals such as German historian Tessa Hofmann,[g] Slovak conservative politician František Mikloško,[h] Lithuanian political scientist and Soviet dissident Aleksandras Štromas[i] have spoken in support of Armenian claims over Mt. Ararat. Tension between these faults not only formed the original pull-apart basin, but created a system of faults, exhibiting a horsetail splay pattern, that control the position of the principal volcanic eruption centers of Mount Ararat and associated linear belt of parasitic volcanic cones. [37] According to archaeologist Armen Petrosyan it originates from the Māšu (Mashu) mountain mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh, which sounded like Māsu in Assyrian. [10][12] The Iran-Turkey boundary skirts east of Lesser Ararat, the lower peak of the Ararat massif. The western volcanic cone, Greater Ararat, is a steep-sided volcanic cone that is larger and higher than the eastern volcanic cone. [54], Blumenthal estimated that the snow line had been as low as 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) in elevation during the Late Pleistocene. FC Ararat Yerevan live score (and video online live stream*), team roster with season schedule and results. It is depicted on the logos of Football Club Ararat Yerevan (since the Soviet times) and the Football Federation of Armenia. FC Ararat Yerevan top scorers list is updated live during every match. During the late Miocene–Pliocene period, widespread volcanism blanketed the entire East Anatolian–Iranian plateau under thick volcanic rocks. [76] Later in the 19th century, two British politicians and scholars—James Bryce (1876)[77] and H. F. B. Lynch (1893)[78][79]—climbed the mountain. [72] Parrot measured the elevation at 5,250 metres (17,220 ft) using a mercury barometer. "[97] Archaeological expeditions, sometimes supported by evangelical and millenarian churches, have been conducted since the 19th century in search of the ark. [19] Adriaans noted that Ararat is featured as a sanctified territory for the Armenians in everyday banal irredentism.