Armenians celebrate the anniversary of the First Republic of Armenia on May 28 – the day Armenia gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1918. Prior to Armenian independence, the Ottoman Empire persecuted and killed up to 1.2 million Armenians during the Armenian Genocide between 1915 and 1916. Read more...
Photo: A group of performers backstage at a past UCLA Armenian Music Festival is pictured. (Courtesy of the Armenian Music Program)






