Poland you don't know - Armenian character

Through successive immigrations, the Armenians of Poland gradually formed a colony, comprising 200,000. They were welcomed by the Kings of Poland and were granted not only religious liberty, but also political privileges. Casimir III (1333-1370) gave to the Armenians of Kamieniec Podolski in 1344 and those of Lwów in 1356 the right of setting up a national council, exclusively Armenian, known as the "Voit."

Armenian origin of many Polish families could be easily traced before World War II. They would intermarry among themselves; if they'd go on religious pilgrimages, they'd prefer visiting the Armenian cathedral of Lwów, built under the inspiration of the churches of Ani. Armyani is a historic old town, named after the Armenians, near the Smodrich River

After suffering heavy losses along with the rest of Poland's population in World War II, the polish Armenian community suffered a second loss. The regions of Poland where Armenians were concentrated such as Eastern Galicia were annexed into the Soviet Union as part of the agreements reached at the Yalta conference. As a result the Polish Armenian community became dispersed all over Poland.

Most Armenians living in Poland today origins are from the post-Soviet emigration rather than the older Armenian community. After the Soviet Union's collapse thousands of Armenians came to Poland to look for the opportunity to better their life. It is estimated that there are currently between 40,000-80,000 Armenians in Poland today, with only about 8,000 from the so-called 'old emigration'.

Famous Poles of Armenian descent:
Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998) — poet and essayist
Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922-2007), film director
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933- ), composer
Juliusz Słowacki (1809-1849) — poet
Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822-1882) — pharmacist, founder of the Polish oil industry, inventor of the kerosene lamp

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[Parvaneh90]

ciesze sie, ze pojawily sie nowe filmy :-)))) pozdrawiam!!!

[rub3nski]

sluze uprzejmie ;)

[shushi44]

polish and armenians both rule!

[BratWody]

Ten film powinno się niektórym polskim malkontentom puszczać, bo mnie np męczy w polskiej literaturze ten bezsensowny lament jak bardzo tu było jest i będzie zle, a ten ksiądz,... jeden z niewielu sprawiedliwych dziś i robi się z niego wariata.

[MarcoBocoure]

@WilkVreid chcecie szacunku....a zalugujecie nan? kim ty jestes....nie wybudowales nic...jaki ty polak jestes? cos takiego dokonal...zaslaniasz sie tylko przodkami.... kazdy jeden film o tematyce zydowskiej pelny jest wyzwisk i obelg... szczerze zadko pytaja spotykam sie z zydami mowiacymi zle o polsce...czasem tak ale to nic w porownaniu do ogromu wyzwisk jakie wypisuja tacy jak ty....i jak was maja ludzie opisywac? sami robicie sobie zla opinie....

[MarcoBocoure]

@WilkVreid gdy powstawal onz i polska delegacja nie byla zaproszona do rozmow 'inicjujacych' onz kto o Polsce pamietal? czy polonia amerykanska protestowala -nie!!! polski zyd Rubinsztajn (celowo pisze jego nazwisko po polsku) mimo ze mieszkajacy w zydowskiej dzielnicy obywatel ameryki zagral mazurka dabrowskiego!!!

co to sa wasze ziemie pozatem? ziemia nie nalezy do nikogo!

[MarcoBocoure]

@WilkVreid to pokazuje jak malo wiesz...a co z ''polskimi'' ormianskimi zydami? bardzow wielu tworcow kultury to byli wlasnie zamieszkujacy Polske ormianscy zydzi....raz nazywacie ich ormianami raz zydami...a bylo ich wiele wiele...

[mrKAROjan]

Poland & Armenia 4ever! i like Poland

[BayQar]

@Hayaserforeveer lsi berand paki te che berand kjardem. shut up ur dirty turkish mouth bitch. you know armenian well but anyways u do some elementary mistakes that reveals you to be a turkish provocator. It is abvious armenian is not ur native tongue. this and everybody else who has armenian blood is an armenian. being armenin is the same as to be have armenian. they armenian blood. maybe they don't live like us but their children can do it so shut the fuck ur dirty mouth turkish dog.

[Hayaserforeveer]

@BeautySavesWorld

I dont accept them as Hay, they are not Hay anymore. they are assimilyacvac polish now. they dont speak Armenian, they dont think Armenian, they dont live & breath as Armenian, this is reality: they are NOT Armenian. they are now POLISH. de lav, gnaceq lehakan yexeq, mez het gorc ch'uneq aylevs. inchi yes nranc piti endunem ayspes Hay? voch Hayeren en xosum, voch ayl Hay hogi/sirti/mitqi en. da e irakanuntyun@, uzes ch'uzes...nranq Hay chen u verj !!!!!!!

[dashnakk]

thanks for video

[BeautySavesWorld]

Great video, greetings to Poland from Armenia! ;-)

[ConflictedYouth]

Thanks for the video and to Poland as well

[satothequeen]

God bless Armenia and Poland !!