Relations between A. Arpiaryan and M. Portugalian in a New Light
The letters addressed to each other by Mkrtich Portugalyan and Arpiar Arpiarian, pioneers of the ideology of the Western Armenian national liberation struggle and initiators of the awakening of the Armenian people from centuries of stagnation, are living documents and a reliable source for studying the historical period and events of interest, as well as ideological communities and disagreements between them.In the recently discovered letters, the adherents of the idea of self-help emphasized that in order to free themselves from Turkish violence, it is necessary to educate the younger generation in a new way, introduce freedom-loving ideas, as well as to rally all national forces around the idea of liberation.