Հիմնարար հայագիտություն=Fundamental Armenology
Translated from Armenian by Gevorg Harutyunyan
This study examines the Sanasarian School of Erzurum as a contested site in Russian-Ottoman imperial rivalries on the eve of the Great War. Using Russian consular reports, it explores how the school became a focal point of geopolitical struggles, caught between Armenian national aspirations and foreign influences. Founded in 1881, the Sanasarian School was a prestigious Armenian institution, yet Russian authorities viewed it with suspicion, fearing its role in fostering nationalist sentiment and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation influence. The school’s strategic location made it a nexus of competing Russian, Ottoman, and German interests, reflecting broader power struggles in the region. This paper argues that the school was not merely a passive recipient of imperial policies but an active participant in transimperial networks, demonstrating how education shaped identity, political activism, and great-power intervention in the contested Ottoman borderlands.
oai:arar.sci.am:402781
Jul 17, 2025
Jul 17, 2025
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https://arar.sci.am/publication/435017
Košťálová, Petra
Sukiasyan, Robert
Bjørnlund, Matthias
Galustyan, Regina