For those who don’t know, Nansen is considered a hero in Armenia because he was one of the few international figures who provided concrete, life-saving aid to survivors of the Armenian Genocide.
..glad someone appreciates what he stood for. In Norway, we have recently (with the conservatives in a majority, and since then with the support of the labour party in their majority) reinvented “paper-less”, non-persons, refugees and asylum seekers — literally what Nansen’s initiative with the Nansen-passports put an end to.
Only statues we have of him now are in museums, or around universities – where no one is allowed to point out how sincerely hated and lambasted the Nansen-passports would have universally been in Norway today.
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Stumbled upon this once when walking about in Yerevan, very cool to see as a Norwegian.
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Hey guys i am not Norwegian i am Local from Yerevan and in the center we have Nansens statue
Hey, you almost managed to get the whole statue in the picture as well. Not bad.
[Nansen Yerevan – Remembering the hero](https://www.spottedbylocals.com/yerevan/nansen/)
Apparently, [there is a museum there as well](https://nansen.mus.am/en/), named after Nansen.
For those who don’t know, Nansen is considered a hero in Armenia because he was one of the few international figures who provided concrete, life-saving aid to survivors of the Armenian Genocide.
You may be interested in how another famous Norwegian saw the Caucasus in 1903: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Wonderland
..glad someone appreciates what he stood for. In Norway, we have recently (with the conservatives in a majority, and since then with the support of the labour party in their majority) reinvented “paper-less”, non-persons, refugees and asylum seekers — literally what Nansen’s initiative with the Nansen-passports put an end to.
Only statues we have of him now are in museums, or around universities – where no one is allowed to point out how sincerely hated and lambasted the Nansen-passports would have universally been in Norway today.
Stumbled upon this once when walking about in Yerevan, very cool to see as a Norwegian.