The article reveals the essence of genocide, on a bright example of the history of the Republic of Armenia. Examines the theoretical problems associated with the defi nition of genocide. The analysis of the scientifi c point of view on the subject of the study. Analyzes the historical chronicle of crime.
genocide, international law, criminal law, Armenia, UN punishment legislation.
1. Ofi tsial´nyy sayt k 100-letiyu genotsida armyan [The offi cial website for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide]. Available at: http://armeniangenocide100.org/ru/
2. Konventsiya o preduprezhdenii prestupleniya genotsida i nakazanii za nego 09.12.1948 [Genocide Convention 09/12/1948]. Deystvuyushchee mezhdunarodnoe pravo [The current international law]. V. 2. Moscow, Moskovskiy nezavisimyy institut mezhdunarodnogo prava Publ., 1997, pp. 68 - 71.
3. Obshchestvenno-politicheskiy zhurnal «Armeniya & Mir» [Socio-political magazine «Armenia & World»]. Moscow, I. 2 (3), 1997
4. Tribunal Permanent des Peuples le crime de silence le gynocide des armyniens. Pryface de Pierre Vidal-Naquet. Paris. Flammarion, 1984, pp. 12-13.
5. Brounli Ya. Mezhdunarodnoe pravo [international law]. Book II, Moscow, Izd-vo «Progress» Publ.,1977, p. 255.
6. Vestnik obshchestvennykh nauk [Bulletin of Social Sciences], 1985, I. 9 (513)
7. Barsegov Yu. «Genotsid armyan - prestuplenie protiv chelovechestva» (o pravomernosti termina i yuridicheskoy kvalifi katsii) [Armenian Genocide - a crime against humanity (the term of the legality and legal training)]. Erevan, Izdatel´stvo «Ayastan» Publ., 1990.
8. Avetisyan S.S., Chuchaev A.I. Ugolovnoe pravo Armenii i Rossii [Criminal Law of Armenia and Russia]. Moscow, Kontrakt Publ., 2014.
