Historic Armenia after 100 Years: Ani, Kars and the Six Provinces of Western Armenia, by writer and photographer Michael Karanian, is illustrated with 125 color maps and photographs, and includes antique photos from 100 years ago that are juxtaposed with images of the same locales as they appear today.
Matthew Karanian is a second generation Armenian American who practices law in Pasadena, California. He has lived and worked in Armenia for several years as Associate Dean of the law program at the American University of Armenia, and as the Director of the University’s Legal Research Center. Karanian has published six travel books used widely as travel guides to Artsakh and Eastern & Western Armenia.