< ! -- Deleted image removed : Homenetmen was founded 16 November 1918 in Constantinople present-day Istanbul . The idea of a pan-Armenian sports association had been promoted for a number of years by an avid athlete and footballer Shavarsh Krissian who started publishing the Armenian language sports periodical '' Marmnamarz '' in 1911 by financial support of the brothers Levon and Krikor Hagopian and by encouragement of Hovhannes Hintliyan , and writer Hagop Sirouni . On 1 May 1911 , the Armenian Olympiad Navasartian Games were launched in Turkey . In 1912 , Hintliyan also published a pioneering article in '' Marmnamarz '' about Robert Baden-Powell and the scouting movement and soon a great number of Armenian scouting groups were established . In 1913 , the third pan-Armenian Olympiad was held presided by Komitas and for the first time a number of Armenian scouts also took part . Armenian sporting activities halted because if the onset of World War I and the demise of Shavarsh Krissian as a victim of the Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
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