April 24 marks 100 years since the start of the Armenian Genocide, when more than a million Armenians were killed in 1915, during the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey still refuses to acknowledge the genocide. Enter Kim Kardashian.

Fear not, we know that this is an old picture and she's gone brunette again.

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Many Armenians fled the genocide, creating a huge diaspora. Today, more live abroad than in the country of Armenia itself.

So Kim and the rest of her family are making a pilgrimage to Armenia to commemorate the anniversary, a couple of weeks early. And the crowd that awaited her arrival was thrilled....if not, according to a livestream of the airport, particularly thrilling.

So Kim and the rest of her family are making a pilgrimage to Armenia to commemorate the anniversary, a couple of weeks early. And the crowd that awaited her arrival was thrilled....if not, according to a livestream of the airport, particularly thrilling.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Armenia Is Very, Very Excited That Kim Kardashian Is Visiting Her Homeland

April 24 marks 100 years since the start of the Armenian Genocide, when more than a million Armenians were killed in 1915, during the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey still refuses to acknowledge the genocide. Enter Kim Kardashian.

So Kim and the rest of her family are making a pilgrimage to Armenia to commemorate the anniversary, a couple of weeks early. And the crowd that awaited her arrival was thrilled....if not, according to a livestream of the airport, particularly thrilling.

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