Армяне - самые успешные в Великобритании

[Yilmaz]

http://www.timesonli...ticle634244.ece

ARMENIAN immigrants and their descendants are the most successful ethnic group in the country, according to an analysis of "melting pot" Britain.

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Of the 2,651 people of Armenian descent in Britain, more than 1,600 run businesses and a high proportion live in expensive parts of west London.

Among the most successful is Bob Manoukian, property developer and former agent for Prince Jefri of Brunei. He has a family fortune of £300m, according to The Sunday Times Rich List.

Other successful people with Armenian roots include David Dickinson, presenter of the BBC's Bargain Hunt, and Ara Palamoudian, chairman of the Armenian community & church council of Great Britain.

He said: "Armenians have always tried to be self-sufficient and not to be a burden on any country. It could be the history of the Armenian people, the way their lives have been over centuries. They had to find shelter around the world."

Many Armenians fled to England after the first world war, during which up to 1.5m died, amid allegations of genocide by the Turks.

Other waves arrived in the 1970s and 1980s.

http://www.cilicia.com/2006/09/armenians-most-successful-in-uk.html