The Kardashians Wow Armenia On Baptismal Visit
There was a buzz on the streets of Yerevan as sisters Kim and Kourtney Kardashian arrived to baptize their children -- and Kim floated the idea of manufacturing her underwear line in Armenia.
![American reality TV star Kim Kardashian walks with her son Saint in Yerevan on the evening of October 7.](https://gdb.rferl.org/a2cbb11d-0bf7-4837-a1e0-7ae5edbd9a9f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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American reality TV star Kim Kardashian walks with her son Saint in Yerevan on the evening of October 7.
![Kim is often dubbed the "Queen" of social media, with 148 million followers on her Instagram page, and 62 million on her Twitter account.](https://gdb.rferl.org/dc10cee0-bd7d-4991-9c0a-4803e41ca117_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kim is often dubbed the "Queen" of social media, with 148 million followers on her Instagram page, and 62 million on her Twitter account.
![Kim puckers up for a selfie with a fan on October 8. The Kardashians were in their ancestral homeland of Armenia to baptize their children.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c6388dc5-8f44-45f1-b594-106f7872eed2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kim puckers up for a selfie with a fan on October 8. The Kardashians were in their ancestral homeland of Armenia to baptize their children.
![Kim Kardashian was also a guest speaker at a technology conference in Yerevan on October 8.](https://gdb.rferl.org/2668c638-4389-4e04-8b3d-b93bb804287f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kim Kardashian was also a guest speaker at a technology conference in Yerevan on October 8.
![During the conference, Kardashian said she was looking at ways to manufacture her underwear line in Armenia.](https://gdb.rferl.org/9ce8c40e-315c-424c-b2c4-2a5909642ef6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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During the conference, Kardashian said she was looking at ways to manufacture her underwear line in Armenia.
!["I'm definitely talking to a few major Armenian investors about hopefully trying to figure out a factory for my shapewear and about trying to figure out what kind of factories you have that I can manufacture products in here," Kardashian told reporters.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c2337d48-afba-4313-8e00-2c7ef17bd538_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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"I'm definitely talking to a few major Armenian investors about hopefully trying to figure out a factory for my shapewear and about trying to figure out what kind of factories you have that I can manufacture products in here," Kardashian told reporters.
![Kim at the Armenian Genocide Memorial outside of Yerevan on October 8, where the Kardashians paid their respects to the Armenians killed by Ottoman Turks starting in 1915.](https://gdb.rferl.org/38c39a94-4bfa-472d-9e70-12b481925680_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kim at the Armenian Genocide Memorial outside of Yerevan on October 8, where the Kardashians paid their respects to the Armenians killed by Ottoman Turks starting in 1915.
![Kim (left) and her older sister Kourtney and Kourtney's children, Penelope (right) and Mason, prepare to lay flowers at the memorial.](https://gdb.rferl.org/6771eccd-5064-40cc-85b3-fbc26d46b521_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kim (left) and her older sister Kourtney and Kourtney's children, Penelope (right) and Mason, prepare to lay flowers at the memorial.
![The stone monument and its eternal flame commemorates the mass slaughter and deportation of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks during the World War I-era.](https://gdb.rferl.org/caccf1d9-658d-4c13-8cc9-d404e711193a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The stone monument and its eternal flame commemorates the mass slaughter and deportation of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks during the World War I-era.
![Kim leaves the memorial past a phalanx of photographers on October 8. The Kardashians' ancestors emigrated to the United States from Armenia in the late 19th century.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e3a36bca-4fac-44a4-ac19-42e5e8be5884_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kim leaves the memorial past a phalanx of photographers on October 8. The Kardashians' ancestors emigrated to the United States from Armenia in the late 19th century.
![Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian (right) meets with Kim Kardashian in Yerevan on October 9. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/dcfc4ed8-23f7-47e3-a5bb-628388e27c42_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian (right) meets with Kim Kardashian in Yerevan on October 9.