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Avakian
Avakian ( hy, Ավագյան; also spelled Avagian, Avagyan, Avakyan, or Avak'yan) is a name of Armenian origin. It derives from the Armenian word avag, meaning "oldest", "old", or "big", perhaps signifying that a male ancestor was a prominent individual in his community. It may also mean "son of Avak". People * Henri Avagyan, Armenian footballer * Bob Avakian (1943-), chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA * Emik Avakian (1923–2013), American inventor of Armenian descent and owner of numerous patents * George Avakian (1919-2017), jazz record producer See also * Armenian surnames * Avak (other) Avak may refer to: People *Avak Asadourian (born 1942), a Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church Places *Avak crater, an impact crater southeast of Barrow, Alaska, United States *Avak-e Pain, a village in Kuhak Rural District, in the Central Dis ... Notes {{surname Armenian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Avakian
Robert "Bob" Bruce Avakian (born March 7, 1943) is the founder and chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP). Avakian developed the organization's official ideology, a theoretical framework rooted in Maoism, called "the New Synthesis" or the "New Communism." Coming out of the New Left, Avakian has written several books over four decades, including an autobiography. Early life Avakian was born on March 7, 1943, in Washington, D.C., to Ruth and Spurgeon Avakian (an Armenian American lawyer, Civil and political rights, civil rights activist, and later judge on the Alameda County, California California superior courts, superior court), and, after spending his first three years in the Washington metropolitan area, spent the rest of his childhood and adolescence in Berkeley, California. Political activities As a young man, Avakian became involved with the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at Berkeley, the Free Speech Movement and the Black Panther Party. In 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Avakian
George Mesrop Avakian (; russian: Геворк Авакян; March 15, 1919 – November 22, 2017) was an American record producer, artist manager, writer, educator and executive. Best known for his work from 1939 to the early 1960s at Decca Records, Columbia Records, World Pacific Records, Warner Bros. Records, and RCA Records, he was a major force in the expansion and development of the U.S. recording industry. Avakian functioned as an independent producer and manager from the 1960s to the early 2000s and worked with artists such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck, Eddie Condon, Keith Jarrett, Erroll Garner, Buck Clayton, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, Edith Piaf, Bob Newhart, Johnny Mathis, John Cage, Alan Hovhaness, Ravi Shankar, and many other notable jazz musicians and composers. Biography Early life and career Avakian was born in Armavir, Russia, to Armenian parents, Mesrop and Manoushak Avakian; the family moved to the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (also known as RCP and The Revcoms) is a communist party in the United States founded in 1975 and led by its chairman, Bob Avakian. The party organizes for a revolution to overthrow the system of capitalism and replace it with a socialist state, with the final aim of world communism. The RCP is frequently described as a cult, a characterization to which it strongly objects. History 1960s–1970s In early 1968, Avakian, Leibel Bergman, H. Bruce Franklin, Stephen Charles Hamilton and a score or so others—comprising both veterans of the Communist Party USA and Bay Area radicals based in Palo Alto, Berkeley, and San Francisco, formed the Bay Area Revolutionary Union (BARU). Among the BARU's first tasks was to challenge the Maoist Progressive Labor Party (PLP) over its positions on the Black Panther Party, the Chinese Cultural Revolution and the direction of Maoism. The early RU joined with the Revolutionary Youth Movement faction in the Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emik Avakian
Emik Avakian ( hy, Էմիք Աւաքեան; August 15, 1923 – July 11, 2013) was an Armenian American inventor and owner of numerous patents including breath-operated computer, a mechanism that facilitates putting wheelchairs on automobiles, and a self operating robotic wheel that converts manual wheel chairs into automatic. Many of his inventions were geared towards the improvement of disabled people's lives, and he won many awards recognizing these efforts. Life Of Armenian descent, Emik Avakian was born in Tabriz, Persia in 1924. Avakian was born with a severe case of cerebral palsy, but this did not affect his cognitive abilities. In order to seek medical assistance for Emik, the Avakian family traveled from Persia, to Russia, to Germany, and finally settling in New York City. By the age of thirteen, Emik was already fixing many electrical engineering problems around the household. Although he suffered considerably, Avakian graduated magna cum laude from Eureka College with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avak (other)
Avak may refer to: People *Avak Asadourian (born 1942), a Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church Places *Avak crater, an impact crater southeast of Barrow, Alaska, United States *Avak-e Pain, a village in Kuhak Rural District, in the Central District of Jahrom County, Fars Province, Iran *Baron Avak, an old neighbourhood in the city center of Tabriz, Iran Others *Operation Avak Operation Avak ( he, מִבְצָע אָבָק, "Operation Dust") was a logistical and military operation conducted during the second truce of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and later by the Israeli Air Force (IAF). Its objective was to send supplies ..., a logistical and military operation conducted during the second truce of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and later by the Israeli Air Force See also * Avakian {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Avagyan
Henri Avagyan ( hy, Հենրի Ավագյան; born 16 January 1996) is an Armenian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Pyunik and the Armenia national team. Career Club On 5 August 2020, Avagyan signed for FC Van. On 28 December 2022, FC Pyunik announced the signing of Avagyan. International Avagyan made his international debut for Armenia on 19 November 2018, starting in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D match against Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ..., which finished as a 2–2 away draw. Career statistics International References External links * * 1996 births Living people Footballers from Yerevan Armenian footballers Armenia youth international footballers Armenia under-21 international footballers Armenia internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Surnames
An Armenian name comprises a given name and a surname. First names According to Armenia's National Statistical Service, the most commonly used names for newborn boys in Armenia, , were Davit, Narek, Gor, Hayk, Alex, Erik, Arman, Samvel, Tigran, and Aram. For girls, the most popular names were Nare, Milena, Mane, Ani, Anna, Anahit, Mariam, Elen, and Mary. Traditionally, Armenians have used Biblical names of Greek, Latin and Hebrew origin, such as Abraham, Hakob (Jacob), Hovhannes (John), Petros (Peter), Poghos (Paul), Madlene ( Magdalene), Yeghisabet (Elizabeth), Tamar, etc. Surnames Typical modern Armenian last names (family names) end with the originally patronymic suffix -յան ( reformed orthography) or -եան ( classical orthography), transliterated as -yan, -ian, or less often '-jan'. Example: Petros''yan'', meaning "issued from Petros", akin to the English name Peterson. Some Armenian last names bear the suffix -նց ( ʦʰ, transliterated as -nc, -nts or - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
