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List Of Armenians From Nagorno-Karabakh
This is a list of Armenians from Nagorno Karabakh. Arts *André, pop singer, first artist to represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 * Don Askarian, filmmaker, recipient of the Golden Camera Award for Life Achievement at Int. ART Film Festival, Slovakia *Zori Balayan, novelist, journalist, public activist * Vladimir Arzumanyan, child singer, winner of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Scientists and scholars *Armen Abaghian, atomic energy specialist, Doctor of Technical Sciences, member of Russian Academy of Sciences * Artashes Arakelian (1909–1993), economist, the head of the Economy Institute of Armenian Science Academy *Arakel Babakhanian (1860–1932), historian, publicist, writer, critic * Ivan Knuniants (1906–1990), Soviet chemist *Khoren Sargsian (1891–1970), writer, critic, the director of the Literature Institute of Armenian Academy of Sciences (1943–1947) * Armen Takhtajian (1910–2009), botanist *Ashot Hovhannisian (1887–1972), Marxist h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Language
Armenian ( classical: , reformed: , , ) is an Indo-European language and an independent branch of that family of languages. It is the official language of Armenia. Historically spoken in the Armenian Highlands, today Armenian is widely spoken throughout the Armenian diaspora. Armenian is written in its own writing system, the Armenian alphabet, introduced in 405 AD by the priest Mesrop Mashtots. The total number of Armenian speakers worldwide is estimated between 5 and 7 million. History Classification and origins Armenian is an independent branch of the Indo-European languages. It is of interest to linguists for its distinctive phonological changes within that family. Armenian exhibits more satemization than centumization, although it is not classified as belonging to either of these subgroups. Some linguists tentatively conclude that Armenian, Greek (and Phrygian) and Indo-Iranian were dialectally close to each other;''Handbook of Formal Languages'' (1997p. 6 wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khoren Sargsian
Khoren Sargsian ( hy, Խորեն Սարգսյան; 1891–1970) was an Armenian writer, critic, doctor of philology, and professor. He graduated from Saint Petersburg University and later went on to become the director of the Literature Institute of the Armenian SA from 1943 to 1947. He authored many publications on famous Armenian figures such as Vahan Terian, Levon Shant, Stepan Zoryan, and Sayat-Nova Sayat-Nova ( Armenian: Սայեաթ-Նովայ ( сlassical), Սայաթ-Նովա ( reformed); ka, საიათნოვა; ; ; born Harutyun Sayatyan; 14 June 1712 – 22 September 1795) was an Armenian poet, musician and ''ashugh'', w .... Sources * Armenian Concise Encyclopedia, Ed. by acad. K. Khudaverdian, Yerevan, 1990, p. 484 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sargsian, Khoren Soviet literary critics Soviet academics Soviet philosophers Armenian literary critics Armenian academics 20th-century Armenian philosophers 1970 deaths 1891 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Atabekian
Alexander Movsesi Atabekian ( hy, Ալեքսանդր Մովսեսի Աթաբեկյան; 2 February 1868 – 4 December 1933) was a prominent Armenian anarchist, author and publisher of anarchist literature in Russian. Biography Alexander Movsesi Atabekian was born on February 2, 1868, into an Armenian aristocratic (princely - melik) family of a doctor, in Shusha. Atabekian initially studied in a college in his native town, graduating in 1886, and then went on to study medicine at the University of Geneva (1889–96) and at Lyon. From 1888 to 1890, during his early years in Geneva, Atabekian participated in the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party, contributing to the typesetting of its periodical ''Hinchak'' (''Sound of the Bell''), which was published by Avetis Nazarbekian. He left the party and became an anarchist in 1890 through reading '' Words of a Rebel'', a series of essays written by Peter Kropotkin in 1879 for the paper ''Le Revolt'' later collected for publication in 1885 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hambardzum Arakelian
Hambardzum Arakelian ( hy, Համբարձում Առաքելյան ''Shahriar'' ( hy, Շահրիար), 1865, Shusha, Russian Empire - 1918, Tbilisi) was an Armenian journalist, writer and public activist, the founder of The Relief Committee for Armenian migrants (1915) and Armenian Popular party. Biography He studied in Shusha, then in Baku and Moscow, then moved to Tbilisi, where edited "Mshak" paper (succeed to Grigor Artsruni). He participated to Hague Peace Conference, marked the necessity of reforms in Armenians-inhabited territories of Ottoman Empire. An opposer of October Revolution, he was killed in 1918. Sources * Concise Armenian Encyclopedia, Ed. by acad. K. Khudaverdyan, Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ..., 1990, Vol. 1, pp. 145–146. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagharsh Vagharshian
Vagharsh Bogdani Vagharshian (14 February 1894 – 6 May 1959) was a Soviet and Armenian actor, director, playwright and public figure. People's Artist of the USSR (1954). Vagharshian graduated from a diocese school in Shushi and then worked with an Armenian theater crews in Baku, Azerbaijan. Since 1923 he performed at the Sundukyan State Academic Theatre. In 1941–1944 he was the artistic director of the theater and starred in a number of films. Since 1944 he taught acting at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography. He was a deputy of the Supreme Council of USSR. ''The Song of First Love ''The Song of First Love'' ( hy, Առաջին Սիրո Երգը; russian: Песня первой любви) is a 1958 Soviet romantic musical film co-directed by Yuri Yerznkyan and Laert Vagharshyan. The film is about a talented singer, spoiled b ...'' (1958) was Vagharshian's last film in which he acted. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Vagharshian, Vagharsh 1894 births 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsen Terteryan
Arsen Harutyuni Terteryan ( hy, Արսեն Տերտերյան; 22 December 1882, Shusha – 6 October 1953, Yerevan) was a Soviet Armenian literary critic, academic of Science Academy of Armenia, awarded by ''Renowned scientist'' title (1940). Graduated from the Saint-Petersburg psycho-neurological institute in 1909. Since 1930 a Professor of Yerevan State University. He is an author of critical researches dedicated to Mikael Nalbandian, Nar-Dos, Khachatur Abovian Khachatur Abovian ( hy, Խաչատուր Աբովյան, Khach’atur Abovyan; (disappeared)) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was eventually presumed dead. He was ..., Valeri Bryusov and Alexander Shirvanzade. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Terteryan, Arsen 1882 births 1953 deaths Writers from Shusha Academics of Yerevan State University Soviet literary critics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muratsan
Grigor Ter-Hovhannisian ( hy, Գրիգոր Տեր-Հովհաննիսյան; December 1, 1854 – September 12, 1908), better known as Muratsan ( hy, Մուրացան), was a prolific Armenian writer, known best for writing '' Gevorg Marzpetuni'' (1896), a historical novel set during the time of King Ashot II in Armenia in the tenth century. Biography Muratsan was born in the city of Shushi to a middle-class family. His father was a craftsman. Until the age of 12 he studied at a local private school. He was forced to cease his education due to his father's death. Two years later he enrolled in the diocesan school, from which he graduated in June 1873. In 1877 he traveled within Artsakh and researched much of the ancient ruins. Upon his return to Shushi he wrote a brief history of the noble Hasan-Jalalyan family. In 1878 he moved to Tiflis, where he worked as a teacher and accountant and remained for the rest of his life. He became famous after the production of his historical d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Melik-Pashaev
Alexander Shamil'evich Melik-Pashayev (russian: Александр Шамильевич Мелик-Пашаев; hy, Ալեքսանդր Մելիք-Փաշայան, Alek’sandr Melik’-P’ashayan; 23 October 1905, in Tbilisi – 18 June 1964), PAU, was a Soviet-Armenian conductor. He made numerous highly regarded recordings with Melodiya from the 1940s to the 1960s, including memorable versions of ''Boris Godunov Borís Fyodorovich Godunóv (; russian: Борис Фёдорович Годунов; 1552 ) ruled the Tsardom of Russia as ''de facto'' regent from c. 1585 to 1598 and then as the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. After the end of his ...'', '' War and Peace'' and '' The Queen of Spades''. External links Biography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gevork Kotiantz
Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz ( hy, Գևորգ Վարդանի Կոթյանց; russian: Гево́рк Варта́нович Котья́нц; 12 November 1909 in Shusha, Shusha uezd, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire – 28 August 1996 in Saint Petersburg, Russia ) was a Soviet, Russian - Armenian painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting. Biography He was born on 12 November 1909 in Shusha, Elizavetpol Governorate in the family of craftsman jeweler. In the same year his family moved to the North Caucasus in Pyatigorsk. In 1927-1929 Kotiantz engaged in a private Art studio in Pyatigorsk, independently studied paintings of outstanding artists of the past through books and reproductions, and a lot painted from the life. In 1929 he became a member of the Pyatigorsk branch of the AKhR — Association of Artists of the Revolution (russian: link=no, Ассоциация художников револю ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakob Gyurjian
Hakob Gyurjian (Gurdjian) ( hy, Հակոբ Մարգարի Գյուրջյան; , 1881 – December 28, 1948) was an Armenian sculptor.Гюрджян Акоп Маркарович Great Soviet Encyclopedia Biography Gyurjian was born in Shushi, and studied at Académie Julian in Paris and at Auguste Rodin's studio. In 1914-1921 he worked in Moscow (Vladimir Lenin participated during the opening of a monument by Gyurjian). From 1921 he lived in Paris.Famous works He is the author of over 300 sculpture portraits (Feodor Chaliapin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ludwig van Beethoven, Vahan Terian, Martiros Saryan, Georgy Bogdanovich Yakulov, Georgy Yakulov, etc.), also “Diana”, “Nude woman”, “Adolescence” and many others are famous sculptures. National Gal ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Arutchian
Mikael Aveti Arutchian (russian: Арутчян Михаил Аветович; , 1897 – June 9, 1961), was a Soviet and Armenian theatrical painter and designer, People's artist of Armenia (1958). He is one of the founders of Armenian theatral-decorative art. Arutchian was born in . He graduated in (1920–23) and (1924–25). He designed more than a hundred the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepan Aghajanian
Stepan Meliksetovich Aghajanian ( hy, Ստեփան Մելիքսեթի Աղաջանյան; 16 December 1863 – 13 December 1940) was an Armenian painter; known primarily for portraits and landscapes. Biography He was born in Shusha. His father was a tailor. He began his education at the (1872–1881), then transferred to the local Russian school (1881–1884). Following that, he moved to Baku then, in 1886, left to study in France. He initially studied art in Marseille (1886–1890). Later, he went to Paris, where he entered the Académie Julian. He was there from 1897 to 1900, studying with Jean-Paul Laurens and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant. In 1900, he returned to Shusha, then worked in Baku from 1902 to 1904. Finally, he settled in Rostov-on-Don, where he taught painting in the public schools until 1921. He returned to Armenia in 1921, at the beginning of the Russian Civil War. After 1929, he worked as a teacher at the Art Industrial College (now the ]). He was awarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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