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Vardan
Vardan ( hy, Վարդան; Vartan in Western Armenian transliteration, pronounced in both Eastern and Western Armenian), Varden ( ka, ვარდენ) in Georgian, is an Armenian name of Middle Persian origin (from Mid. Pers. Wardā), popular in Armenia and Georgia. Saint Vardan * Saint Vardan (Saint Vartan in Western Armenian), an Armenian saint. See Vardan Mamikonian Given name *Vardan Adjemyan, Armenian composer of orchestral, operatic and chamber works * Vardan Adzemian (born 1984), American soccer player of Armenian heritage *Vardan Aigektsi (died 1250), Armenian author *Vardan Ajemian (1905–1977), Soviet Armenian theatral director and actor, People's Artist of USSR (1965) *Vardan Areveltsi (1198–1271), Armenian historian, geographer, philosopher and translator *Vardan Ayvazyan, the current Ecology Minister of Armenia *Vardan Bostanjyan (born 1949), Armenian politician *Vardan Ghazaryan (born 1969), Lebanese-Armenian footballer *Vardan Khachatryan (born 1968), forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Vardan
Vardan Mamikonian ( hy, Վարդան Մամիկոնեան; – 451) was an Armenian military leader who led a rebellion against Sasanian Iran in 450–451. He was the head of the Mamikonian noble family and holder of the hereditary title of , the supreme commander of the Armenian armed forces. Vardan and most of his comrades died at the Battle of Avarayr in 451, but their sacrifice was immortalized in the works of the Armenian historians Yeghishe and Ghazar Parpetsi. He is regarded as a national hero among Armenians and venerated as a martyr and a saint of the Armenian Church. Vardan and the rebellion he led are commemorated in numerous works of art and literature. According to Arshag Chobanian, "To the Armenian nation, Vartan ..is the most beloved figure, the most sacred in their history, the symbolical hero who typifies the national spirit." Biography Vardan Mamikonian was born in approximately 387 in the settlement of Ashtishat in the Taron region to Hamazasp Mamikonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardan Mamikonian
Vardan Mamikonian ( hy, Վարդան Մամիկոնեան; – 451) was an Armenian military leader who led a rebellion against Sasanian Iran in 450–451. He was the head of the Mamikonian noble family and holder of the hereditary title of , the supreme commander of the Armenian armed forces. Vardan and most of his comrades died at the Battle of Avarayr in 451, but their sacrifice was immortalized in the works of the Armenian historians Yeghishe and Ghazar Parpetsi. He is regarded as a national hero among Armenians and venerated as a martyr and a saint of the Armenian Church. Vardan and the rebellion he led are commemorated in numerous works of art and literature. According to Arshag Chobanian, "To the Armenian nation, Vartan ..is the most beloved figure, the most sacred in their history, the symbolical hero who typifies the national spirit." Biography Vardan Mamikonian was born in approximately 387 in the settlement of Ashtishat in the Taron region to Hamazasp Mamikonian an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardan Areveltsi
Vardan ( hy, wikt:Վարդան, Վարդան; Vartan (other), Vartan in Western Armenian transliteration, pronounced in both Eastern and Western Armenian), Varden (other), Varden ( ka, ვარდენ) in Georgian language, Georgian, is an Armenian name of Middle Persian language, Middle Persian origin (from Mid. Pers. Wardā), popular in Armenia and Georgia. Saint Vardan *Saint Vardan (Saint Vartan in Western Armenian), an Armenian saint. See Vardan Mamikonian Given name *Vardan Adjemyan, Armenian composer of orchestral, operatic and chamber works *Vardan Adzemian (born 1984), American soccer player of Armenian heritage *Vardan Aigektsi (died 1250), Armenian author *Vardan Ajemian (1905–1977), Soviet Armenian theatral director and actor, People's Artist of USSR (1965) *Vardan Areveltsi (1198–1271), Armenian historian, geographer, philosopher and translator *Vardan Ayvazyan, the current Ecology Minister of Armenia *Vardan Bostanjyan (born 1949), Armenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardan Kushnir
Vardan Vardanovich Kushnir (22 November 1969 – 24 July 2005) was a notorious spammer of Armenian-Jewish descent who ran the American Language Center (ALC) and who is believed to have spammed the entire population of Russian-language Internet users with ads for his language courses. Kushnir was murdered in 2005. Career According to some estimates, his ads reached 25 million users at his peak, between 2003 and 2004. Although only Muscovites were eligible to sign up, the ads went to many other countries, including Ukraine, the United States and Israel. Over the course of 2004, his output began to fall. He was almost completely forced off public email systems and resorted instead to using pager network ICQ. Public opprobrium against him was so great that his personal information was widely posted throughout the internet. The country's deputy minister of communications, Andrey Korotkov, recorded a message urging Kushnir to stop what he was doing, and Golden Telecom, one of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardan Aigektsi
Vardan Aygektsi or Vardan of Aygek ( hy, Վարդան Այգեկցի, died 1250) was an Armenian monk. Among his works is ''his Fables and a Geography'', both of which have been mistakenly attributed by some to Vardan Areveltsi. Aygektsi was born in Ma'arrata, a village near Afrin. Vardan lived for a time in Tluk in Cilician Armenia. He was educated in the Monastery of Arkakaghin and received the title of vardapet. In 1198, he took part in the coronation ceremony of King Levon II. From 1210, he was at the monastery of Aygek on the Amanus Mountains. His fables, commonly known as ''Aghvesagirq'' ('' Book of the Fox''), are said to have been only in part from his pen, many additions having been made by others. He died in 1250. In 1668, an extensive collection of Aygektsi's fables, under the title ''Aghvesagirq'' (''Book of the Fox'') was published in Amsterdam. The naming of the collection was based on the fact that the key character in most of the fables was a fox. Modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardan Minasyan
Vardan Minasyan ( hy, Վարդան Մինասյան; born 5 January 1974) is a former Armenian footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the former football manager of FC Taraz in the Kazakhstan Premier League. Minasyan has been largely credited for advancing Armenia international and domestic football. He led Armenia to a record 3rd-place finish in Euro 2012 qualifications, where Armenia scored 22 goals, in his first qualification cycle. Minasyan was also the longest serving manager of the Armenian national squad to date and has the best match record of all the former managers of the national team. When he resigned in October 2013 after the FIFA 2014 qualifications, Armenia was ranked #38 by FIFA, the highest rank in the Armenia national team's history. Club career Vardan Minasyan had played for several clubs in the Armenian Premier League. His main achievements had been made playing for Pyunik Yerevan. Minasyan was a member of Pyunik before going abroad and Pyunik after ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardan Bostanjyan
Vardan Bostanjyan (born 9 September 1949) is an Armenian politician. He attended at Yerevan State University. Tumanyan served as a Prosperous Armenia member of the National Assembly of Armenia from 1999 to 2003. He also served as ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ... of the National Assembly of Armenia from 12 May 2007. References 1949 births Living people Politicians from Yerevan Prosperous Armenia politicians 20th-century Armenian politicians 21st-century Armenian politicians Yerevan State University alumni Members of the National Assembly (Armenia) {{Armenia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardan Ghazaryan
Vardan Martun Ghazaryan (; ; born 1 December 1969) is a football coach and former player. Born in Armenia, Ghazaryan moved to Lebanon and obtained citizenship through naturalisation in 1994. He played for Homenetmen and Sagesse as a striker, and represented Lebanon internationally from 1995 until 2001. Ghazaryan is the second-highest all-time scorer in the Lebanese Premier League, scoring 117 official league goals. He is also the joint-top scorer for the national team with 21 goals, alongside Hassan Maatouk. In 2017, Ghazaryan was appointed manager of Tripoli for one year. He returned as Sagesse coach in 2021. Club career Ghazaryan started his senior career in 1989 in Armenia, at Spartak Hoktemberyan, before moving to Kapan in 1990. In 1992 he moved to Lebanon, joining Homenetmen Beirut. He stayed there for seven years, before moving to Sagesse in 1999. He spent three years there, before moving back to Homenetmen in 2002. Ghazaryan then joined Sagesse once again, in 2005, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardan Ajemian
Vardan Mkrtchi Ajemian ( hy, Վարդան Մկրտչի Աճեմյանը; September 15, 1905 in Van, Ottoman Empire – January 24, 1977 in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia) was an Armenian theatrical director and actor. He was named People's Artist of USSR in 1965 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1975. Biography Ajemian studied in Yerevan and Moscow. In 1928 he founded the Second Armenian State Theatre (Gyumri State Theatre). In 1939 he moved to Yerevan Sundukian Theatre and became its artistic director. He directed Alexander Shirvanzade's ''For the Honour'' (1939), William Saroyan's ''My Heart is in the Mountains'' (1961), Papazian's ''Rock'' (1944), Nairi Zarian's ''Ara Geghetsik'' (1946), Aramashot Papayan's ''The World, Yes, Turned Upside Down'' (1967) and several musical presentations. He won State Prizes of the USSR in 1951 and of the Armenian SSR in 1971. Awards * November 24, 1945 — Order of the Badge of Honor * 1951 — USSR State Prize, third level * June 27, 1956 — Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardan Mamikonian (musician)
Vardan Mamikonian is an Armenian pianist, and also a naturalised French citizen. Mamikonian was born into a musical family. He began his piano studies at the Yerevan School of Music at the age of 6. He continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory and at the prestigious Tchaikovsky Conservatory where he became a student of Valery Kastelsky, the last pupil of legendary teacher Heinrich Neuhaus. Further studies followed with Russian virtuoso Lazar Berman, and in 1981 he was awarded First Prize at the Balis Dvarionas Piano Competition in Vilnius. More first prizes followed - in 1990 at the Lefébure Competition in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and in 1992 at the World Music Masters Competition in Monte Carlo, reserved exclusively for winners of international competitions. In 1991 Mamikonian emigrated to France and has since made his home in Paris. Vardan Mamikonian has attracted the attention of the international public with his elegant technique and superb musicianship. In the USA he has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardan Militosyan
Vardan Militosyan ( hy, Վարդան Միլիտոսյան, 8 June 1950 – 29 April 2015) was a Soviet Armenian former weightlifter. He was awarded the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR title in 1976. Early life Born in Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia), a city famous for its world class weightlifters, Militosyan took up weightlifting in 1964 under the guidance of Hakob Faradzhyana and joined the Soviet national team in 1975. Career A year after joining the Soviet weightlifting team, Militosyan won a gold medal at the 1976 European Weightlifting Championships and a silver medal at the 1976 World Weightlifting Championships. Militosyan repeated his success in 1978, becoming a two-time European Champion. The Soviet team chose Militosyan to compete at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where he won an Olympic silver medal. Militosyan became the first weightlifter from Armenia to win an Olympic medal. He left the Soviet national team in 1979. Militosyan set four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vartan (other)
Vartan ( hy, Վարդան) (Vardan in Eastern Armenian transliteration) is an Armenian name. Vartan or Värtan may refer to: Saint Vartan *Saint Vartan (full name Vardan Mamikonian, 393–451 AD), Armenian military leader, martyr and saint of the Armenian Church * St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral, Armenian Apostolic church in New York City Vartan Mononym *Sargis Mehrabyan, known as Commander Vartan, Armenian fedayee military commander and member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation *Vartan Pasha (full name Hovsep Vartanian or Osep Vartanian), Ottoman Armenian statesman, author and journalist of the 19th century * Vartan Kurjian, an art director Given name *Vartan Ghazarian (born 1969), Lebanese-Armenian footballer *Vartan Gregorian (1934–2021), Armenian-American academic *Vartan Malakian, Armenian-American artist and father of Daron Malakian, an Armenian-American musician * Vartan Matiossian (born 1964), historian, translator, editor, and teacher *Vartan Oskanian (born 1955), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
