Hayk Asatryan ( hy, Հայկ Ասատրյան; 5 February 1900 – 13 January 1956) was an Armenian

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, an associate and close friend of

Garegin Nzhdeh Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan, better known by his ''nom de guerre'' Garegin Nzhdeh ( hy, Գարեգին Նժդեհ, ; 1 January 1886 – 21 December 1955), was an Armenian statesman, military commander and political thinker. As a member of the Arme ...

, and one of the founders of

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and Taronism. He authored several books and articles on the history of

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Biography

Asatryan was born in Alashkert. During his school years, he joined the

Armenian Revolutionary Federation The Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( hy, Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն, ՀՅԴ ( classical spelling), abbr. ARF or ARF-D) also known as Dashnaktsutyun (collectively referred to as Dashnaks for short), is an Armenian ...

and published the party's newspaper ''Shant'' in

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from 1918 to 1919. He participated in the 1921

February Uprising The February Uprising ( classical hy, Փետրուարեան ապստամբութիւն, reformed: Փետրվարյան ապստամբություն, ''P'etrvaryan apstambut'yun'') was an anti-Bolshevik rebellion by the nationalist Armenian Re ...

, and then settled in

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and

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. He later studied in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Prague, graduating in 1930 with the title of Doctor of Philosophical Sciences. He remained engaged in ARF party activities and was a member of the ARF Central Committee. Due to disagreements with his colleagues, Asatryan left the party in 1935. He worked closely with

and together they founded the ideology of

. Asatryan co-edited the ''Razmik'' and ''Eagle Taron'' newspapers with Nzhdeh from 1937 to 1944 in Bulgaria. In 1942, he published the book ''Armenia - Aryan Outpost in Western Asia'' in

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and

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. This book was meant to prove the

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origin of the Armenian people, amid propaganda in the German press that Armenians were of Semitic origin and to be exterminated. In 1944, he was arrested by

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soldiers in Bulgaria and transferred to prison, while his family was exiled to

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. He was granted amnesty in 1955 and died a year later in

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from a heart attack.

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