Khoren Babkeni Abrahamyan ( hy, Խորեն Բաբկենի Աբրահամյան, April 1, 1930,

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

– December 10, 2004) was an

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actor and director, and

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

. Abrahamyan was honored with the title People’s Artist of the USSR in 1980.

Life and career

He studied at the Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts and graduated in 1951. Since 1951 worked at

Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan The Gabriel Sundukyan State Academic Theatre ( hy, Գաբրիել Սունդուկյանի անվան ազգային ակադեմիական թատրոն), founded on February 25, 1922 in Yerevan, is the oldest modern theatre in Armenia. Well-know ...

as actor. In 1980, he was appointed its executive director. As a student, Abramyan played several small parts in movies, including Hamo Bek-Nazaryan’s kolkhoz musical ''The Girl from Ararat Valley'' (1949), as well as in Russian productions such as Aleksandr Rou’s children’s film ''The Secret of the Mountain Lake'' (1954), Mikhail Kalatozov’s drama about the cultivation of untilled soil in the steppes of Kazakhstan ''The First Echelon'' (1956), and Aleksandr Zarkhi’s industrial construction tale ''The Height'' (1957). More significant roles included Arsen in ''The'' ''Song of First Love'' (1958) and Armen in Grigory Melik-Avakyan’s psychological drama ''The Heart of a Mother'' (1958). Abrahamyan gained recognition with his performance as Gevork in the Civil War drama ''The Brothers Saroyan'' (1968), which he also co-directed, and as the shepherd Pavle in Henrik Malyan’s ''We and Our Mountains'' (1970) from Hrant Matevosyan’s well-known novel. He played the lead, the compassionate archivist Armen Abramyan, in Frunze Dovlatyan’s ''A Chronicle of Yerevan Days'' (1974). An in demand actor of Armenian cinema in the 1970s, Abramyan also portrayed historical characters, among them the Bolshevik administrator Aleksandr Miasnikyan in Dovlatyan’s ''The Birth'' (1978) and Ter-Avetis in Edmond Keosayan’s 18th-century epic ''The Star of Hope'' (1979). He also played Sisakyan in the drama about terminal illness ''Live Long'' (1980). Abramyan’s filmography consisted of roles in adventure pictures as well as contemporary social drama, comedy, and thrillers. Some other movies by Abrahamyan are ''Lord'' as Rostom, ''

We and Our Mountains We and Our Mountains ( hy, Մենք ենք, մեր սարերը; russian: Мы и наши горы) is a 1969 Armenian comedy film directed by Henrik Malyan and starring Azat Sherents, Frunzik Mkrtchyan and Sos Sargsyan. It is widely considered ...

'' as Pavle, ''The Chronicle of Yerevan Days'', ''Travail'' as Myasnikyan and ''Hope Star'' as The Avedis. Knoren Abrahamyan's plaque, Yerevan

Khoren Abrahamyan is buried at

Komitas Pantheon __NOTOC__ Komitas Park and Pantheon ( hy, Կոմիտասի անվան զբոսայգի և պանթեոն) is located in Yerevan's Shengavit District, on the right side of the main Arshakunyats Avenue, in Armenia. It was formed in 1936 after the de ...

which is located in the city center of Yerevan.Abrahamyan's memorial tombstone at Komitas Pantheon
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abrahamyan, Khoren 1930 births 2004 deaths Male actors from Yerevan Soviet male actors Armenian male film actors Armenian male stage actors People's Artists of the USSR People's Artists of Armenia 20th-century Armenian male actors Burials at the Komitas Pantheon