Movses is an
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...
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given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
, equivalent to
Moses.
It gave rise to the surname
Movsesian.
The name may refer to:
Places
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Movses, a village in
Tavush
Tavush ( hy, wikt:Տավուշ, Տավուշ, ) is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province of Armenia located at the northeast of Armenia, bordered by Georgia (country), Georgia from the north and Azerbaijan from the east. Internally, Tav ...
, Armenia
Catholicoi of the Armenian Apostolic Church
* Moses I (456–461)
* Moses II of Armenia (574–604)
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Moses III of Armenia (1629–1632) - Catholicos Movses III of Tatev
Given name
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Movses Khorenatsi
Movses Khorenatsi (ca. 410–490s AD; hy, Մովսէս Խորենացի, , also written as ''Movses Xorenac‘i'' and Moses of Khoren, Moses of Chorene, and Moses Chorenensis in Latin sources) was a prominent Armenian historian from the late a ...
(410–490s), Armenian historian and author of ''History of Armenia''
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Movses Kaghankatvatsi Movses Kaghankatvatsi ( hy, Մովսէս Կաղանկատուացի ''Movses Kaġankatvac’i''), or Movses Daskhurantsi ( ''Movses Dasxuranc’i'') is the reputed author (or authors) of a tenth-century Classical Armenian historiographical work on C ...
, 7th century historian of Caucasian Albania
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Movses Baghramian Movses Baghramian ( hy, Մովսես Բաղրամյան) was an 18th-century Armenian liberation movement leader.classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ... (project).
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, 18th century Armenian liberation movement leader
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Movses Hakobyan
Movses Hranti Hakobyan ( hy, Մովսես Հրանտի Հակոբյան; born 4 February 1965) is a former senior Armenian military official and the former commander of NKR Defense Army and former Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Arme ...
, Armenian military leader and the commander in Karabakh
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Movses Silikyan
Movses Silikyan or Silikov (, ; 14 September 1862 – 22 November 1937) was an Armenian general who served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and later in the army of the First Republic of Armenia. He is regarded as a national hero i ...
(1862–1937), Armenian general
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Movses Gorgisyan
Movses Gevorgi Gorgisyan ( hy, Մովսես Գևորգի Գորգիսյան; 3 December 1961 – 19 January 1990) was an Armenian politician and national hero, one of the leaders of the Nagorno-Karabakh movement. He was one of the founders of th ...
, modern Armenian magazine editor
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