Varazdat Harutyunyan (also Harutiunian, hy, Վարազդատ Հարությունյան; 29 November 1909 – 20 March 2008) was an Armenian academic, architect and writer.
Biography
Harutyunyan was born in the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
, in the town of
Van
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, but he and his family were forced to flee into Russian territory during the
Armenian genocide
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was ...
. They settled first in
Tbilisi
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and then in
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 ...
. In 1946, he obtained his Ph.D., and then Doctor of Science in architecture. In 1964, he became a professor of history. In 1996 he was elected Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. In
Armenia
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, he was also president of the Society for Protection of Historical Monuments.
He was the author of over 40 books and over 800 articles, mostly on
Armenian architecture
Armenian architecture comprises architectural works with an aesthetic or historical connection to the Armenian people. It is difficult to situate this architectural style within precise geographical or chronological limits, but many of its monumen ...
.
[Hushardzan, Annual 3, p223-224, Yerevan, 2005.]
References
External links
Life of Academician Varazdat Harutyunyan hy, ՀՀԳԱԱ ԱԿԱԴԵՄԻԿՈՍ ՎԱՐԱԶԴԱՏ ՀԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՅԱՆԻ ԿԱՅՔ*
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1909 births
2008 deaths
20th-century Armenian architects
20th-century Armenian historians
People from Van, Turkey
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
National Polytechnic University of Armenia alumni
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire
Armenian genocide survivors
Armenians from the Ottoman Empire
Soviet architects
Soviet historians