Anton Yervandi Kochinyan ( hy, Անտոն Երվանդի Քոչինյան; 25 October 1913 – 1 December 1990,

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) was a Soviet Armenian politician. He was Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1952 to 1966, and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of

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from 1966 until his retirement in 1974.

Biography

He pleaded unsuccessfully with central government in

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for the unification of

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with

. He was succeeded by

Karen Demirchyan Karen Serobi Demirchyan ( hy, Կարեն Սերոբի Դեմիրճյան; 17 April 1932 – 27 October 1999) was a Soviet and Armenian politician. He served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1974 to 1988. Soon after ...

in 1974.

Publications

* Anton Kochinyan (1960
''Armenia: big strides in an ancient land''
London, Soviet Booklets

References

Кочинян Антон Ервандович
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