Tuman Tumyan ( hy, Թուման Թումյան; 1879–1906) was an active participant of the Armenian national liberation movement. Tuman Tumyan was born in 1879 in

Shusha / hy, Շուշի , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = ShushaCollection2021.jpg , image_caption = Landmarks of Shusha, from top left:Ghazanchetsots Cathedral • Yukhari Govha ...

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and had his local education there; one of his classmates was famed revolutionary Garegin Nzhdeh. Tumanian became known throughout Karabakh when he began publishing the ''Kokon'' newspaper in Shushi. He was instrumental in the engagement of gathering volunteer troops in

Western Armenia Western Armenia (Western Armenian: Արեւմտեան Հայաստան, ''Arevmdian Hayasdan'') is a term to refer to the eastern parts of Turkey (formerly the Ottoman Empire) that are part of the historical homeland of the Armenians. Weste ...

. Tumanian died in action in 1906. Poet Avetik Isahakian dedicated his famous song "Vorskan Akhper" to Tumian.

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