Natalia Martirosyan

Natalia Artemi Martirosyan (; – 14 June 1960) was an Armenian irrigation engineer. She led the design of several noteworthy irrigation projects throughout her career, including the , the , and Lake Arpi.

Biography Natalia Artemi Martirosyan was born on in Tbilisi, then part of Georgia in the Russian Empire. She graduated from the St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute in 1915 and trained as an irrigation engineer. She was elected to the Central Executive Committee of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic in 1931 and 1935.

Martirosyan participated in the design and construction of the from 1922 until 1925. In 1925, she became the head of the People's Commissariat for Water Management of the Armenian SSR, and she later worked at the from 1940 until 1960. In these roles, she designed the , the Lake Akna pumping station and irrigation network, the Lake Arpi reservoir, and several other projects. For her work, Martirosyan was awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and was named an in 1957.

Martirosyan died in Yerevan on 14 June 1960.