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Tsatur Aghayan

1911 – 1982

Armenian historian

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About Tsatur Aghayan

Lived 1911 – 1982 (aged 70). Tsatur Aghayan was a Russian historian.

Tsatur Pavel Aghayan (; – 3 December 1982) was a Soviet-Armenian historian, a professor at Yerevan State University, an academician of the Armenian Academy of Sciences, the editor of the journal Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri, and a renowned scientist of the Armenian SSR. Aghayan was born in the village of Pip, Dashkesan.

He headed the branches of Soviet and modern history at the Institute of History (Armenian Sciences Academy), and from 1961 to 1968, he directed the Armenian branch of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism. His works are dedicated to the Armenian National Liberation Movement of the 19th and 20th centuries, Andranik Ozanian's activities, and the socioeconomic conditions of pre-Soviet Transcaucasia. He died in 1982 in Yerevan. In 1985, he was posthumously awarded the State Prize of the Armenian SSR.

He is buried in the Tokhmakh cemetery with Siranush Aghayan Simoni.

Works From the history of Armenian people's liberational movement, Yerevan, 1976, Revolutionary movements in Armenia 1905–1907, Yerevan, 1955.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Education
Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature, And History, Armenian State Pedagogical University
Employers
Baku State University, Armenian State Pedagogical University, Yerevan State University, Institute of History of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Awards
Order of the Badge of Honour; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "For Labour Valour"; Order of Cyril and Methodius; Deserved scientist of ArmSSR; Armenian SSR State Prize
Also known as
Aghayan, Tsatur, Tsatur Pavel Aghayan

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Tsatur Aghayan?

Armenian historian (1911–1982)

When was Tsatur Aghayan born?

Tsatur Aghayan was born on 30 December 1911 in Zəylik.

When did Tsatur Aghayan die?

Tsatur Aghayan died on 3 December 1982 in Yerevan.

What was Tsatur Aghayan's occupation?

Tsatur Aghayan was a historian.

What nationality was Tsatur Aghayan?

Tsatur Aghayan was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Tsatur Aghayan

· Wikidata: Q7849437

· DBpedia: Tsatur Aghayan

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