Harutyun Alamdaryan Explained

Harutyun Alamdaryan
Birth Place:Astrakhan, Russian Empire
Death Place:Nakhichevan-on-Don, Russian Empire
Occupation:Poet and teacher
Nationality:Armenian
Known For:First director of Lazarian Seminary

Harutyun Alamdaryan (Armenian: Յարութիւն Ալամդարեան; birth name Gevorg; – 1834, Nor Nakhijevan) was an Armenian poet and teacher.

Biography

In 1813 he was invited to Moscow where he became the first director of Lazarian seminary. From 1824 to 1830, he was the director of Nersisian Armenian school in Tiflis. Being a supporter of Nerses Ashtaraketsi, in 1830 he was exiled to Haghpat Monastery. From 1832 to 1834, he lived in Holy Cross Church, Nakhichevan on Don, where he was killed.

Alamdaryan was the teacher of Khachatur Abovian and Stepanos Nazarian. He is an author of many poems and an Armenian-Russian vocabulary.

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