Khachatur Explained

Khachatur (Armenian: Խաչատուր from խաչ (xačʿ, "cross") + տուր (tur, "something given" = "given by cross". It may refer to:

• Khachatur Abovian (1809–1848), Armenian writer and national public figure who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was presumed dead
• Khachatur Avetisyan (1926–1996), influential Armenian-Soviet composer
• Khachatur Kesaratsi (1590–1646), archbishop, credited with the founding of the first printing press in Iran
• Khachatur Maloumian (1865), Dashnak; editor of Mushak and Droshak
• Khachatur Malumian, a.k.a. Aknuni (1863–1915), Armenian journalist and political activist
• Khachatur of Taron, Armenian poet and musician who occupies a special place among the writers of Sharakans