Aghanyan Gyut

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Aghanyan Gyut
Gyut Priest, Ter-Araqelyan Harutyun
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Armenian: Աղանյան Գյուտ
Russian: Аганян Гют
Born: 1856
Tiflis, Georgia
Died: 1920
Tiflis, Georgia
Description:
Historian, ethnographer, translator, teacher

Biography

Was born in 1856 in Tiflis, Georgia.

Education

  • In 1873 finished Nersisian school in Tiflis.

Work activity

  • In 1876 worked at Nersisyan school as a teacher.
  • In 1896-1912 edited and published the "Luma" journal, worked at "Meghu","Ardzaganq","Nor Dar" and other periodicals.

Achievements

  • Was an author of many religious books and calendar works, published a wall calendar.
  • The biggest work of Gyut Aghanyan is the collection "Divan of Armenian history" of thirteen large volumes with valuable prologues and notes.
  • Translated the works of M. Servantes, Charles Dickens, G. Hofman, H. Sienkiewicz. He turned the "History of Vardan and the Armenian War" by Eghishe into modern Armenian.
  • Explained historical problems from the point of view of the church.

Bibliography

  • Աղայան Գ., Դիվան հայոց պատմության, 1893-1917

See also

  • Ով ով է.հայեր(կենսագրական հանրագիտարան),ՀՀ խմբ. հանձնաժողով`Հ.Մ. Այվազյան (գլխ. խմբագիր) և ուրիշներ,Երևան,Հայկական հանրագիտարան հրատ., Հ.1, Աբալյան-Ղուշչյան, 2005: