Avetik Sahakyan
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Avetik Hovhannesi Sahakyan or Sahakian also known as Father Abraham was an Armenian politician, the Parliamentary President (speaker) of the Democratic Republic of Armenia
in 1918-19 , the social security minister and member of ARF Dashnaktsutiun Eastern Bureau. He was also known as agricultural scientist.
, Armenia
. He was included in Western Armenian liberation activities (since 1898) and ARF Caucasian project.
After Armenia became a Soviet republic Avetik Sahakyan moved to Tabriz
, Persia, where his life was full of sufferings and losses. However, he always hoped to return to his motherland.
Democratic Republic of Armenia
The Democratic Republic of Armenia was the first modern establishment of an Armenian state...
in 1918-19 , the social security minister and member of ARF Dashnaktsutiun Eastern Bureau. He was also known as agricultural scientist.
Biography
Sahakian was born in Jalal-oghli, modern StepanavanStepanavan
Stepanavan is the second largest city in Lori Province of Armenia. The town is located 139 km north of the capital Yerevan and 24 km north of the provincial centre Vanadzor, in the centre of Yerevan-Tbilisi highway....
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
. He was included in Western Armenian liberation activities (since 1898) and ARF Caucasian project.
After Armenia became a Soviet republic Avetik Sahakyan moved to Tabriz
Tabriz
Tabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...
, Persia, where his life was full of sufferings and losses. However, he always hoped to return to his motherland.