Movses
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Movses is an Armenia
n given name
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It gave rise to the surname Movsesyan.
The name may refer to:
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
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It gave rise to the surname Movsesyan.
The name may refer to:
- Movses KhorenatsiMovses KhorenatsiMoses of Chorene, also Moses of Khoren, Moses Chorenensis, or Movses Khorenatsi , or a 7th to 9th century date) was an Armenian historian, and author of the History of Armenia....
(410 – 490s), Armenian historian and author of History of Armenia. - Movses KaghankatvatsiMovses KaghankatvatsiMovses Kaghankatvatsi , or Movses Daskhurantsi , is the reputed author of a 10th-century Old Armenian historiographical work on Caucasian Albania, known as The History of the Country of Albania .- Authorship :...
, 7th century historian of Caucasian Albania. - Movses BaghramianMovses BaghramianMovses Baghramian was a 18th century Armenian liberation movement leader.He was born in Karabakh, lived in Russia. In 1763 he arrived with Hovsep Emin to Caucasus and participated in the organisation of an Armenian uprising against the Persian and Turkish invaders...
, 18th century Armenian liberation movement leader. - Movses SilikyanMovses SilikyanMovses Silikyan , , Movses Silikov) was a famed Armenian general and national hero of World War I, Major General in the Russian army and subsequently in the Armenian army...
(1862 - 1937), Armenian general. - Movses GorgisyanMovses GorgisyanMoses Gorgisyan led nationalist demonstrations in Yerevan which led to him being jailed in 1988. He received the highest title in Armenia, the National Hero of Armenia award. He also was an editor of the Armenian edition of Glasnost magazine.- References :...
, modern Armenian magazine editor and nationalist.