Argam Aivazian

Argam Aivazian (sometimes written as Ayvazyan) (Armenian: Արգամ Արարատի Այվազյան; born 20 July 1947 in Arinj) is an Armenian historian, journalist and researcher.[1] Born in the village of Arinj, in the Nakhichevan ASSR, he is particularly known for his books and monographs about the Armenian culture and history of that region, and has written books about the towns of Hin Jugha and Agulis, as well as more than 200 other works, mostly in Armenian.[2]

Argam Aivazian
Armenian historian, journalist and researcher
Born(1947-07-20)July 20, 1947
Arinj, Nakhichevan (present-day Azerbaijan)
NationalityArmenian
Other namesArgam Ayvazyan
Alma materArmenian State Pedagogical Institute
AwardsPresident Prize of the Republic of Armenia
Scientific career
FieldsHistory, archaeology
InstitutionsInstitute of Archeology and Ethnography

Biography

Ayvazyan has worked at the Monument Protection Department of the Armenian SSR and the Art Institute of Armenian Academy of Sciences. His photographic archive contains over 10000 negatives. It is one of the largest documentary collections of historical Armenian architecture in the world.[3]

From 1992 to 2000 he was a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, Armenian Academy of Sciences.

Awards
  • Honored Cultural Worker of the Republic of Armenia (2009),
  • President Prize of the Republic of Armenia (for the 6-volume book "The Lithographic Inheritance of Nakhidjevan", 2010).[4]

Selected works
  • The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Translated into English by Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, 152 p., ISBN 0-8143-1896-7.
  • The khachkars of Nakhijevan . Published in English and Armenian. Yerevan, 1996.
  • The Symphony of the Destroyed Jugha Khatchkars. Published in English, Russian, and Armenian. Yerevan, 2007.
  • Nakhijevan: Map of Monuments. Yerevan, 2007.
  • Djugha. In English and Russian. Yerevan: Hayastan Publishing, 1990.
  • (in Armenian) "The Rock-Carvings of Navasar." Lraber Hasarakakan Gituyunneri, № 2, 1981.
  • (in Armenian) Ջուղա (Jugha). Yerevan: Sovetakan Grogh, 1984.
  • (in Armenian) Monumental Memorials and Reliefs of Nakhijevan. Yerevan, 1987.
  • (in Armenian) The Art of Wall Painting in Nakhijevan. Yerevan, 1998.
  • (in Armenian) Նախիջեւանի վիմագրական ժառանգութիւնը (The Lithographic Inheritance of Nakhidjevan). Two volumes. Antelias, 2005.

References
  1. (in Russian) Chilingaryan, Arevik. "АРГАМ АЙВАЗЯН: 'МОРАЛЬНУЮ |ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ ЗА ВАНДАЛИЗМ АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНА НЕСЕТ И АРМЕНИЯ'." Golos Armenii. 26 June 2008.
  2. (in Russian) "АРГАМ АЙВАЗЯН ПРЕДСТАВИЛ СВОИ 4 ТРУДА ОБ ИСТОРИКО-КУЛЬТУРНЫХ ПАМЯТНИКАХ НАХИЧЕВАНА." Noyan Tapan. 16 April 2007.
  3. Argam Ayvazyan, Lusarvest.org
  4. Argam Ayvazyan, President Prize


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