Harutyun Alamdaryan

Harutyun Alamdaryan
Born Harutyun (Gevork) Manuki Alamdaryan
1795
Astrakhan
Died 1834 (aged 3839)
Nor Nakhijevan
Nationality Armenian
Occupation poet and teacher
Known for First Director of Lazarian Seminary

Harutyun (Gevork) Manuki Alamdaryan (Armenian: Հարություն (Գևորգ) Մանուկի Ալամդարյան) 1795, Astrakhan - 1834, Nor Nakhijevan) was an Armenian poet and teacher.

Biography

In 1813 he was invited to Moscow where he became the first director of Lazarian seminary. In 1824-1830 he was the director of Nersisian Armenian school in Tiflis. Being a supporter of Nerses Ashtaraketsi, in 1830 he was exiled to Haghpat Monastery. In 1832-1834 he lived in Holy Cross Church, Nakhichevan on Don, where he was killed.

Alamdaryan was the teacher of Khachatur Abovian and Stepanos Nazarian. He is an author of many poems and an Armenian-Russian vocabulary.

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