Hovhannes Kajaznuni
Hovhannes Katchaznouni Յովհաննէս Քաջազնունի | |
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| 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia | |
| In office May 30, 1918 – May 28, 1919 | |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Khatisyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1868 Akhaltsikhe, Georgia (then part of the Russian Empire) |
| Died | 1938 Yerevan, Armenian SSR |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Political party | Armenian Revolutionary Federation |
Hovhannes Katchaznouni (Armenian: Յովհաննէս Քաջազնունի) (Akhaltsikhe, Georgia 1868 – Yerevan, Armenia 1938) was the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia from May 30, 1918 to May 28, 1919. He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
Personal life
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He was born in 1868 in the Akhaltsikhe region of Georgia. Having studied architecture, he worked as an architect in Baku. He joined the Dashnak organization there. He became a member of the Armenian National Council in 1917 and was the Dashnak representative in the Seym (the Caucasian Parliament) until 1918. He was on the Armenian committee, conducting the peace talks with the Turks in Trabzon and Batoum. After the dissolution of the Caucasian State, he became the first Prime Minister of the independent Armenian state in 1918. He held this position until August 1919. He was arrested after Bolsheviks came to power in Armenia in 1920. He left the country after the counter-revolutionary revolt against the Bolshevik rule was suppressed in 1921. Years later, he returned to the Soviet Armenia to work there as an architect until his death in 1938.
Report to The 1923 ARF Congress
Katchaznouni prepared a critical report for the April 1923 ARF congress in Bucharest[1] titled "The Federation Has Nothing More to Do," which called for the dissolution of the Party and Armenian support of Soviet Armenia.[2][3][4] The incendiary claims immediately drew rebuke from the party.[5][6] Until recently, the report was best known through its abridged English translation by Matthew Aram Callender, The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnagtzoutiun) Has Nothing to Do Any More and edited by Avedis Boghos Derounian. The translation emanates from the New York branch of the Armenian General Benevolent Union's Armenian Information Service. [7][8][9][10]
Turkish sources claim that remaining copies of the booklet have been subject to an expunging campaign.[11] Recently, a historian from Istanbul University named Mehmet Perinçek[12] found an unabridged Russian copy (printed in Tblisi, 1927) of the book in the Russian State Library in Moscow.[13] Perinçek claims to be the first person to have entered the Russian state archives (due to a simple absence of applications),[14] and that he has spent seven years studying them.[15] Following the discovery, the booklet was republished by Kaynak Press in several languages.[16]
Bibliography
- Katchaznouni, Hovhannes (1955). John Roy Carlson (Arthur A. Derounian) (ed.). The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnagtzoutiun) Has Nothing to Do Anymore. Translated by Matthew A. Callender. New York: Armenian Information Service.
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References
- ^ Tölölyan, Khachig (1992). L. Winberg (ed.). "Terrorism in modern Armenian political culture". Terrorism and Political Violence. 4 (2). Routledge: 8–22. doi:10.1080/09546559208427146.
...the Party Congress of the ARF (Bucharest and Vienna), November 1992 to April 1923...
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Katchaznouni, Hovhannes (1923). Dashnaktsutiune anelik chuni ailevs (in Armenian). Vienna: Mechitarist Press.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Hovannisian, Richard G. (1974). "Dimensions of Democracy and Authority in Caucasian Armenia, 1917-1920". Russian Review. 33 (1): 37–49. doi:10.2307/127620.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) See footnote 12. - ^ Nassibian, Akaby (1984). Britain and the Armenian question, 1915-1923. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 105. ISBN 9780312098094.
(Dashnaktsutiun Has Nothing To Do Any More) (Vienna, 1923)
(also London and Sydney: Croom Helm) - ^ Darbinian, Ruben (1923). Mer Pataskhane H. Kachaznunii (in Armenian). Boston: Hayrenik Tparan. Translates to "Our Answer/Response to H. Kachaznunii"
- ^ "Books of the Armenian Research Center". Armenian Research Center. University of Michigan. 2003-05-07. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ http://ataa.org/reference/katchaznouni.html
- ^ Imprinted on the cover of the booklet: "Published by the Armenian Information Service, Suite 7D, 471 Park Ave., New York 22." Written on the last page: "The Armenian Information Service publishes the Armenian Reporter..."
- ^ Malkasian, Mark (1996). Gha-Ra-Bagh!. Wayne State University Press. p. 224. ISBN 9780814326046.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) See footnote 1 and 3. - ^ Simone, Christine (1993-03-01). "Is Armenia in the news? Yes and no". AGBU News. Armenian General Benevolent Union. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
AGBU's New York office of the Armenian Information Service ...
- ^ Katchaznouni, Hovhannes (2006). "Translator's note". Dashnagtzoutiun Has Nothing To Do Anymore. İstanbul: Kaynak Yayınları. ISBN 9753434537.
- ^ "Doktora: 2007-2008". ÖĞRENCİLER. İ.Ü. Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi Enstitüsü. 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Özdemir, Sadi (2007-11-02). "Ermeni isyanını Perinçek buldu İTO ABD'ye gönderiyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Arman, Ayşe (2001-06-10). "En yakışıklı bilimsel sosyalist". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Sazak, Derya (2006-05-08). "Soykırım değil 'karşılıklı kırım'". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Books by 'Hovhannes Katchaznouni', Kaynak Press