- Nairi Zarian
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Nairi Zarian (real name - Hayastan Yeghiazarian, Russian: Зарьян Наири, December 31, 1900, Kharakonis village, near Van, Ottoman Empire - 1969, Yerevan) was a Soviet Armenian poet and writer, the chairman of Armenian SSR Committee for the Defense of Peace.
A survivor of the Armenian Genocide, in 1915 he moved to Russia[1]. He finished Yerevan State University. In "Rock of Rushan" poem (1930) he showed "the socialistic resistance of Armenian village". His "Hatsavan" novel (1937—47) is dedicated to the process of collectivisation. During the World War II Zarian published a large number of poems and notes, in 1943 finished his "The voice of Homeland" poem. In 1946 his "Ara Geghetsik" historical tragedy was published. Being a supporter of stalinism, anyways he was arrested and after the death of Stalin changed some of his views.
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Categories:- 1900 births
- 1969 deaths
- Armenian poets
- Ottoman Armenians
- Armenian refugees
- Yerevan State University alumni
- Armenian Genocide victims
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