Nersisyan School

Nersisyan School Ներսիսյան դպրոց
Nersisyan School building 1912-1924
Location
"Soldatskiy bazar" square (1824-1905) Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
Information
Religious affiliation(s)	Armenian Apostolic Church
Established	1824
Opened	October 1, 1824
Founder	Nerses V of Armenia
Status	closed
Closed	1924
Principal	Harutyun Alamandaryan (1824-1830)
Grades	3
Gender	Male
Language	Armenian language
Nobel laureates	see below

Nersisyan School (Armenian: Ներսիսյան դպրոց, Nersisyan dprots; Russian: Школа Нерсисян) was an Armenian school in Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Georgia). Nersisyan School existed exactly one century, from 1824 to 1924. It was founded by Nerses Ashtaraketsi.

History

In the 19th century Tiflis, with its large Armenian population, was an Armenian cultural center. There were many Armenian schools, and various magazines, drama and publishing associations, charities and nonprofit organizations. And Nersisyan School had its own special role in Eastern Armenian education. The main school building located in the "Soldatski bazar" Square. The school was officially opened on October 1, 1824.

In 1905 the school was destroyed in the bombing. Alexander Mantashev solved all the financial problems. And the new building was designed by a Russian-Armenian military architect Nikita Lazarev. The façade of the building was built of stone orange stone from Tsater (Lori) and Karahunj (Zangezur) villages. Alexander Mantashev spent 370,000 rubles during the construction of the new building. In front of the school stood statues of Nerses Ashtaraketsi and Alexander Mantashev.

Notable laureats

Here some notable laureats of the Nersisyan School (year of graduation):

• Khachatur Abovian (1822-1826),
• Pertch Proshian (1856),
• Derenik Demirchian (1898),
• Levon Mehrabyan (1912),
• Karo Halabyan (1917),
• Yervand Kochar (1918),
• Anastas Mikoyan,
• Soghomon Tehlirian,
• Gayk Bzhishkyan,
• Gabriel Sundukian,
• Nikol Aghbalian,
• Aram Amirbekyan,
• Avet Avetisyan, etc.

Not graduated:

• Ghazaros Aghayan (1853-1854),
• Hovhannes Tumanyan (1883-1887), etc.

See also

• Armenians in Tbilisi
• Education in Armenia
  • Gevorkian Theological Seminary
  • Vaskenian Theological Academy

• Education in Georgia

References

• (Armenian) ՆԵՐՍԻՍՅԱՆ ՎԱՐԺԱՐԱՆ - Թիֆլիսի Ներսիսյան դպրոց