John Kirakosyan

John Kirakosyan (Armenian: Ջոն Կիրակոսյան, 1929, Yerevan - 1985) was an Armenian historian and political scientist. He was a Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of Yerevan State University, where he headed the department of the Eastern people's history for a long time.

Biography

From 1955 to 1962 John Kirakosyan contributed to the periodical of the Communist Party of Armenia, "Leninyan ughiov".In 1962-1966 John kirakosyan was the head of the division of propagand and agitation of party's central committee, in 1966-1969 he was the chairman of the state committee of Armenian SSR on television and radiobroadcasting, in 1969-1975 he was the head of science and educational institution's division of the party, in 1975-1985 he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenian SSR.

Among the scientific heritage of J. Kirakosyan are numerous researches, including several fundamental monographs, they are the noticeable contribution to the domestic historical science and testify about the deep scientific-theoretical preparation, the widest erudition and the limitless knowledge of the author.In 1954 J. kirakosyan with the great success protected in the institute of the oriental study of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR the candidate thesis, dedicated to English intervention in Iran in 1919-1921. In 1957 appeared his labor "heroic page of the national liberation fight of the Indian people", in which it illuminated one of the glorious pages in the history of the national liberation fight of the peoples of India - uprising Sepoys, in which participated the Armenian community of India.

Beginning from the 60's J. kirakosyan with the the inherent in it with fervency, by scientific honesty and by the consciousness of high civic duty it studied the most complex problems of the history of West Armenia, revealing step by step the shady and insufficiently studied sides of the history of the Armenian question, to which dedicated entire its further life.

In 1965 g appeared the labor of J. kirakosyan "First World War and western Armenians", at basis of whom its doctoral dissertation lay. This book maintained three publications (into 1965 and 1967 in the Armenian, in 1971 in the Russian language). In 1972 appeared the comprised together with R. saakyan collection "Armenia in the documents of international diplomacy and Soviet foreign policy". By the corona of the scientific activity of professor of J. kirakosyan and, alas, his swan song became the two-volume monograph "Young Turks before the law court of history" (1982 and 1983). For these basic research the author was honored the high title of the laureate of the State Prize Armenian SSR.

In the monograph "Young Turks before the law court of history", that is characterized by deep and overall view of the problem, daring conclusions, J. kirakosyan was set as a goal to reveal the socio-class and political essence of mladoturok, the falsity of their slogan "freedom, equality and validity", to describe to the reader authentic historical truth about the tragedy of Armenian people, experienced as a result of monstrous slaughter of 1915, to cause the angry censure of genocide by world community, especially because western propaganda in every way possible tries to distort authentic historic evidence. Via the comparative analysis of an enormous quantity of multilingual and diverse sources and thorough study of the for the first time introduced into the scientific revolution literature for the author it was possible to show that the Turkish bourgeois historians, poisoned by the reaction ideology of pan-Turkism, appear today as the attorneys of the monstrous crimes of the sultan of Abdul- Xamid II and of mladoturok, as the followers of their political line. In the book clearly is conducted the thought about the fact that their course was aimed not only at the enslavement of peoples for the purpose of their turkizatsii or physical destruction, but also it was directed against Russia, country, which was always main obstacle on the way of realizing of the ideas of pan-Turkism.

The apex of the crimes of mladoturok against humanity became destruction in the years of First World War of millions of sons and daughters of Armenian people - on the way to the realization of the proclaimed Young Turks slogan "Armenia without the Armenians".

And to wonder you are given after entire this, when you learn, that in mladoturetskikh pogrom-makers be situated today the defenders in face of the contemporary Turkish falsifiers of history and their patrons. As correctly noted J. kirakosyan, "they with the calm conscience sacrifice truth, principles of scientific objectivity, serve falsification and lie".

Professor J. kirakosyan one of the most read Armenian historians. And in this there is no exaggeration. It selflessly dedicated entire its outstanding talent of scientist to the assertion of historical truth and scientific objectivity, to fight against the falsification of history. Monographs and numerous scientific writing articles of J. kirakosyan enjoy wide popularity not only in Armenia, but also far beyond its limits.

Kirakosyan was also the active member of the main editorial staff of Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia.

J. kirakosyan made the large contribution to development of the friendly relations between the foreign Armenian communities and the mother- native land. Having deeply studied the history of its people, knowing well the tragic sources of the origin of Armenian diaspore, it paid considerable attention to the life of foreign Armenians. Being abroad, it frequently came out before its compatriots, he told about the life of Armenian people.

John kirakosyan entire his bright life without the remainder returned to his people and native land.

Publications

*1971 - "First World War and Western Armenians".
*1972 - "Armenia in the documents of international diplomacy and Soviet foreign policy".
*1978-1980 - "Bourgeois diplomacy and Armenia".
*1982-1983 - "The Young Turks before the law court of history" (also in Russian).
*1986 - "A. K. Dzhivelegov and his historico-publicistic heritage".

External links

* [http://www.armenianhouse.org/kirakosyan/kirakosyan-ru.html John Kirakosyan info] (In Russian)
* [http://noev-kovcheg.1gb.ru/article.asp?n=77&a=25 John Kirakosyan's anniversary, "Noev Kovcheg" monthly]