Askanaz Mravyan

Askanaz Mravyan
Askanaz Mravyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia SSR
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Sahak Karapetyan
Personal details
Born	(1885-12-21)December 21, 1885 Elizavetpol, Russian Empire
Died	October 23, 1929(1929-10-23) (aged 43) Yerevan, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	statesman and political activist

Askanaz Mravyan (Armenian: Ասքանած Արտեմի Մռավյան, 21 December (O.T.) 1885 in Elizavetpol – 23 October 1929 in Yerevan) was an Armenian statesman and political activist, one of the leaders of Soviet Armenia.^[1]

Biography[]

He studied at . Since 1905, Mravyan was a Marxist activist in Yerevan, Tbilisi, Baku and Saint-Petersburg. A member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party since 1905, and a Bolshevik since 1915.

In 1915–17, he edited «Paykar» (arm.- Struggle) and «Banvori kriv» (Worker's battle) newspapers. In 1918 Mravyan became the secretary of Caucasian regional committee of Bolshevik party, and was the editor of «Caucasian Pravda».

In 1920–22, he participated in the , then as the secretary of Central Committee of Communist (Bolshevik) Party of Armenia he ruled Soviet Armenia. Since 1923 he was the minister of education, he was the editor of «Sovetakan Hayastan» (Soviet Armenia) newspaper.

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