Şavarş Krisyan

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Şavarş Krisyan

Şavarş Krisyan or Shavarsh Krissian ( Armenian Շաւարշ Քրիսեան ; * July 22, 1886 in Beşiktaş , Istanbul , † August 15, 1915 in Ayaş , Ankara ) was an Armenian athlete, writer, publisher, journalist, teacher and editor of the first sports magazine of the Ottoman Empire , the Marmnamarz . He is also considered the founder of the Armenian Olympics and the Homenetmen sports organization . He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and a victim of the Armenian genocide .

Life

Şavarş Krisyan attended the local Armenian Makruhyan School and continued his education at the Retheos Berberian School in the Üsküdar District . He later attended and graduated from Robert College . In 1905 Krisyan continued his education abroad in London and at the Paris Lycée Janson de Sailly . On July 19, 1909, he returned to Istanbul and began teaching physical education in local Armenian schools.

Marmnamarz

From February 1911 Şavarş Krisyan published the Marmnamarz , which became the first sports magazine of the Ottoman Empire. The Marmnamarz was a monthly magazine that provided information about sporting events. The magazine also published photographs of various Armenian athletes around the world. In the magazine, Krisyan also established the concept of the Armenian Olympiad. The magazine published its last edition in 1914 because of the First World War and stopped working after Krisyan was a victim of genocide.

Homenetmen

Although Homenetmen was not formally established until 1918, three years after Şavarş Krisyan's death, he is still considered a founding member. The idea and founding principles of Homenetmen were first developed by Krisyan. He was instrumental in the development of the Armenian Olympiad, which held its first competition on May 1, 1911. Before the First World War, there were over 40 Armenian sports clubs in Istanbul alone. The Armenian Olympic Committee and its statutes were integrated into Homenetmen.

Genocide against the Armenians

On “Red Sunday” , April 24, 1915, Şavarş Krisyan was one of the Armenian intellectuals who were deported to the inner provinces of the Ottoman Empire in the course of the genocide . Krisyan was detained in Ayas Prison in Ankara Vilayet . While in prison, Krisyan organized gymnastic exercises. The prison guards viewed the exercises with suspicion. Şavarş Krisyan was eventually tortured and murdered on the outskirts of Ankara.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rober Koptaş : Olimpiyat tarihinin gayrı resmi sayfası. (No longer available online.) Agos July 26, 2012, archived from the original on January 27, 2013 ; Retrieved February 3, 2013 (Turkish).
  2. ↑ a b c Gurgen Sargsyan: Գրական հույզեր: Հոդվածներ . Զանգակ -97, 2003 (Armenian).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Hayk Demoyan: Armenian Sport in Ottoman Empire . Tigran Mets, Yerevan 2009, p. 220 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e Homenetmen's Timeline. (PDF) (No longer available online.) "Azadamard" Pasadena Homenetmen Chapter, archived from the original on March 30, 2012 ; Retrieved February 2, 2013 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h Vartan Onanyan: Ավելացրեք "սպանված լրագրողների" ցանկը. Haykakan Jamanak (Armenian Times), April 20, 2011, accessed February 2, 2013 (Armenian).
  6. ^ A b Armenian Sport in the Ottoman Empire. Armenian Genocide Museum , September 2, 2008, accessed February 2, 2013 : "From 1911 to 1914, Shavarsh Qrisyan published the Marmnamarz sports magazine, the first sports periodical in the Ottoman Empire."
  7. ↑ a b c d The History of Homenetmen. Asbarez, May 1, 2006, accessed February 2, 2013 .
  8. ↑ a b Krikor Balakian : Le Golgotha ​​arménien , Le cercle d'écrits caucasiens, La Ferté-Sous-Jouarre 2002 (vol. 1) ISBN 2-913564-08-9 pages 87-94
  9. ^ A b c d e Pascual Carlos Ohanian: Turquía, estado genocida: (1915–1923) . Pascual C. Ohanian, 1986, p. 598 (Spanish, here in Google Book Search [accessed February 2, 2013]).
  10. ↑ a b Shavarsh Krissian . In: Hairenik Association (ed.): The Armenian Review . 24, 1971, p. 22. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  11. ^ Vahe Oshagan: The English influence on west Armenian literature in the nineteenth century . Ed .: Cleveland State University. 1982, p. 42 ( here in Google Book Search [accessed on February 2, 2013]).
  12. ↑ Kevork Sarafian: History of education in Armenia: y Kevork A. Sarafian, with introductions by Lester B. Rogers [and] Rt. Rev. Bishop Karekin . Press of the La Verne Leader, 1930, pp. 187 ( here in Google Book Search [accessed on February 2, 2013]).
  13. ↑ Pars Tuğlacı : Tarih boyunca batı Ermenileri . Tuğlacı, Istanbul 2004, ISBN 978-975-7423-06-5 .
  14. ^ Raymond Haroutioun Kévorkian : The Armenian genocide: a complete history . IB Tauris, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-84885-561-8 , pp. 532 ( here in Google Book Search [accessed February 3, 2013]).
  15. ^ Avedis Nakashian: A Man Who Found A Country , Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York 1940 pp. 208-278
personal data
SURNAME Krisyan, Şavarş
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krissian, Shavarsh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian athlete, writer, publisher, journalist, teacher and editor of the first sports magazine of the Ottoman Empire
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Beşiktaş , Istanbul
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1915
Place of death Ayas , Ankara