Grigor Ardzrouni

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Grigor Ardzrouni ( Armenian Գրիգոր Արծրունի , * 1845 in Moscow , † 1892 in Tbilisi ) was an Armenian writer and liberal publicist. The spread of liberal and democratic ideas in Armenia is associated with his name.

Life

Grigor Ardzrouni was born in Moscow in 1845 as the son of a wealthy general. He attended the Russian high school in Tbilisi . After studying in Moscow and St. Petersburg, he enrolled at Heidelberg University in 1867. In 1869 he received his doctorate in economic policy and philosophy. From 1869 to 1870 he studied the Armenian language with the Mechitarists, first in Vienna, then in Venice . In 1870 he returned to Tbilisi and taught at the Gayanian Girls' School . 1865-1870 he wrote for the newspapers Armenian World (Հայկական Աշխարհ / Hajgagan Aschcharh) and the conservative bee of Armenia (Մեղու Հայաստանի / Meghu Hajastani). In 1872 he founded the liberal newspaper Landarbeiter (Մշակ / Mschak), which he published until his death. Mschak existed until 1920.

power

Thanks to Mschak, Grigor Ardzrouni became the best-known advocate of liberalism, westernization and European enlightenment in Armenian public life. Grigor Ardzrouni was popular and influential. He shaped an entire generation of educated Armenians in their thinking on Armenian issues in the 1870s and 1880s.

Mschak represented an egalitarian, pro-Russian stance, development within a capitalist system and polemicized against socialism. Reform instead of revolution should improve the lives of Russia-Armenians.

Ardzrouni was the mentor of the writer Raffi (Hakob Melik-Hakobian, 1835-1888).

Works

  • The economic situation of the Armenians in Turkey. Lecture given at the Tbilisi Craftsmen's Association in Armenian , translated by Abraham Amirchanjanz, Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, 1879 (original title: Թիւրքաց հայերի տնտեսական դրութիւնը դասախօսութիւն)
  • Էվէլինա Հոգեբանական Էտիւդ (Հայերէն Մի Անտիպ Ձեռագրից), publishing house Տէրտէրեան Ղուկաս Վրդ., Tbilisi 1891

swell

  • Rouben Paul Adalian: Historical Dictionary of Armenia , 2002
  • Vahé Oshagan: Literature And Intellectual History From 1700 To 1915. in: Richard G. Hovannisian: The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times, Volume II: Foreign Dominion to Statehood: The Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century , 1997
  • Ronald Grigor Suny: Eastern Armenians Under Tsarist Rule. in: Richard G. Hovannisian: The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times, Volume II: Foreign Dominion to Statehood: The Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century , 1997

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vahe Oshagan: Sarthonk, Lusavoruthiun. Emancipatory visions in the 18th and 19th centuries , in Museum Bochum and Foundation for Armenian Studies (ed.): Armenia. 5000 years of art and culture , Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tübingen 1995, p. 270, ISBN 3-8030-3066-8
personal data
SURNAME Ardzrouni, Grigor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ardzrouni, Krikor; Arzruni, Grigor; Arzruni, Krikor; Artsruni Krikor; Artsruni, Grigor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian publicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH 1892
Place of death Tbilisi