Suren Spandaryan
| Suren Spandaryan | |
|---|---|
 Armenian Suren Spandaryan (left) and Joseph Stalin in 1915, during their exile | |
| Born |
1882 Tiflis, Russian Empire |
| Died |
1916 (aged 33–34) Krasnoyarsk |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Occupation | literature critic, publicist and Bolshevik |
Suren Spandaryan (Armenian: Սուրեն Սպանդարի Սպանդարյան; Tiflis, 1882 - Krasnoyarsk 1916) was an Armenian literature critic, publicist and Bolshevik. In January 1912, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks at the Prague Conference.[1] In March of the same year, Spandaryan was arrested in Baku. Lenin, who considered Spandaryan a "very valuable and prominent worker"[2] supported Spandaryan's father financially after the arrest, since the latter at that time lived in Paris without any means.[3] Spandaryan was sentenced to lifelong exile to Siberia, where he died four years later.[4]
Honors
There is a statue of him in Yerevan. The towns of Spandaryan, Shirak, Spandaryan, Syunik and Surenavan are named after him.
See also
References
- ↑ HISTORY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION (BOLSHEVIKS), Chapter 5, by J.V. Stalin
- ↑ Collected Works, Filth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 52. V.I. Lenin, memo to V.M. MOLOTOV FOR THE R.C.P.(B.) C.C. SECRETARIAT
- ↑ Lenin Miscellany XIII, V.I. Lenin, letter to V. A. TER-IOANNISYAN, 5 May 1912
- ↑ Spandaryan, Suren Spandarovich
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